Anyone else feel hopeless because they know they’ll never be able to afford proper therapy? It honestly scares me so much knowing that there’s no possible way I can get the help that I need.

FernandoV

Date posted: 5y ago

I am going to tell you something that is very unorthodox. Actually I am going to phrase it a way that does not seem like a suggestion and people go crazy here. "I have found that life coaches, people who overcame OCD themselves through mindfulness and ERP and way more affordable, are way more effective in helping people with OCD that PhDs in Psychology. I don't know, I might only be speaking from experience but from 5 therapist, out of which 4 were PhDs nobody helped me more than a girl who had suffered herself and now was a behavioural specialist with only a bachelors degree. She runs the support group I go to and still go to her for advice much more than my own therapist. I might be completely wrong but that has been my experience. The best help many times is free.

scorpio mcd

Date posted: 5y ago

you can do different help, asking ways to recover on this app or attending meet ups in your state if they have them. if you have instagram or twitter, ocdrecoveryuk is an AMAZING account all about ocd. has helped me tremendously

Bennie

Date posted: 5y ago

I don’t have a support system, but it’s by choice. I choose not to tell anyone about my OCD. Only my boyfriend knows and I’ve told my best friend a little bit about it. I just prefer to keep things to myself. FernandoV-thank you. I’ve always felt deep inside that I could overcome it on my own. For the most part I have, I’ll just go thru phases every couple months or so where it gets really bad. I also study psychology and plan on getting my behavioral technician license so it’s kind of ironic lol

Chellie

Date posted: 5y ago

Do you have a support system irl? Family, friends, etc.?

pureolife

Date posted: 5y ago

I think a local support group would be a great low cost option for you. There are also lots of great books and workbooks out there that can help you do more on your own. https://ocdla.com/ocdreadings

squirrelobse...

Date posted: 25w ago

I desperately want help.

I feel like it's got to a point that I just can't deal with stuff on my own anymore. I've tried to help myself with compulsions and thoughts and behaviours and it helps to an extent but I feel like I just need more help. But I don't even know where to start, I've felt so ignored in the past and I don't even know where you can turn to. I'm in the UK so it's difficult, especially considering I'm only 17, to get any help for this kind of thing. I just want someone to talk to, something to help – medication, maybe? I want to try it, I want to see if it would stop the overthinking for a while. Stuff isn't as bad as it has been before, but I feel like I can't just leave this anymore. I just don't know who to turn to or where to go from here.

TrustTheProcess

Date posted: 21w ago

Any alternatives to therapy?

I tried contacting NOCD, but they said that they didn't accept my insurance, and even if they did, I'd have to provide co-payment. I felt devastated because I'm afraid of going to a therapist who will misunderstand me. I can't afford therapy at the moment but I might be able to in a few months. Are there any alternatives for self therapy?

JH202462

Date posted: 19w ago

Anyone else experience this?

I feel like in some ways receiving a diagnosis for OCD has in some ways made things worse. I’ve always had what I called “phases” throughout life, which I now know were ocd episodes, but I didn’t really make too much of them and even if it was over several long difficult months, they’d always seem to kind of just pass. Recently I’ve begun my worse flare up in the last few years and now that I’m older I seemed professional help which led to my diagnosis. This all sounds great of course but I can’t actually afford therapy right now so I kinda just have the diagnosis but not the support so now that I realize these phases are actually this incurable mental illness I just feel like I’ve lost all hope that I’ll ever be happy and I feel like I basically obsess about obsessing at this point and it just sucks. Has anyone else had this or a similar experience?

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