been feeling good no anxiety but yesterday i was thinking about when my therapy appointment will come through and the reason why i'm starting it and now i'm anxious about it and the thing that's troubling me 😣
I’m so sorry to hear your getting some anxiety surrounding why you are starting therapy. It can be very daunting at first to start with a new therapist but it is 100% worth it! It’s never easy opening up right away but it can be so beneficial to your mental health and OCD recovery. You can always reach out to your Member Advisors if you have any specific questions regarding therapy! Best of luck!
Thank you for sharing what you are going through. I think it’s great that you are starting therapy. Please try to keep in mind that OCD is the doubting disease. Therefore, it is not surprising that as you are addressing your OCD, intrusive thoughts and questions are going to come up. Try to just acknowledge the thoughts, but not engage with them. Recovery from OCD is possible. Therapy, time, and patience show us how to manage the symptoms and keep the frequency and intensity of the episodes under control. Be patient with yourself, you are doing a great job.
Hey! I would definitely mention this to your therapist . They will go slow with you and make you feel comfortable. Therapy is hard. I was so nervous when I first went but it was so worth it. You got this!
thanks everyone i'm hoping my appointment will come through soon and can get my recovery process started
Anxiety is much better but intrusive thoughts have reared their ugly head again. Thing is they don’t scare me but they seem like they should have meaning since I’m not anxious like I used to be!
so I scheduled my free call today, then I had this anxiety that maybe I shouldn't do this, I dont have ocd, im faking it all, blah blah. So I canceled it- fear that I'll waste there time and yeah. I also fear I'll get locked into paying for something I dont need even though this call is free, and also think i was lying to them for attention as I think all my symptoms are fake and it's all in my head and im just dramatic😅 Idk if this was a mistake or not, I want to know i rlly do but that nagging fear is stopping me.(sorry if i repeated anything)
I am feeling a lot of anxiety and fear around what I know and what I don’t know. I also just had some a French vanilla coffee so I think this made it worse. And I should have known better. I realize I am really uncomfortable about what is out of control to the point I am very scared and nervous and I don’t know what it is about. Every time I journal I feel a strong urge to through the journal away and get a new one, in the same way every choice and decision I make it is out of fear and uncomfortableness not because it is my actual decision. So now I feel like more than ever ocd is controlling my life even though I know that what it is and that it is not something to be afraid of but I stilll constantly doubt and judge myself. I officially got diagnosed I was not sure before but what is the first step to taking back control over your life and yourself? I am on the waiting list for therapy but also I wish I could go to therapy sooner but I want someone I know I will work well with and I don’t want to rush thing because I know I will not do well at making such a big step in my own because I will overthink it so I just want to get myself to a point where I can do important things like that for myself. With school coming up I am even more stressed and worried about making the right decisions. Any tips? I would appreciate it. Also can anyone relate to this confusion and this dilemma with making important dedication like getting help and going to the doctor? Any did it make it hard to navigate school?
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