- Date posted
- 2y
Help, is this enough for my psychiatrist?
I’m going to Show this to my psychiatrist with the hope of getting an ocd diagnosis. I’ve left out some uncomfortable details. Does this seem enough to be diagnosed? My brain tried convincing me that I forced her into the situation (this was not the case at all but my brain still tried convincing me that I did and this included intrusive thoughts and images which caused me great distress) I then believed that the police were out to get me and this meant I found it hard leaving the house. To stop the thoughts I reached out to police, counsellors, therapists, family and friends just for some reassurance that I wasn’t a rapist and that the police weren’t out to get me. The reassurance would work for a little while and then the thoughts would continue (I still get thoughts of this to this day) At the age of 9+ I became obsessed with my appearance and the fact I was overweight. I then developed an obsession with not allowing myself to eat more than exactly 600 calories a day. If I did then I wouldn’t allow myself to eat food the next day. I would constantly weigh myself to make sure I haven’t gained weight and seeing that I haven’t was great reassurance for me. Age 15+ I still believed the police were out to get me. And was still having extreme intrusive thoughts about the event. I then started having intrusive thoughts about being gay and the thoughts were extremely distressing for me. I would constantly ask friends and family if they thought I was gay, I would constantly take online quizzes to provide short term reassurance and relief. The thoughts got in the way of my everyday life. I couldn’t look at females without panicking, I felt I had to delete all social media and my brain was always looking for ‘proof I was gay’ and it latched onto the event from earlier. I then had even more intrusive thoughts and felt that that event ‘turnt’ me gay Age 15 I got into a relationship with a male and I fell in love and the intrusive thoughts about being gay stopped, however my brain latched onto the fear of being a bad/controlling girlfriend. I asked my partner for constant reassurance that I wasn’t a bad person and that he still loved me. If I didn’t have the reassurance I would spiral with anxiety. The asking for reassurance became too much for him and we broke up. During the breakup I obsessed even more over the fact of being a bad girlfriend/person. I had intrusive thoughts of things that happened in the relationship which may mean I was a bad girlfriend. I turned to a discord server to provide me with reassurance and it temporarily relieved and then the thoughts kept going. 4 months prior to the breakup (currently) the obsessive intrusive thoughts of being gay have returned and they cause me so much distress. It’s hard to get through the day. I’m constantly asking for reassurance that I’m not gay. It’s getting in the way of my everyday life and it feels like my brain never stops.