Hello all. Is it really worth it seeing a therapist here? I have struggled a lot with health anxiety and OCD and I feel like there is nothing will stop this and I will live all my life this way.
Therapy is life changing, it is absolutely worth it❤️
Hey, I feel the same way, I struggle really badly with my ocd and anxiety. I feel really hopeless at times and it’s really rough. I truly believe in seeing a therapist who is trained to treat ocd. Honesty sometimes I really feel like the only person that continues cheering me on when I loose hope in myself is my therapist. She has been my rock for years, and I don’t think I would have made it this far without her. Therapists are so helpful and a huge support system. It’s worth having a therapist, especially with ocd because ocd just tends to only get larger and stronger when left untreated.
Of course it’s worth it.
Hello friend! OCD can bring you into holes you have never imagined you can get out of. The most important thing is that while OCD may not have a cure, you can live a perfectly normal life. Start therapy, it is so worth it for OCD and life in general. All of these feelings you have can be changed with the perspective of a good therapist, you are so so worth it my friend. I love you more than you know because I have felt this pain before, but TRUST in me when I say there is hope. Press that button and get help, you will thank me later!
ERP Therapy is a key to true freedom for people with OCD. It has helped me immensely. I have 59% better than when I started in January. I now know how to approach it and what it really is. Give it a chance!!!
@Anonymous Would it work with HIV OCD? And health as general
@devmoha99 Yes I have in ERP for somatic / health concern ocd since November and I am completely changed since I started. I won't tell you anxiety will go away completely but it fades into the background. I still do exposures and I still talk to someone but its worth it.
@Will86 Really happy to hear this! I hope I can get better soon and get back my life again
I am so anxious as have mammogram next week and was recalled last time so scared
@Jak71 That has happened to me, too.
@Jak71 Happened a lot and the only thing I lost is money lol
@Anonymous How did you cope?
Hi everyone, I’m Andrea and I am a member of the Intake Team here at NOCD. In junior high, I was known as the “aneurysm girl” because I was convinced any small headache meant I was dying. At just 12 years old, I read something that triggered my OCD, and from that moment on, my brain latched onto catastrophic health fears. Any strange sensation in my body felt like proof that something was seriously wrong. I constantly sought reassurance, avoided being alone, and felt trapped in an endless cycle of fear. Over time, my OCD shifted themes, but health anxiety was always there, lurking in the background. I turned to drinking to numb my mind, trying to escape the fear that never let up. Then, in 2016, everything spiraled. I was sitting at work, feeling completely fine, when suddenly my vision felt strange—something was “off.” My mind convinced me I was having a stroke. I called an ambulance, launching myself into one of the darkest periods of my life. I visited doctors multiple times a week, terrified I was dying, yet every test came back normal. The fear never loosened its grip. For years, I cycled in and out of therapy, desperately trying to find answers, but no one recognized what was really happening. I was always told I had anxiety or depression, but OCD was never mentioned. I was suicidal, believing I would never escape the torment of my mind. It wasn’t until 2022—after years of struggling, hitting rock bottom, and finally seeking specialized OCD treatment—that I got the right diagnosis. ERP therapy at NOCD was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but it saved my life. Today, I’m 34, sober, and living a life I never thought was possible. Do I still have hard days? Absolutely. But I am no longer a prisoner to my fears. The thoughts still come, but they don’t control me anymore. They don’t dictate my every move. Life isn’t perfect, but it no longer knocks me off my feet. If you’re struggling with health OCD or somatic OCD, I see you. I know how terrifying and isolating it can be. But I also know that it can get better. If you have any questions about health & somatic OCD, ERP, and breaking the OCD cycle, I’d love to tell you what I’ve learned first hand. Drop your questions below, and I’ll answer all of them!
I have had ocd for decades! Could I still be cured???? (Of you can call it that?) I have seen different therapists but it never had fully left me...not by any stretch of the imagination. I do want to be free of this ocd and its power over me and all the bad that it brought into my life!!! Some days I am strong and feel like I am fighting it put other days...many days...I don't get things done or if I do I take a long time to-do the things I need to get done. I feel like I know this is just then ocd stopping me and that these are just thoughts but nobody in my family understands and though they have shared my journey and hated it a I do.....it just feels like I want so bad to be the best person I coukd be but I avoid places, people, things, that have any reminder of my ocd.......and so it restricts me from getting better and completing tasks the way I used to. Now UI might go and make 2-3 trips cuz I am worried to shop at a place and therefore it takes my time up. The avoidance I do is bad! When I actually don't listen to my ocd and don't avoid something...I feel great! ,However, it happens so rarely!!! I.dont know how finding a therapist through NOCD will help me. It is not in person and two be honest I almost think I need medicine to push me along. I don't have anybsteady and consistent improvements. However, I don't think I want to be on medication for the rest of my life! I am very confused!
Hello! What a journey this ocd thing is! After 17 years with one therapist, I knew I was no longer making progress, so I changed to a new therapist. After just 6 months with her, she suggested I might have ocd and to look into getting diagnosed. She was right and I was diagnosed with ocd last summer. Meds are making a big difference but I still have lots of unlearning and re-learning to do. I’ve been struggling with whether or not to switch to a therapist who specializes in ocd. I have no issues with my current therapist, but she doesn’t specialize in ocd and I sometimes think I need someone who does specialize in it. But of course, I have Pure O, so I can think myself in circles til the cows come home. Can anyone share experience about switching to a therapist who specializes in ocd?
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