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- Persistix
- Date posted
- 6y ago
- Username
- nullnull
- Date posted
- 6y ago
You need to go to someone who specializes in OCD. Traditional therapists won't do you any good as they don't understand the complexity of our disorder.
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- 08230823
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I’m sorry, I feel the same way with my therapist. She’s not an OCD specialist and I feel like she just doesn’t understand.
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- ghostlyghostly
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I agree with the others, find someone who specializes in OCD. I’ve had something like this happen to me and it’s so, so frustrating and triggering.
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- NaeunNaeun
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Find OCD specialist near you. And listen to me hun. Do you mind telling me what she said? So I can give u tips cuz I suffered from HOCD as well. High hopes ??
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- PersistixPersistix
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Thanks for you're comments everyone!! @ghostly - she kind of framed the whole situation as if it was a matter of going out on dates to figure out my sexuality. I kind of sensed she thought I was gay and just in denial about it- she made comments like I wouldn't be surprised if your friends suspect something, and who did you go to prom with? Gave examples of happy gay couples she knew that felt so much better after they came out. Like random little things that added up were super upsetting because she wasn't really getting what I was saying. I would really appreciate some tips though!!!!!!!!!!!
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- NaeunNaeun
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Omg wth! That is BS ! Just hearing that scares me and it would def trigger me!! Don’t worry she prolly saying that cuz she doesn’t know anything about OCD smh!!!!
- Username
- nullnull
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Omg! I'm ashamed I didn't mention this earlier. Visit the International OCD Foundation's website. You can find local specialists in your area that may even accept medical insurance!
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- PersistixPersistix
- Date posted
- 6y ago
That makes me feel better hearing I'm not alone on that thank you!!!!
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- ghostlyghostly
- Date posted
- 6y ago
@Unfinishedmist That’s stressful and I’m sorry you had to put up with that. I actually had something like that happen recently. I have gender OCD (basically like HOCD but I fear being trans) and recently I texted a crisis help line because I was so scared. They gave me a bunch of resources for trans people even though I clearly stated that I have OCD. Super stressful. I was so frustrated and I felt like they weren’t listening to me at all. But I went to a specialist and he totally understood. A specialist will be familiar with HOCD, as it’s a fairly common theme.
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- PersistixPersistix
- Date posted
- 6y ago
That's a relief to hear, I honestly left that appointment and felt like I had made everything up
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- Brooklyn33
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I went to my therapist last monday and... wow I feel so good these last days. The more I talk with her about hocd, the best I feel. And the less Im thinking about this. I mean. Is still there, but it doesn't disturb me like before. I don't need to make a compulsion about it. And sometimes I have relapses and I'm going to have them in the future too because Im not perfect, but I really feel less anxiety than before. Im starting to feel like before, like who I am. Like the world is not ending and even if I am angry or frustrated sometimes because I have doubts or I don't know what is going to happen... you know, I'll be okay.
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- Brooklyn33
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Ugh, I went to my therapist today and she said in the last minutes of the session: No, but who knows. Some people with forty years or something discover their sexuality is other. We are here to stop make you obsessing and worrying. The theme is not important, so who knows. And it's like "thaaaaank you", know Im afraid for all the week with this in my head. What a bad way of portraying it, seriously. I know it is true and that is okay, and I know who I feel about it but these thought only make my rumination go wild. In some way is important to choose your words. She is great and all but sometimes I CAN'T.
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- Lera
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’ve been diagnosed with OCD (strongest HOCD) and have worked on it with a therapist for the past 5 years. It got better, while not completely going away. But now that I have a boyfriend and the stakes seem to be much higher in my mind, my HOCD and ROCD have big time flared up. I went to a psychiatrist to consider options of medication to someone who said he treats OCD. HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HOCD OR ROCD OR ANYTHING WAS and told me that I may be bi-sexual etc. etc. etc. My therapist told me that this happens so often due to lack of understanding. Has anyone had a similar experience with someone misdiagnosing you and saying your intrusive thoughts might actually be true?
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