You_are_not_your_thoughts
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- 3y
DreamCatDreamCat
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y
I watched a lot of Ali Greymond’s videos on YouTube, and I thought they were great. I think watching her videos were most of what I needed.
You_are_not_your_thoughtsYou_are_not_...
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- 3y
Were you your own therapist?, did you succeded?
DreamCatDreamCat
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y
@Anonymous Yes, I was my own therapist, and yes I succeeded. Eventually, I went with NOCD, but by the time I got there, by listening to Ali Greymond’s YouTube videos, I was really 80% of the way there and moving to full recovery. No reason you can’t also do that. I’m a fan of having a therapist, but put it this way - only you can get yourself out of this at the end of the day. The therapist will help guide you, but this comes down to how you’re willing to change your ways of thinking. Through Ali’s videos, I learned how my compulsions (a) don’t provide any resolution to my fear and (b) only serve to add fuel to my fear. Compulsions include mental ones, like analyzing, trying to “figure it out”, “trying to solve it”, seeking closure, expecting an answer / resolution, ruminating, using logic, weighing pros and cons, self-reassurance, Googling, researching. You need to learn how to trust in just letting go. Stop getting caught up in trying to answer questions concerning your fear - let it go, you’re not going to find an answer. The more you abandon your need for resolution, the more you’ll recover. I learned this exclusively from Ali and didn’t need antidepressants even to get the message across. And—this is very important—be willing to change how you go about “fixing” your problems. Do NOT try to use your OCD way of handling things to try to get out of OCD. You need to learn how to cope differently. This requires fundamental change. Your message here is somewhat driven by OCD thinking because you’re seeking reassurance, which is a compulsion, to confirm what you already know: you don’t absolutely need a therapist to recover. But it doesn’t matter how many times I say that, because you have OCD, you will always have a doubt and another “what if”. Be willing to change.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- Staff
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- 3y
I am sorry to hear that you are struggling. I wish everyone could have access to this needed care. I would suggest Nathan Peterson as someone to look up on youtube (he does a lot of education surrounding OCD) also following NOCD on social media platforms is a good way to get education about ERP, we also have lives and provide lots of support through support groups and this community. Natasha Daniels is another good one to look up. Having a therapist well trained in OCD and ERP is recommended and would help with extra support and to ensure things are being done correctly- but until you are able to do that I think following some of the OCD specialists online is a great start and really educating yourself about the illness and how ERP works.
You_are_not_your_thoughtsYou_are_not_...
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- 3y
I really thank all of you for your comments, words of empowering, and all of the resourcew that you provided me, this means a lot to someone that is going through a hard time.
You_are_not_your_thoughtsYou_are_not_...
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- 2y
So I made this post 251 days ago, and I will have to say that I’m deeply surprised by how 9 years of carrying this burden were basically over after almost a year of therapy. And the answer to the question I made 251 days ago is no, I didn’t succeded on being my own therapist, it actually sucked. People can’t treat themselves just as no one can’t do their own surgery. At the end of the day you will be responsible for your progress but proper guidance is fundamental. Even though I didn’t enrolled with a NOCD therapist due to differences between our time zones, I had the privilege to get a job to pay for my ERP therapy while my parents supported me fanancially to cover the rest of my bills. Sadly it is not everyone’s cases and sadly we live in a world were money facilitates happiness if we translate happiness info “access to health care”. Right now I’m deeply focused on my career and I made a promise to myself that I will sponsor someone with their ERP therapy whenever I am financially stable enough. Cheers to those 251 days ago.
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