- Date posted
- 3y
- User type
- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 3y
Rainbow Sky I am so sorry you are experiencing this! I know how difficult it can be to have OCD and to not have resources available. It took me 2 years to find help! After reading your post I would suggest to take a step back and to not let OCD lead here! Maybe you need residential help, maybe you don't. Have you tried calling NOCD to see if they can offer a therapist and accept your insurance? I used them and did a payment plan because at the time they didn't accept my insurance. They also offer free weekly YouTube live streams and Groups that you can sign up for that are no cost in the NOCD app. These tools may help. Also something I noticed in your post is how you described your morning routine and why that makes life difficult for you. This would be something to tackle with ERP. If you are familiar with ERP you could start by not doing one piece of your ritual. Sit with the anxiety and move on with your day. Keep removing that same thing each day and when you notice that the anxiety is not as high then pick something else in your ritual to not do. This would be ERP and ERP is the gold standard treatment for OCD even more so than medication. Hope this helps! Check out those Youtube lives and group sessions and good luck to you!
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