it’s been 3-4 sessions with my therapist (Not the NOCD team) and i haven’t got a diagnosis. she refers me as having ocd because she’ll say “how’s your ocd going” and stuff like that. but she’s never mentioned a diagnosis. and it’s treading me out. i feel like a diagnosis will help me feel like i can get better instead of worrying if i havé or don’t have ocd. i just want to cry.
I went to a psychiatrist first for a formal diagnosis before coming to NOCD
Ask her
Absolutely ask. I asked mine a long time ago and she was like “oh yeah definitely!” I think she thought I knew. That being said, if you need to ask again and again that’s asking for reassurance. Sounds like there may be a bit of an obsession/compulsion cycle here too given how distressed you are. It’s fair to want to know and you have a right to, but as a heads up it may not give you the feeling of certainty you’re looking for. I still doubt all the time and I have been diagnosed by multiple providers over 3-4 years
I was going to therapy for a few months till I went to a psychiatrist. He ended up moving my original appointment which made me worry more. I was so worried for some reason he was going to tell me I didn’t have OCD. That’s all I could think about until the appointment. I then told him I was super worried about him telling me I didn’t and he said “that just proves you do have it” “you can stop worrying about it because you have it” I thought it was funny.
I think my therapist doesn’t believe I have ocd, and that in itself is a bit frustrating because I’m not even sure I have ocd, where would I go to find out for sure? Because she doesn’t seem open to finding out if I do or not.
I'm currently visiting my third therapist in the last three years and none of them have helped me so far. None of them have given me any type of diagnosis so I'm not even sure if I actually have OCD, and it's driving me mad. The last session I had, I even felt like it made things worse rather that it helped. I wanna feel that trust to my therapist that you should feel to be able to share your emotions but I don't. I feel like its not going anywhere, like it's useless. Lately I've been thinking about finding a therapist here at NOCD, I've even looked up some specific people and they all seem really nice and sweet.
my therapist REFUSES to "formally diagnose" me with ocd AND autism. She said she knows i have them but that she didn't want to officially diagnose me because she didn't want "it to define me" like girl come on. I cant get the treatment i need or the accommodations for school (i'm in my last year of college) without a formal diagnosis and she just won't. has this ever happened to any of you? should i go to a new therapist ? talk to my PCP maybe ? i really just don't understand it and don't know how to advocate for myself anymore than i already have !!!! please any advice helps y'all !
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