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I understand. Meds alone aren't enough. You need to practice ERP. And I know you might not understand that. I also don't understand ERP, and I am miserable. But you can learn, and you can slowly improve. I know it seems hopeless right now, but you can do it! I used to have pocd, and it was horrible. But as I practiced ERP, I learned to take care of it. I am now mostly free of pedophilic obsession OCD. I do occasionally have intrusive thoughts, but I have learned to quickly deal with them.
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@OCDwontownme What tools do you use?
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@Anonymous It really depends on what your subtypes are. Knowing pocd, I say maybe I am attracted to this kid, maybe I'm not. I know it's unsettling, but that's the point. You want to lean in to the fear. If you don't already see a therapist, I would recommend someone who specializes in OCD treatment.
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No medication works on me and I’ve recovered from OCD. It’s definitely hard but it’s possible.
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I understand the frustration, I tried a dozen medications before finding the ones that worked for me. While it takes more than just medications to see improvements (Exposure Response and Prevention is a big tool for OCD) - they certainly help. Have you ever heard of GeneSight testing? In short, they find what medications have a higher probability of working based on your genetics! Here is the website: https://genesight.com/ I have not done it myself, but I have heard amazing things from those I attended group therapy with. I wish you the best of luck!
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@Rabies.MP3 Also, I learned that the dosages prescribed for ocd are generally a lot higher than for like depression or anxiety. Make sure your prescribing doc knows how to prescribe for OCD specifically
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- OCD Conqueror
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I can’t afford therapy and I just laid off my job. Can any of you please share tips you learned in therapy?
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I would recommend the OCD and anxiety YouTube channel. They cover most subtypes.
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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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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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I was on Zoloft for over a month , then 2 days ago my heart rate got to 140 and I made my mom take me to the hospital. everything was okay just anxiety, now I’ve been waking up with anxiety and being nauseous it goes away after a min but it just sucks. I wanna stop my Zoloft idk how to go about that either. I’m so stressed. 😞💔
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