Hello everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone else on her that is finally getting the help they always needed at an older age. I am 62, and have had a lot of therapy that didn't really do much for me.
Welcome and congratulations! There are so many of us that are finding this treatment later in life - I am 54 and I have been in treatment for 16 months and it has made such a huge difference in my life. I am so happy that you have found treatment.
Hello! Welcome! It’s never too late for help and so happy you found this app as it offers a lot. Seeing an OCD specialized therapist is a game changer. I wish you luck on your OCD recovery journey. I’ll be rooting for you!
Thank you so much!
Hello and welcome! I’m so glad you’ve found the help you always needed. I’m 25 now, but struggled with OCD for 15+ years before I learned about ERP & got the treatment that changed my life, so definitely resonate with it being a long time coming. I share the experience of having other kinds of talk therapy that didn’t help much and in some cases made my OCD symptoms worse. Now I know how common that is! I hope you find a supportive community here 💜
I am lucky and started treatment when I was 15, but even so, I can relate to going through therapy that didn't help first. Unfortunately, a lot of therapists don't know much about OCD. It really helped me to find an ERP specialist because ERP is the main therapy recommended for OCD. Good for you for sticking with it! When therapy feels like it isn't helping, it can be hard to put in the work to find a new therapist, especially when you are really struggling. When I found an OCD/ERP specialist, though, it was life-changing and so worth the search. Wishing you well in your recovery journey :)
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
Hey all, This is so strange to share this, and I have been judged by others and misdiagnosed many times. About a year ago I worked with an OCD therapist and it was really triggering. For me my thoughts are mainly about suicidal ocd and harm ocd centered around my children of all things. Fear that I could or would want to hurt them, then feeling so horrible that I believe I’m suicidal then I go back and forth on that. After reading a few of your posts, it makes me truly have a bit of hope that I can overcome this.
A huge thank you to everyone. I am new to the app. I’m 28 years old and only recently discovered that my thoughts are a result of my OCD. It’s been so reassuring to hear other people managing the same thoughts I’ve been having.
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