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, this is my first time posting here, though I have been looking at the app for support for a while already. I have pretty bad social anxiety which unfortunately extends to even being in forums online as well, so I have been putting off sharing on here. I am in my early 40s and have struggled with OCD in various forms since I was a child. In my mid-teens it exploded into very tormenting Pure O. It is complicated by some comorbidity with other diagnoses — social and generalized anxiety, depression, and CPTSD. The sad thing is that I’ve actually experienced so much harm over the years at the hands of uneducated mental health professionals who didn’t have a clue about OCD or how to work with it, and i feel like I carry this extra burden of shame and trauma from those bad experiences on top of the grueling daily struggle I have with my mental health diagnoses. I am set up to have an initial consultation appointment soon with a therapist who is a psychologist in private practice. They seem kind and very knowledgeable, and so I am very hopeful that we will be a good fit for working together. But I am still haunted by those past bad experiences, and so the whole process of starting with someone new is nerve wracking. Has anyone else had bad experiences with therapists who didn’t understand OCD or who had only a superficial understanding of it? Thanks for reading!
Hi everyone, I’m searching for the right therapy and I think this is the place I need to be. Unfortunately I tried to commit suicide a week ago due to my brain never turning off and I’m also sick of feeling this way 50% of the time. Hopefully I’m not the only one out there who feels this way. Good luck to everyone ♥️
I’m finding it frustrating to get a post seen here. I’ve asked about anyone jn my age range (midlife) and also if anyone has been healed from body-focused repetitive behaviors (like nail biting or hair pulling), and haven’t received a response. It’s left me feeling extremely alone on this platform. Is it 99% age preteen to 20-somethings? Not to diminish their very real OCD issues, but we face different challenges as older adults. I am looking for peers. And I’m looking for anyone really of any age that has found help for their BFRBs. Mine are out of control. My nails are awful. I’ve had to file teeth a few times in the last year due to chipping and creating grooves due to nail biting, and I can’t seem to stop. It’s getting WORSE. I literally have tendinitis in my elbow that’s due to nail and cheek biting. Last time I had to get a cortisone shot in it due to a fluid collection that was caused! I need HELP.
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