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- 5y ago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
You should try to research especialists and professionals specifically in the theme of OCD, if you don't you're gonna get wrong diagnoses all the time.
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- 5y ago
During my search for a private therapist who specialises in ocd, I talking to a lady who mentioned possibly schizophrenia which really scared me, despite knowing I don't have it. . It proved to me she didn't know enough about ocd or schizophrenia for that matter.
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- 5y ago
HAVE FAITH. I know it is very hard. OCD is at the end of the day the sickness of the doubt right. I understand you want to think "but what if" he is wrong and i dont have this or the other. Sometimes we just have to believe it and stop thinking about and fall in a circle. Im not sure how to do it exactly myself either to be honest. But we need to try our best. At the end of the day, we have a better chance with a specialist than all by yourself right? Cause we didnt study medicine. You got this my friend ;)
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- 5y ago
Yes I do. Around two years ago I was diagnosed with ocd, while i do have ocd I was not diagnosed with the correct ocd. My therapist decided that since I have a routine in cleanliness it must mean I have ocd but he never thought that it could be pure o. Now I’m terrified of going to the therapist because I always wonder if they’re just going to tell me pure o doesn’t exist and ocd is just about wanting things clean.
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- 5y ago
Yes definitely. I have a hard time trusting any mental health professional. I have quite a good doctor but unfortunately he doesn't know enough about ocd especially harm ocd. Im seeing a psychiatrist next week and still on a long waiting list for therapy. I'm so scared of seeing the psychiatrist I feel like I won't be taken seriously or get a diagnosis but I know for sure it's harm ocd I suffer with 100%. I worry he won't listen to me or try to say its something else..?
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- 19w ago
I feel like in some ways receiving a diagnosis for OCD has in some ways made things worse. I’ve always had what I called “phases” throughout life, which I now know were ocd episodes, but I didn’t really make too much of them and even if it was over several long difficult months, they’d always seem to kind of just pass. Recently I’ve begun my worse flare up in the last few years and now that I’m older I seemed professional help which led to my diagnosis. This all sounds great of course but I can’t actually afford therapy right now so I kinda just have the diagnosis but not the support so now that I realize these phases are actually this incurable mental illness I just feel like I’ve lost all hope that I’ll ever be happy and I feel like I basically obsess about obsessing at this point and it just sucks. Has anyone else had this or a similar experience?
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- 16w ago
I feel really scared and worried that the therapist I find on NOCD might not be effective, and instead of getting better, I might end up feeling worse. I’m afraid that if I don’t feel any progress, I’ll want to switch therapists, but my mom might get impatient with me. I worry that she’ll lose faith in therapy, stop paying for it, and think it’s a waste of time and money. I know therapy takes time and it’s not a quick fix, but I’m scared that things won’t go the way I hope. What if I don’t connect with the therapist? What if they don’t understand my OCD as well as I need them to? I’ve already been struggling so much, and the thought of going through another disappointment is exhausting. I’m only 14, and I feel stuck because I can’t manage this on my own. I need help, but I also need my mom to stay patient and supportive through this process. I’m scared that if things don’t improve fast enough, she’ll give up on paying for therapy. I don’t know what to do, and it’s making me feel really anxious. I just want to get better, but what if nothing works out?
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- 11w ago
6 months ago I had a severe panic attack and it’s changed my life. Scared of 99% of foods, can’t take meds out of fear, been hospitalized a few times cause of blood sugar drops and other health scares due to poor eating. I’m constantly scanning my body finding any little thing that’s uncomfortable and then fixate and panic over the smallest things. Whether be a smell I’m unfamiliar with, a weird sensation in my arm literally anything freaks me out….. who has had success with exposure or has dealt with similar issues. I feel like I’m unintentionally slowly killing myself but I’m too scared for meds and therapy doesn’t seem to make much of a dent right now. Please share some success stories I need hope.
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