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- 2y ago
I’m going to the therapist today
And I’m scared they gonna say I don’t have ocd. I’m so so scared. Can someone help me? And who has experienced this too?
And I’m scared they gonna say I don’t have ocd. I’m so so scared. Can someone help me? And who has experienced this too?
I’m so sorry to hear that you are really scared about going to the therapist today. But just remember that it is a huge step in the right direction and you should be so proud of yourself!
I also had these thoughts, that “the therapist is going to say I don’t have ocd” then I would question myself like “am I really like this, do I really get anxious, or am I just making this up?”
I experienced the exact same thing when I went to my first therapist. But the worrying about this is more proof of ocd. All the best :)
I’m really proud of you for going to therapy. It’s potentially a scary step for people but an important one to get better. Most people with OCD have the fear they don’t have OCD. It’s a pretty good indicator of having it. That’s just OCD telling you the issue is you and not it. OCD would like you to stay out of therapy so it can ruin your life undisturbed. The important thing: are you going to a therapist who uses ERP for OCD? Exposure Response Prevention is the way to go with OCD. If they don’t use ERP for OCD it’s already time to switch therapists. Talk therapy isn’t effective for treating OCD and can actually make it worse. This happened to me with my subtype. If you need more information, let us know and we can help you further.
Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
So you got to ask me anything… Now I’d like to ask you something! I’ve heard from Members that they were so scared coming to their first ERP session. They were terrified that I would think they were crazy, that I would tell them their worst fears were true. That I would confirm they are some form of a terrible person or have them hauled off to prison for their thoughts. I’ve also had Members share how they’re very scared to begin ERP treatment because they’ve researched enough to know it means facing the fear, without the compulsions that have kept them feeling safe (but not really safe) this entire time. They struggled to see how they could be capable of doing this, while simultaneously acknowledging that they did not want to live like this anymore. If you have had your first session, what were your thoughts before? Did you have any hesitations or fears going into it? How did it turn out? If you haven’t yet begun to work with an ERP specialist, what is holding you back?
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