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- 3y
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- 3y
Hey I know professional help isnāt available to a lot of people and Iām so sorry for that, if it is available to you though, it is essential to your healing process and I really recommend it, if you arenāt able to afford it please look into psychologists that specialise in erp and ocd, best of luck Iām really wishing you the best
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- 3y
Thank you so much for your response! The reason I donāt want to go to a professional is actually unrelated to cost. It just seems like the NOCD therapist I went to put emphasis on exposures and hierarchies, and my obesssions are so complex that no hierarchy could ever be made on them. The process was also so slow. I know that the diagnostic assessment was necessary, but I found it to be a waste of time and inaccurate, since Iāve known Iāve had OCD for years and the severity level was way higher than the therapist said, and the education session was completely useless to me since I knew so much already. Iām not trying to trash NOCD or anything. I know they help a lot of people and I really appreciate this app and their support groups. Since my NOCD therapist didnāt work out, I went to see Ali Greymond, who is an OCD coach. (You can look her up if you havenāt heard of her.) She was able to help me a lot more, although I didnāt think I got enough guidance and it was a little too hands off. I might go back to do something more intensive in the future with her though. I just think that I havenāt really found the best fit for OCD help yet, and I donāt really know where to turn to next. It just always seems like people are saying there is such great help for OCD, and yet there is nothing for me. Iām sorry this was so long but Iām just really struggling right now and feel super hopeless and all alone. It might also be because there is no comfortable way to get rid of OCD as far as Iāve heard of and I wish there was.
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- 3y
@anonymous caterpillar š You donāt need to apologise for anything I didnāt feel that NOCD worked for me either I ended up going to a psychologist outside, feeling hopeless in this situation is completely understandable,
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- 3y
@Forest13 Thank you. Itās good to know that Iām not the only one that found NOCD to be unhelpful. If you donāt mind sharing, what was it that the outside psychologist was able to provide for you that the NOCD one could not?
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- 3y
@anonymous caterpillar š Really kind of a all round experience as they specialise in ocd but they also work with a lot of my other mental health issues eg depression
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- 3y
A psychologist covered by Medicare I mean
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- 19w
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- 12w
It could be possible to treat a severe scrupulosity OCD without taking medication and asking guidance from the psychiatrist? I can't afford for professional consultation š„¹. Can anybody give me some advices on how to deal with these intrusive thoughts? š
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- 11w
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