I give up on trying to find a therapist. Just found out my regular therapist was worried I was a danger to myself and others from my intrusive thought urges. She doesn’t specialize in OCD. This is my second therapist after many many searches online and I just feel like giving up at this point. My insurance doesn’t take the NOCD. Ugh.
Just a suggestion or 2 on what I did. I would read books about ERP specifically for OCD. I would listen to the OCD Story podcast and the NOCD on YouTube. I know about insurance not accepting NOCD but being desperate I paid out of pocket for a few sessions. It got expensive and I couldn’t afford it anymore. However, I took what I’ve learned and practice with ruthless determination. Everyday I’m learning something new and I refuse to give into my OCD. And this is after decades of being misdiagnosed. I take it you’ve had ERP therapy? So please hang in there. You can do it.
I have tried ERP. And pep talking myself saying “I trust myself and I love myself” and it works on good days. Some days it’s harder to resist it. I just have to change on my own if I’m going to change at all. I forced myself to say my prayers in 5 mins instead of the 20. I’m just going to do this on my own. I’ll look into some OCD self help books!
You absolutely have to see a therapist who specializes in OCD or they will make it worse. My therapist specializes in OCD and she isn’t even slightly phased by my intrusive thoughts and I have harm ocd.
I will try again. I’ll do a little more research and look into another therapist. I just feel like giving up 😕
It’s so hard to find good mental health care these days. My work pays $600 a month for my insurance and your telling me I can’t find a good OCD therapist. UGH 🤦🏻♀️
What insurance do you have?? And maybe from there we can figure out options. I can help you with research if you’d like!!
Thank you!! I have healthchoice. I have looked into therapists online but there’s only so little options in Oklahoma 😕
@KAD.98 - hey i live in Oklahoma! theres plenty of ocd specialist in the state that will even do zoom calls heres a link that will help you find a match https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/oklahoma?category=obsessive-compulsive-ocd
@Anonymous Thank you!!!!!!
@Anonymous - Anyone in the Oklahoma City area should check out the OKC for OCD Walk this September (2024)! You can meet others strugging with OCD, as well as friends, family and local therapists. There will be games and prizes at the end of the walk as well, so come hang out for a bit! :) https://support.iocdf.org/OKCforOCD
I’ve had it for almost 15 years. I’m 24 now. I mean could it really get any worse. I’m really about to throw away all this ERP therapy and trying to get help and just take the dang medication and suppress it myself.
Anyone in the Oklahoma City area should check out the OKC for OCD Walk this September (2024)! You can meet others strugging with OCD, as well as friends, family and local therapists. There will be games and prizes at the end of the walk as well, so come hang out for a bit! :) https://support.iocdf.org/OKCforOCD
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.
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!
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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