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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
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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- 6y ago
@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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- 6y ago
You know what works for you so you should tell her that
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- 6y ago
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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- 6y ago
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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- 6y ago
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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- 6y ago
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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- 25w ago
Hi everybody! I started with a therapist who’s super pricey outside of NOCD, when I had mentioned that I’m struggling with OCD she didn’t seem too well versed she said oh so you’re struggling with intrusive thoughts? Lady you don’t know the half of it!! But I’m afraid of continuing because I don’t want to waste $180 a week for what is sold as someone who can treat and help with OCD then turns out to just be talking about stuff I’ve already talked about with past therapists! Anyway onto the question at hand! If I join NOCD and they don’t cover my insurance but I pay out of pocket fora real OCD/ERP specialist because I really need the help! Is NOCD going to help me? Or am I going to waste my time and should I keep trying my hardest to find ERP specialists on Google. I’m exhausted I just want to know I’m going to get help and relief from this before I put more money into therapy Any advice or honesty would help greatly! ❤️👈🏼
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- 25w ago
I just started working on my first exposure today with my therapist after screening and creating the lists for several weeks now. We did an exposure together and now I feel 100x worse than I did coming in. I won’t go too into detail but it involved looking at a VERY gory image that had to do with my fear of natural disasters. I called my mom and talked with her and she was shocked and wondered how in the hell that would help me! I agree. Did any of y’all feel this way when you first started or is this just not the right kind of therapy for me?
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- 17w ago
Hi everyone. I'm feeling kinda scared because I have to wait a whole month to start ERP therapy, but I feel like I need to start doing exposures now because the longer I wait, the more anxiety I get. It just feels like the OCD monster is getting worse. One thing that helps me is asking one person about an obsession I have...asking a person that I trust, and then doing an exposure after I get the "ok" to do it. I feel like I do need 1 reassurance and then I can go ahead and do it. I know i'm not supposed to ask for reassurance at all, but i dont think you're supposed to do ERP on your own right? Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do while waiting for therapy? PS-the reason there is a wait is bc she's on vacation. After she's back we will meet regularly.
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