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- 6y
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- 6y
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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- 6y
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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- 6y
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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- 6y
Do you have a support system irl? Family, friends, etc.?
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- 6y
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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- 23w
I didn’t realize how bad/severe my agoraphobia was, I kept putting off as not being “that bad” or thinking “other people have it worse” without realizing I’m low key one of those people 💀 But honestly it makes me wanna cry realizing just how crippled I’ve been, how badly this has actually been all these years, and it’s only getting worse, I have a serious problem and I’m really hoping this place will help me
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- 16w
I just feel like therapy isn’t working… like I get to talk about myself and understand myself… but I’m already incredibly self aware. My therapist thought I was like 5 years older than I am… and she gives me such basic strategies that do absolutely nothing for me. And a psychiatrist prescribed me with Zoloft… but I don’t know if T want to take medication. I’m scared of side effects… and I’m scared of getting better… I’m scared of letting my guard down. I know it will make me less cautious which makes me less likely to push myself to perfection like I currently do, which I can’t have happen. Every time I talk to my mom about it, she’s always like “Let’s talk about this some other time, I’m busy with other things”, and then never remembers. But in the rare moments we do talk about it, she treats it like I’m signing up to be a drug addict. I also feel very guilty for spending so much of my parents’ money- therapy… medication… etc… and also the idea of my being unlovable is so deeply engraved in my brain… I genuinely, truly believe it. No therapy or medication can fix it. I can’t change my mind. My therapist tells me my misophonia is not a “deal-breaker” and that someone would be lucky to have me as a partner… but then why hasn’t anyone ever liked me? My own FAMILY can’t stand me. How do I believe something I know isn’t true? That’s even harder to accept than me being unlovable. I can’t see someone loving me. And it is so incredibly exhausting to seek love,e I know I cannot have. My sister says, “It will get better with age…” It has only ever gotten worse. To the point I don’t want to get better. It has reached the severity where I feel more safe and successful with anxiety. My past 3 birthdays have been me wishing for therapy. And now I have therpay- and medication, the potential key… and I refuse? Am I too deep in? I cant get out, it’s too late. How did absolutely no one notice how much I had and have been hurting? Why did no one listen to my cries or worries? I feel really depressed and hopeless right now. It takes so much effort to get up every day… I’m so tired.
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- Date posted
- 14w
I'm currently at one of the lowest points with my OCD despite me working so hard on it and everything that I know it stems from because a lot of my OCD comes from trauma from sexual abuse as a kid and as I got older and a lot of other stuff which is also why I have Complex PTSD. I was doing so well, I started medication, and I was in this dual housing program for treatment and everything was going okay. That was until I ended up getting SA’D by a man there and none of the staff cared or did anything despite me doing everything possible and gathering all of this evidence and all the people there either didn't care or bullied me relentlessly as they laughed with my abuser. It was so painful and I felt so alone. I think what triggered my spiral was that it was very similar to the reactions of my past assaults and thus my OCD came spiralling alongside my C-PTSD symptoms and I feel like it is worse then before. I left that place but its still absolutely terrible and I feel so hopeless and hurt. Not only did this man hurt me like I have been in the past he brought back the very thing that caused me so many years of suffering. It makes me sick. I don't want to think these thoughts or feel these horrible urges and sensations. I feel so disgusting and broken.
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