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You should use the recording button on the app during your exposures to let out how you feel. Sometimes saying how your feeling out loud helps
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@WorriedDriver I agree with you that it’s worth it but for someone like me I just simply can’t afford an extra $400 a month to pay for it. It’s unfortunate that it’s so hard to get sufficient help for OCD if you don’t have the means to pay for it. With a lot of other mental conditions, people are able to get sufficient help more easily than for this disorder. It’s very frustrating when you are ready, willing, and needing to get help but not able to. I feel it needs to become more accessible.
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You know what works for you so you should tell her that
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This therapist is misguiding you because she doesn’t understand how OCD works. Denying the intrusive thought and reassuring yourself is 100% incorrect of what you should do when you have OCD. You need someone who at the very least understands ERP because this is how OCD is treated. I don’t think you necessarily need someone who has experience with pure O specifically because pure O generally has mental compulsions so it will be treated the same way. Worst case — have you tried doing exposure therapy on your own, with the help of this app?
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Hi Pineapple yes I’ve been doing exposures for some of my obsessions on my own by some are just too troubling for me and I was hoping to find a therapist who could help me with the anxiety and shame I experience on account of my OCD. I wanted to make sure my exposures were done properly me because some of them are just too upsetting for me
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I literally had to call every therapist in my city to find someone that had experience in treating OCD. Only one was taking new patients. She doesn’t take insurance. I decided it was worth it ($100/session) because if ERP is done properly, it doesn’t have to be done forever.
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Honestly I know that I talk about The OCD Stories podcast a lot, but really I’m learning a lot from it and they interview expert psychologists on OCD that I could only dream of being treated by. I also have bought a couple workbooks for OCD. Thus far I’m liking the one by Jonathan Abrahamowitz the best. I am making my own binder of good articles I get for free online. I feel your pain in how difficult it is to get treatment.
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- 22w
I went to talk to a psychiatrist based off my Nocd therapists recommendation. I had a very hard week beforehand where I had anxiety so bad I couldn't leave my bed. It seems like once I get my period my anxiety and everything dissipated some so I talked to the psychiatrist. Anyways, I was immediately put off by her because she told me she didn't have any information on me included in the referral for one reason or another. So I had to basically "fill her in" on my life story. I have anxiety disorder, panic disorder, OCD and PTSD. I told her these things and how hard the last week had been. She started asking questions like I had bipolar disorder, which I don't have. She then wanted me to take buspar and Zoloft TOGETHER daily. I know for a fact you never start two medications daily at once. You don't know which one is causing symptoms if you do. So I immediately didn't like that. I asked her about Zoloft specifically daily because it is an SSRI what I should do if it gave me thoughts of harm for myself. She told me "just go to the hospital".... Now, I don't wanna say that was the worst possible thing she could have said to me, but it was. Because now my OCD is spiraling that just my general harm OCD thoughts are enough to mean I need to go to the hospital. It had been 2 days and I cannot stop obsessing that maybe I'm depressed or suicidal because of this. I know I don't want anything to happen to me. I love my family and my friends. I am scared of death. But the thought is sticky and it's been so, so frustrating. My anxiety has been so frustrating. I feel so lost and like nothing I'm trying to fix my issues is working very well. NOCD therapy has been one of the only things to help in the long term, but I still get terrified of certain obsessions like suicide. I don't really know what to do, if anyone has any advice or any personal experience that may help, anything would be nice right now. I've felt so lost trying to figure it all out.
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- 22w
I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!
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- 21w
I've been in and out of talk therapy for OCD-related issues for years, but it hasn't been effective long-term. I am struggling with body image / eating disorder adjacent obsessions and I am really hopeful that ERP might actually give me some relief. I had my first session with my NOCD therapist a few weeks ago. It felt like a good match and I was ready to unpack my obsessions and compulsions to try ERP for the first time. The day of my second session she canceled due to personal illness. Then this happened a second time. Yesterday all of my future booked sessions were canceled without explanation. I went to schedule with a new therapist and the ones that seemed could be a good fit are filled up until at least early April. I booked a slot and sent the therapist a message letting her know I would be interested in starting sooner if a slot opened up. I am just disappointed. I could just meet with another therapist who has earlier availability, but it's most important to me that the therapist be a good fit since I've been through therapy so many times. I feel like I'm in limbo until I have an ERP plan set up and I'm not sure how to move forward in the meantime. I'm planning try out a support group but I need a personalized exposure plan and I'm not sure if that's something I should just try to set up myself? Anyone have something similar happen to them? Any thoughts or advice would be helpful.
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