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There are lots of new options for therapy nowadays: online, telephone, Skype, texting, apps. Just because there isn’t an OCD specialist physically in your area shouldn’t stop you from getting treatment. Doing ERP on your own is confusing and scary and I’m not surprised it hasn’t been that effective without the guidance of a professional. Get creative in your search and I think you can find something that works for you!
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Oh yes I've heard of Ali greymond f.e. who does online therapy and seems to be good at it but then the money issues kick in... :(
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Try contacting these guys: https://ocdla.com/telephone-online-therapy-ocd-anxiety
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What are thoose?
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Medicine/anti anxiety pills
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I would explain to them that you may need some encouragement or help because you are scared of taking them. I would yell at my mom because she didn’t understand but I didn’t wnat to explain to her what was happening... explaing to them why helps. God gave me the courage to tell them
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I've told them already... they don't listen and literally say they don't wanna understand my illness. I feel so alone and depressed honestly...
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I’m so sorry your parents have that attitude towards your mental illness.
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Do you have a therapist? or a psychiatrist or anything? Perhaps you could go and see them and explain that your parents need a little bit more information on the subject?
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I truly hope things get better, I’m sending all my strength and energy to you.
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Benzodiazepines may help momentarily but they’re not going to cure you. I’m so sorry your parents are unsupportive. As much as you can, I’d try to keep them out of your illness and recovery. Don’t go to them for advice, support, consoling, or reassurance. You’ll need to handle this on your own, unfortunately. What benzodiazepines are you on? And how often? I think it’s perfectly reasonable to struggle to take these. And realistically, therapy with ERP is going to be waaaaaay more effective and what will actually help you get better. These pills just keep us calm for a little while.
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Honestly thank you all for the love ♡ this was written in the heat of the moment, my parents are supportive most of the time but ERP therapy just isnt available in my area unfortunately so drugs is the only solution they can think of for now. It's just a sad situation and it's driving my entire family mad and I feel guilty and at the same time I feel angry at them at times because it feels like I'm being punished for something I didn't ask for. Just a mess. I've been trying to do ERP on my own for 2.5ish years now, but the results aren't good and the crisis service which checks up on me to see if I don't commit suicide (they do not treat me though) actually discourages me doing exposures and it's messing with my head as I really wanna do everything I can to get rid of it and I think ERP is the only way. Either way thank you everyone for the support in this difficult time and I hope all of you are doing at least somewhat okay too.
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Also, I forgot to mention but I'm on oxazepam 10 mg 5 times a day, for now that's the plan. They do actually work for me and besides being tired/slow from them I don't feel any bad side effects, it's just that taking the pill itself ironically gives me anxiety/OCD thoughts. I also don't wanna do this long term either though as I don't think that's good either, but I'm not against trying it for a while as the way I function (or rather lack there of) right now is very bad atm.
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I've already spent a ton of money on talk therapy before unfortunately and experimental therapy like rTMS which did not work, only afterwards realising I need to do ERP instead
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I understand. I think she’s realllly expensive though and there are plenty of less-famous Ocd specialists out there who will charge less. Many offer a sliding scale depending on your families income.
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I’m so sorry you’re getting issues with money; depending on where you live, do you have free health care?
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Yeah talk therapy isn’t effective for OCD unfortunately :/
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Well I do have insurance, and I am on a waiting list for treatment across my country, it's just that the waiting list is like... 6 months probably (even that is not certain). So it's more about surviving the coming 6 months I guess... also, do any of you have experience with a good OCD therapist (online)?
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Oh do you have any experience with them.
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That was supposed to be a question mark, gg
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I do! In person but they’re good
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Do you think that maybe you can try an SSRI if you haven’t already? They take longer to take effect but they might help you feel more stable long term enough so that you can do ERP safely and live with your family until you can move out. I’m really sorry about your situation. My father is the same about my Tourette’s. Some people will just never understand the impact of some illnesses. Best of wishes!
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I've tried 3 already. All 3 made me suicidal, one made me even aggressive and that is very out of character for me. My OCD also spiked (and I did take all these for months with the exception of the last one which also made me verbally very aggressive, so it wasn't the first period only where symptoms are supposed to flare up). I also had physical side effects like nosebleeds/weight gain but honestly if it would've helped I probably would've been fine with that. It actually made things worse for me though so after trying 3 out and reacting so severely to them all I don't feel like playing around with anti depressants anymore. Also I'm sorry to hear about that I hope things get better for you too.
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I have OCD, but my parents don’t understand what I’m going through. All I wanted was for someone to be by my side and support me, but they dismiss my struggles, telling me to "just stop thinking" and that I’m making a big deal out of nothing. When I asked for a new therapist because my current one isn’t helping—she isn’t even an OCD specialist—they became angry and didn't believe I need therapy and instead blame me for everything. My father was so mad, he insist to gave me a knife and kill myself. He threatened to isolate me completely, cutting me off from school, the internet, and everything else. My mom cried and shut me down when I tried to explain my pain. They refuse to listen and my dad said it’s all my fault. That day they threw me outside the house for a night, and called me back in telling me to forget everything and forgive them, but I understood that I will not be able to mention anything about my mental health or seeing an OCD specialist ever again, I am completely alone now. With no financial support, and now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the proper therapy I need. I’m only 15, but it feels like I’ll be trapped in this suffering forever, I feel hopeless, I feel like shit, I am going to suffer forever with no support and help.
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I have to be alone with my children tomorrow and I'm scared. Harm OCD has me panicking and ruminating. I don't want to hurt my babies they mean everything to me. I keep fighting for them, I got a better job for them and I want to create a better life for them. I'm so afraid that I might hurt them so I need to be away from them but I also don't want to be away from them. The thoughts and images are so much. I'd rather die before I hurt them. Accepting the uncertainty of possibly hurting them is not something I can accept or live with. And it doesn't help having existential ocd because that says none of it matters anyway. I just want to be the old me, I hate this disorder I hate this disease I hate me for having these thoughts. I'm sorry for ranting. I just need to get it out. I hate this worry disorder!
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I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
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