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Only a professional can diagnose you with OCD. Unfortunately, it is very common for people with OCD to be misdiagnosed. I was diagnosed with GAD years ago. I never questioned it until I started learning more about OCD. I suggest you schedule a free call. If you DO have OCD, then you can start treatment. If not, then at least you will know. It also very common for people with OCD to doubt they have it
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Hey, if it helps what you've described sounds *a lot* like ocd. Whole lotta doubt, checking, avoiding things for reasons that are hard to articulate. I would 100% recommend trying the free call. I wasn't sure if I had ocd, and part of the whole frustrating thing with this is learning to accept not knowing stuff for sure. So you might not have it! And that probs feels uncomfortable, I know it does for me when I've thought it.. but trying something that could help could still be worth a shot
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A therapist I had a while ago said if you think you might have bpd then you probably don't. Bpd doesn't make it easy to be reflective
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Thank you all!!! Just woke up to a lot of good advice! I will book a free call. Thank you for your kindness. And that s true: it s not my job, as a patient, to check if I m bipolar. It is the therapist's job.
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These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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Im a 21 year old female in a straight relationship with the best guy a girl could ever ask for. About 2 months ago, I went to get coffee with a friend and as I dropped her off, I got a “weird” vibe from her and the look she gave me which lead to the thought of “should I kiss her”….Ive never had a thought like that before and I never have ever wanted to kiss another girl. I have also never had a desire to be with another girl (sexually or romantically). Now though, I have had one other experience of being with a different friend going to get lunch and it felt weird. Ever since then I have been on google non stop with hundreds of different searches, questioning if im lying to myself of my boyfriend, wondering about my past relationships even though Ive only dated boys, been attracted to boys, crushed on boys, etc… boy crazy! Reading on other forums has been a big thing too or doing quizzes. I believe its SO-OCD but im so scared that what if its not. I am in therapy and actually had two weeks of not even thinking about it or googling it until yesterday. I dont know what to do.
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Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment
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