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- 6y
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- 6y
I hear you. There is so much ignorance about OCD. Even psychologist who are not properly trained don't understand it very well.
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- 6y
i feel you , its gonna be ok . you can buy books on harm ocd
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- 6y
I've got a book on harm ocd It is a good book. But today, despite feeling positive last night I woke up feeling really anxious, so anxious it was making me dizzy. The crisis team in the UK are meant to be there for pepple when they need to talk urgently. The guy was rude quite frankly, didn't listen to me interrupted almost everything I said. He was very sarcastic and said I've never heard of harm ocd, don't call it that call it ocd. I'm gonna put in a complaint about him he asked me if I was taking meds to which I answered no cos I have a fear of taking them due to bad past experiences and he basically said well we can't help you if you don't take meds. Basically saying they only help people on medication. He was just so rude and sarcastic. Made me feel really shit about myself. ?Why are people so uneducated about ocd. These are mental health professionals ffs. I'm sorry guys I'm just so upset.
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- 6y
That’s the same thing happened to me. I tried to get professional help from a psychologist and she looked at me like I was crazy saying the things I’m dealing with is normal and everyone struggles with it. I really feels stupid for seeking professional help.
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- 6y
I'm sorry to hear that ? seems like a lot of people are in the same boat. What does it take for us sufferers to be heard and taken seriously? I've put in a complaint about this man because he has made me feel so much worse aswell as making me feel stupid. In the UK the crisis team are there for people to talk too in times of crisis. So to be told they aren't and can't help me if I don't take meds is just ridiculous. Well I'm gonna start taking them tomorrow although I've got very little faith In them He said oh other people take them and I said yes but with meds they don't work for everyone it's not one size fits all.! Stupid uncaring man
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- 22w
I went to talk to a psychiatrist based off my Nocd therapists recommendation. I had a very hard week beforehand where I had anxiety so bad I couldn't leave my bed. It seems like once I get my period my anxiety and everything dissipated some so I talked to the psychiatrist. Anyways, I was immediately put off by her because she told me she didn't have any information on me included in the referral for one reason or another. So I had to basically "fill her in" on my life story. I have anxiety disorder, panic disorder, OCD and PTSD. I told her these things and how hard the last week had been. She started asking questions like I had bipolar disorder, which I don't have. She then wanted me to take buspar and Zoloft TOGETHER daily. I know for a fact you never start two medications daily at once. You don't know which one is causing symptoms if you do. So I immediately didn't like that. I asked her about Zoloft specifically daily because it is an SSRI what I should do if it gave me thoughts of harm for myself. She told me "just go to the hospital".... Now, I don't wanna say that was the worst possible thing she could have said to me, but it was. Because now my OCD is spiraling that just my general harm OCD thoughts are enough to mean I need to go to the hospital. It had been 2 days and I cannot stop obsessing that maybe I'm depressed or suicidal because of this. I know I don't want anything to happen to me. I love my family and my friends. I am scared of death. But the thought is sticky and it's been so, so frustrating. My anxiety has been so frustrating. I feel so lost and like nothing I'm trying to fix my issues is working very well. NOCD therapy has been one of the only things to help in the long term, but I still get terrified of certain obsessions like suicide. I don't really know what to do, if anyone has any advice or any personal experience that may help, anything would be nice right now. I've felt so lost trying to figure it all out.
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- 15w
just been to therapy and i was explaining my contamination ocd and says i don’t diagnose ocd but this doesn’t seem severe enough? so now im spiralling am i just lying to myself and im just a freak. does she mean my other ocds aren’t real either? i’m just honestly so upset. need advice please im just spiralling so much i take medication for ocd and basically have every symptom and subtype of ocd:(
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- 12w
I went in to a psychiatric hospital 2 days ago for help with OCD and the anxiety relating to it. I did this voluntarily because the anxiety was a lot. I ended up being bunked with drug addicts who talked about violent topics all day and it just made my OCD worse because the staff didn't care at all about anything but the people on drugs. I went in to get help and I feel like I was just treated like a prisoner and none of the people there were knowledgeable of OCD like their website claimed... I just needed to vent. It's been a long 2 days and I'm sick of "professionals" knowing absolutely nothing about OCD and how painful it can be...
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