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Is it just me or is that incredibly insulting
My psychiatrist just called my intrusive thoughts ‘fantasies’…
My psychiatrist just called my intrusive thoughts ‘fantasies’…
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@HATE MYSELF. Nope! She also told me that the answer to my problem is to go to sleep so…
I’m beginning to realize most mainstream advice/therapy is not helpful for OCD. OCD is very different.
That is unbelievably uneducated of them
I wouldn’t like my thoughts referred to as that. It is invalidating.
They’re not OCD trained, obviously. I’d find someone who knows what OCD even is.
@HATE MYSELF. Yeah, I am blaming the psychiatrist. They have all the access and trainings to them and they h chi odor not to stay updated.
@Nica They choose not to*
@Nica I’d love to find an ocd specialist, but I can’t find one under my blue cross blue shield that isn’t an older doctor:( I’ve had zero positive experience with older ones and I just keep hearing ‘Well it takes them a long time to get through school’ But like if it took them so long shouldn’t they be up-to-date on mental illness traits… This doctor in particular is VERY invasive and her room has a lobby where everyone outside can hear you talking so it’s an extremely humiliating experience all together. Srry for the long comment this is the first time anyone has understood what I’m going through
@Totallynotsomeoneyouknow Can you look at other psychiatrist within your network? And then filter for OCD. You can definitely do extra training and courses that you add onto your degree and certificates, so I’m not surprised the older ones make silly excuses 🙄 My mom, who is a psychotherapist, got trained and certified for EMDR treatment within 6 months. Yes, it does take some time depending on the topic but it can definitely happen faster than it used to be even 8 years ago.
@Nica So thankful for people like your mom! I’ve been looking for people trained for cbt for the past 5 months and no one so far but I’ll never stop!
Update: tysm to everyone who responded! I was starting to think it was just me being dramatic
Not at all, what they said was misinformed and to be honest, completely out of order …
The psych I saw awhile back said I didn’t have OCD because I didn’t have physical compulsions like tapping, etc. that led to two and a half years of not getting the kind of treatment I needed, where talk therapy fueled my anxieties. I empathize with you a lot! It goes to show it’s a team effort with OCD. Yes we need professionals to help us but also we need to advocate for ourselves.
Same! She made me answer to some questions from an online "quiz", most of them related to physical compulsions, to show me it wasn't ocd because I didn't have the "c" part💀💀💀 And before her the psychologist in my school told me the same thing! I believed her at first and my anxiety became so much worse. Thank god I found this app and understood what mental compulsions are!
@gre-gre Same. I’m finally feeling understood. I’m glad you are also feeling relief with the app/new understanding on your mental health!
@peyt7 I'm glad for you too!
I’m so glad you were able to feel validated. That is such a terrible experience you had with a psychiatrist who clearly was uneducated.
I need advice for intrusive thoughts. I used to feel like I could handle them. They weren’t nearly as bad as the things that related to my actual life. But now, I’m suffering. I haven’t had a sexual experience in over a year that didn’t involve constant intrusive thoughts. Most are somehow related to kids and I keep chasing off the thoughts but it’s so bad. I know you’re supposed to ignore them but I don’t know how I can just ignore that and continue what I’m doing. But they’re coming on stronger. I had one earlier I could not get rid of just as things finished so the thought came on strongly just before my orgasm hit and now I feel absolutely disgusting. I hated the thought and I know it’s not me and it was not enjoyable but it still feels like I was getting off to it. I feel sick. I’m so fucking tired of these thoughts. They’re in my every day life too and it’s all the time. I just want it to stop but ignoring it feels so wrong. What should I do?
just been to therapy and i was explaining my contamination ocd and says i don’t diagnose ocd but this doesn’t seem severe enough? so now im spiralling am i just lying to myself and im just a freak. does she mean my other ocds aren’t real either? i’m just honestly so upset. need advice please im just spiralling so much i take medication for ocd and basically have every symptom and subtype of ocd:(
I’ve recently had my meds upped after a really bad spiral / episode and i’m doing a bit better. My mum wanted me to go to the GP, a doctor she really trusts to affirm the dosage is ok, what’s really going on etc. I went to the GP and it was an experience that honestly didn’t sit right with me. I just wanted some community to know if i’m over analysing. I feel like I cannot tell my mum because she trusts this doctor so much. My mum came with me and kind of brought up how I was thinking it could be OCD but the doctor immediately wrote me off and was like it’s definitely not it’s just anxiety and depression and then he brought up how OCD is more like I wouldn’t be able to go through the door without tapping and checking and how he knew a friend with OCD in school and he couldn’t even leave his locker for 30 minutes because he had to keep checking. I 100% know this is OCD and this is what it looks like for some people and how debilitating it is but from what I’ve learnt and researched it’s not JUST that and I don’t really like the way he turned me down without asking what symptoms I have. I also feel like he didn’t have a good grasp on what it really is at its core because yes I don’t physically check but I don’t think it’s crazy that I thought (think?) I might have it (i have obsessive intrusive thoughts, ruminate, mental compulsions and body check). Then he kind of went on to psycho analyse me and ended up asking about personal stuff and kind of blamed all my intrusive thoughts on my relationship with my dad who is estranged, which was awkward and a little insulting. I’m not saying that has no impact on my mental health but it just felt uncomfortable and weird to me. Anyways even if I don’t have OCD, I’m not sure I do, I’m no doctor but I relate to many of you and I know that OCD is not visible in that way for many so it’s sad to think many others will be ignored or brushed off. Does anyone else have any stories of GP’s treating OCD this way ? :((
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