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Are you diagnosed with OCD? Are you receiving treatment?
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Haven’t received treatment at all. I know I need to get help but don’t know how to go about it without using money…
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@7710 ❤️ If you can see a psychiatrist I'd recommend that. If you really want see one then your best bet is the book Freedom From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Jonathan Grayson. It will outline how you can make your own recovery plan. I wrote a post earlier called "How to get better." where I made some pointers how to get started with this journey if you wanna take a look at that.
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@yup_its_ocd I tried reading books.. nothing worked.. I think I need to talk to someone other than my friend who causes me anxiety.
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@7710 ❤️ They book has the standard formula for how to do ERP, which is how you resolve OCD symptoms. Any IOCDF recommend therapist will be doing something similar if not the same. The only reason I mentioned it was because it seemed money was an issue for you, but I absolutely recommend an OCD specialist. Good luck!
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@yup_its_ocd I just want to be happy.. that’s all I know I want! I am so tired of never being able to relax at all. I am not happy with my life at all! I hate it! I am tired about worrying over things non stop.
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@7710 ❤️ I was like this and my journey has only started to turn around thanks to ERP and medication. Without it I wouldn't be alive.
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@yup_its_ocd Right now… all I wanna do is yell at my partner… 😢 I can’t sleep… I’m angry he is going away to hang out with his friend until Sunday while it makes me feel like he just wants to get away from me…
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@yup_its_ocd Since we live we my family we never have any peace at all anymore.
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@yup_its_ocd I want him to have a break but.. I that it was only one night… so I was upset a bit when I heard two when I thought it was one.. I don’t wanna control him but it upsets me… not living on our own is causing us problems.
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@yup_its_ocd I tell him a lot that I am unhappy about our living situation and how it is causing problems in the relationship! I am frustrated bc I feel like he doesn’t take me seriously on it!
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@yup_its_ocd It’s making me sad angry and confused with him… my depression doesn’t help either!
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@yup_its_ocd I want us both to get better jobs so we can leave and finally live on our own… that’s all I want… i want to have a place that we can go back home too… 😢
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I don’t know what I can do. I guess this is more of a depression thing than OCD but who knows. I have been battling this ongoing war within myself for years now and it’s been affecting my academic performance. situation of mine right now: I haven’t done a lot of work for my classes this month and I feel like I’m going to fail the semester again. I don’t know what it is but I can never seem to begin any work. I know I am capable but why can’t I get myself to start? why has this been going on for so long? I don’t understand. I have a history of good grades back in high school before I turned 17. I don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like I’ve been paralyzed and cannot do any work. but I can somehow do offside tasks like pinterest boards or random youtube videos. if I get rid of those, what do I do? I end up sleeping. because I’m tired. I have a low vitamin D deficiency & have been trying to get energy. I’m at a loss. I also bought unnecessary stuff on sunday when I went out with my family. I bought some things for the kids and I ended up buying myself a dress and a few accessories. now I have to work extra to gain that money back doing uber eats because I need it asap. it’s like I don’t want to work, for now. my coworkers who are around my age don’t work as much & I think to myself, “wow, they must be getting in the work done” meanwhile I’m working 3 days a week (which isn’t much) and attending school. I feel like if I change my schedule again, I’ll ruin it for the rest of my driver coworkers. I’m in a lead position at work so having to put on a mask is quite tiring. there’s so much I want to say that I don’t think it will fit in this post. I have booked a mental health session with a school counselor. all I want at the moment is to have my own place and be in a better mental state to take care of my cats. they mean a lot to me but this stupid ass undiagnosed mental issue is getting in the way. sorry for the long rant. I am tired.
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TW// self ha rm this is a lot so sorry in advance have been very depressed recently, OCD is kicking my a**. I have been thinking negatively and about not being here in this world pretty intensely. I’ve also just been crying and sometimes hurting myself in a fit of rage. i have been very aggressive to the people i care about, family like mom and grandma or my pets (not being gentle when picking up or holding and or yelling/screaming(this only happened yesterday)… i have felt really bad about this as this is not okay and unfair to the people around me especially my cats because they don’t understand and I wouldn’t want someone being rough with me and or yelling/screaming for not a reasonable reason. my cats are fine and they want to be around me but i still feel so bad. I cried and hugged them and apologized . But i feel it is not enough . also i just feel upset at everyone around me who has failed me but i have become so mean and nasty i just hate this. i cry for so long i dont want to be like this im just so stressed and upset but i have been trying to calm down and if I feel like an outburst is coming i try to direct it somewhere healthier as of rn. im just sad and also i have to go on a trip soon i planned it for myself but i dont wanna cancel i just feel like i ruin everything. ive been diagnosed with so much like borderline, major depression, adhd, histrionic disorder like wtf i feel so not normal and I’m just upset.
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I just feel like therapy isn’t working… like I get to talk about myself and understand myself… but I’m already incredibly self aware. My therapist thought I was like 5 years older than I am… and she gives me such basic strategies that do absolutely nothing for me. And a psychiatrist prescribed me with Zoloft… but I don’t know if T want to take medication. I’m scared of side effects… and I’m scared of getting better… I’m scared of letting my guard down. I know it will make me less cautious which makes me less likely to push myself to perfection like I currently do, which I can’t have happen. Every time I talk to my mom about it, she’s always like “Let’s talk about this some other time, I’m busy with other things”, and then never remembers. But in the rare moments we do talk about it, she treats it like I’m signing up to be a drug addict. I also feel very guilty for spending so much of my parents’ money- therapy… medication… etc… and also the idea of my being unlovable is so deeply engraved in my brain… I genuinely, truly believe it. No therapy or medication can fix it. I can’t change my mind. My therapist tells me my misophonia is not a “deal-breaker” and that someone would be lucky to have me as a partner… but then why hasn’t anyone ever liked me? My own FAMILY can’t stand me. How do I believe something I know isn’t true? That’s even harder to accept than me being unlovable. I can’t see someone loving me. And it is so incredibly exhausting to seek love,e I know I cannot have. My sister says, “It will get better with age…” It has only ever gotten worse. To the point I don’t want to get better. It has reached the severity where I feel more safe and successful with anxiety. My past 3 birthdays have been me wishing for therapy. And now I have therpay- and medication, the potential key… and I refuse? Am I too deep in? I cant get out, it’s too late. How did absolutely no one notice how much I had and have been hurting? Why did no one listen to my cries or worries? I feel really depressed and hopeless right now. It takes so much effort to get up every day… I’m so tired.
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