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- 5y ago
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 5y ago
Do you have a support system irl? Family, friends, etc.?
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- 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
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- 24w ago
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.
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- 20w ago
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?
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- 14w ago
I can't stop thinking about ending my life. I feel like I'm not even living, I'm just surviving. Everyone is capable of being a person and functioning and I'm just stuck here avoiding everything. My psychiatrist said my ocd is severe and it will all take time and I'll start erp and I'm already on medication but I just feel so depressed and like I won't be able to handle erp and it's already too late for me. I feel inhuman, it's debilitating. My major theme is just fear or contamination, I can't even make myself a meal I can't touch anything in the kitchen. I get stuck in the shower for 2 hours and when I don't shower because I'm depressed I feel like a walking germ. My hands are a mess, my school work is shit, I avoid and avoid and I'm just so tired of "living" like this. My psychiatrist said they don't have any therapists available right now like.... excuse me? What do you mean u don't have any 😭 I honestly don't even know why I'm typing this becuase nothing helps, nothing ever will. I'm so deep into this I can't get out, my room looks like shit, I can't live in this body anymore, I really can't. I let everyone down, I am and will be such a dissapointment. I don't have any dreams or goals or passions I just wasn't made to be here. I don't know how or who to ask for help like there's nothing anyone can do, I'm already on meds. I can't keep being like this, seeing everyone judge me for acting insane.
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