i think its crazy the amount of ppl in here struggling unable to get help ppl who are sick and struggling to just take care of themselves let alone work and make money even extra money besides for rent and food car and gas not 100 to 200 dollars a week for therapy it crazy to me money is wat controls the health ppl have i think if money and insurance wasnt an issue were would i be would i have seen a doctor by now would i have seen an ocd therapist by now and the lack of mental health facilities educated in ocd theres so many mental health places everywere all listing ocd but only cause they can prescribe medication for it when they dont even understand it to diagnose it and its so different for everyone someone wit depression there all similair ppl wit ocd though are all different throwing an antidepressant at them and thats it like its a cure all isnt rite there has to be better doctors out there than give and antidepressant and anxiety medication a mood stabilaizer like a few different meds to properly treat ocd whichever kinds ppl have ive never tlk to an ocd doctor and ive never tlk to an ocd therapist ive only been treated by regular mental health places and done tlk therapy which doing research lately tlk therapy isnt the best for ocd but man did all the doctors ive seen push tlk therapy the medication isnt working you need therapy and then theres me sitting there thinking my therapist has no idea wat ocd is realy and wat are they gonna do to help me stop washing my hands and doing the same dressing ritual ive had for hte past 15 years turning circles spinning my clothes washing my hands a certain way wat are they gonna do to help me be able to wear colors that are negative to me eat foods and resteraunts i cant eat and go to there not cause they have no idea that this is wat ocd is so no i dont want to sit and tlk to a therapist doing regular tlk therapy but i no theres ocd doctors and therpiast out there and i no once i get to tlk to them ill see there different and be prescribed proper medications be listened to doing actual therapy thatll help my ocd free up my life makeing me better wokring on myself to get better each day haveing more freeness more choice in my life all while being on medication to help and to help wit my other probelms like depression and anixety agorophobia calling ppl on the phone i no the way ive been treated and not properly medicated has been rong and i cant wait to see a real ocd doctor even though theres like none in tennessee.

I really do want to go to therapy or psychiatrist to diagnosed my OCD and give me a treatment but it costs a lot. OCD ruins my life and consumes my mind I wish I can take a break from my own brain. Having OCD but undiagnosed feels like I’m crazy because people think I made that up but they don’t know how I’m struggling since I was a kid. So anyone have an advice for treat OCD especially checking OCD that doesn’t cost money? because I don’t work yet..🥲

Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a difficult situation and I wanted to ask for some advice. I recently finished my studies and I am living from my savings while I look for a job. However this process has turned out to be a lot more difficult and tedious than I expected. I suspect I have OCD as I relate to a lot of the experiences described here, in particular those corresponding to pure OCD. I have continuous intrusive thoughts about how what I'm currently doing is not enough, I constantly need to reassured that what I'm doing is right, with some magical thinking and concerns about my relationship sprinkled in. These intrusive thoughts have made it very difficult to make any significant progress in looking for something. Added to this I'm not even sure I have OCD as I don't have the money to afford therapy right now (my mind keeps telling me that it's silly to write this message because there's no way I have OCD). I live in Switzerland so as far as I understand my insurance won't cover sessions with NOCD. In conclusion I'm a bit stuck, therapy would help with finding a job but I need a job to get therapy. If any of you have had any similar experience and have some piece of advice it would be very welcome.

I’m kind of frustrated because for YEARS I’ve been trying to express my concerns. For about 6-7 years I’ve been concerned about having OCD. I’m not diagnosed and I want to talk to a professional to confirm whether or not I have it. I have been struggling with several symptoms over many years of my life and it has been absolutely distressing. I’ve expressed my concerns to two doctors. One of them pretended like they didn’t hear me and the other did give me scenarios that I experience. When I said yes to the ones that applied to me, she said “well it’s very normal for people to wash their hands a lot and check door locks” well yeah but what I experience is so much more than that and it’s been absolutely horrendous. I have super bad compulsions and intrusive thoughts, at some point I broke a TV because I felt like I had to throw these little coasters at it for 5 times. And then after those 5 times, the way I threw it didn’t feel right, so I had to do it again and again until it felt right and then it broke :/ The doctor later told me that they can recommend me to professionals but my mom didn’t want me to because of fear that I can get medicated. But I just want to talk to a professional to be able to express my concerns about it. I also feel bad about talking about what I experience because I don’t want people to think that I’m trying to self diagnose myself. I just want to be able to recognize my struggles and try to overcome what I go through. All I want is help. At some point I went to therapy and I had three sessions and then my mom pulled me out. But in those sessions I haven’t talked about my struggles with OCD yet, I was talking about other issues and my therapist was still trying to get to know me. :( Sometimes when I’ve talked to my parents they don’t really try to listen. Sometimes they tell me “well everyone has a little bit of OCD”. Okay, well I’m not talking about everyone, I’m talking about ME. And back when I struggled so much with violent intrusive thoughts, it was also a time where I felt like I HAD to tell my parents about every thought that I had. And my parents were concerned and thought that I was just in general violent. But I’m not violent, I don’t believe these things. And they STILL don’t want to hear me out on my concerns after all of that. I just want to feel validated with what I go through. I am convinced that I struggle with OCD, but I want to be SURE. I don’t want to feel like I’m self diagnosing. I want to KNOW what I’ve been experiencing all these years. I really do like this app because I feel like I finally relate to other people and that I can REALLY talk about my struggles while being understood. Whether or not if I do have it, I feel really understood and I really understand and relate with others. But anyways I hope I can figure this whole thing out one day😓🙏