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Hi i just had my first NOCD session and i feel like she wasn’t sure if I had ocd or not. I have been diagnosed with it in the past but has this happened to anyone??
Hi i just had my first NOCD session and i feel like she wasn’t sure if I had ocd or not. I have been diagnosed with it in the past but has this happened to anyone??
What exactly did you tell the therapist ?
She just asked questions the whole time and i answered them. She never said i “didn’t have it” but she phrased it in a way that “there’s a moderate chance you have ocd”
Samee
& you still ask yourself what if I don’t have OCD ?
yeah it was just the way she said it, like she made it seem like i didn’t have it ya know! i don’t know if i’m going to stick with her anyways because i started crying and it was awkward but yeah!
Ohhh my started crying because of what exactly ?
i was just feeling sad and distressed like i do because of the thoughts in my head. I suffer from soocd and i always get scared that the therapist will think it’s a sexuality issue based on my curiousity when i was 13
I definitely understand that ! I kind of go through the same stuff bro
that’s nice to know!! it’s just so distressing because i know it’s not a sexuality issue yet my brain constantly finds proof why i’m not straight
I am so sorry that this was your experience. Please know that you can always contact NOCD and request a different therapist. We want your experience to be the best as possible. ERP can be life changing for the positive- sometimes it means you just have to find the right fit in terms of a therapist. The other thing I would wonder is that ERP therapists are also trained to help clients sit with distress and uncertainty- maybe them not "reassuring" you that you have OCD was part of the treatment and purposeful. It is hard to say but certainly you have a right to know your diagnosis and you should ask at your next appointment if that and any other diagnosis was given. There is nothing wrong with that and if you are still not happy please, please call NOCD and be switched, this is far too important for you not to get treatment. Also a ERP/OCD specialist should never judge you for thoughts, feelings, urges, etc. we know they are just that- they don't need any meaning when you have OCD. Themes surrounding sexuality is VERY common.
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
i am starting NOCD therapy on monday and was just curious on others’ experiences! what happens in your sessions, generally speaking? how do you feel during and after? i’m excited but also nervous to start. i’ve been in talk therapy for years with minimal improvement with my ocd, so im hopeful to start feeling better.
OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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