Ayelet.E
- Date posted
- 5y
MaroonedDreamsMaroonedDreams
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- 5y
The "good enough" approach is what's worked for me in the past. Your doctors say you have ocd. That's good enough. what's happened is your ocd is fooling you into thinking it's not good enough, that you NEED some kind of 100% slam-dunk certainty. But that kind of certainty doesn't exist, and you don't need it anyway. It might seem scary at first, but it's ok to live with a tad bit of uncertainty, to say "good enough" and then move on.
MaroonedDreamsMaroonedDreams
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- 5y
Obsessing about whether or not you have ocd is kind of ironic if you think about it? Like, of course that's what someone who DOES have ocd is going to do!! But really, your thoughts and feelings aren't always a good guide to reality. A professional who gives a diagnosis is going to have a pretty good idea. I mean, you could alwaysdoubt the professional, but at some point you just have to say "good enough" and accept the uncertainty past that point. diagnosis from a professional is certainly "good enough"
KeyKey
- Date posted
- 5y
I was diagnosed with OCD by three different psychologists and one psychiatrist and I still constantly fear that i actually dont have it and just made it to justify my horrible thoughts :/ i think is very common to feel like that
moheleinmohelein
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- 5y
This is very common
MaroonedDreamsMaroonedDreams
- Date posted
- 5y
yup, very common.
HuckleberryHuckleberry
- Date posted
- 5y
I was diagnosed but sometimes I feel like the things I check and count aren’t irrational at all, they’re like HYPER rational, which makes me think I don’t actually have it, I just pay a lot more attention to certain things than others. But then I get assured by someone that’s what they mean by OCD; but I don’t get what’s wrong with it if it’s just rational, so it throws me
NickyngoNickyngo
- Date posted
- 5y
I feel like this. I have all the symptoms but then I try and tell myself that I don’t have it. But I have it for so long now. I’m seeing someone today to get professional help.
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marimallow
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- 17w
Feeling “not ocd enough”
Does anyone struggle with feeling like their ocd issues are not ocd enough compared to other peoples ocd? Is this an ocd thought itself lol
K1790
- Date posted
- 8w
Unsure if OCD sometimes
I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
rightfulmcool
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- 6w
Anyone else doubt that they do have OCD?
I'll start by saying, I have not been clinically diagnosed, as I do not have the funds to see therapists or psychiatrists in my current situation. Once I'm in a better spot, I very much intend to. That to say; after months and months of having issues with anxiety, specifically health related, my partner was the one that mentioned OCD. I did have some somewhat OCD related behaviors in my youth, though those likely could be explained by potentially undiagnosed ASD (as my mother is on the spectrum as well as a sibling, both diagnosed.) But I never considered OCD taking form in a health sense. I posted earlier about how I've had 4 days of pretty minimal anxiety and intrusive thoughts, and it has led me to doubt the OCD label I've been working at treating? I don't want to be the person that identifies themselves with a disorder they don't have, which is why I hesitate to self diagnose with OCD or ASD or anything else. At the same time, I've read that a lot of even clinically diagnosed people with OCD doubt their diagnosis. It makes me wonder if I will always have this doubt, and if that means it is worth it or not to get tested? I know that if I do, they can actually do ERP (whereas I've been self taught and self guided so far) so that would be worth it...
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