How can someone get help when their ocd has crippled them for years but not being able to work for over a year how can someone get help without insurance how can someone get help when every time they try to leave home their body fights against them and fear takes over I’m stuck losing my mind and can’t seem to get help from anywhere how can I go on?
There are also some books for self education and help . Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Rituals and Obsessions by Elias Aboujaoude, MD Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life✔️ by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD The Anti-Anxiety Workbook: Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry Phobias Panic and Obsessions (The Guilford Self-Help Workbook Series)✔️ by Martin M. Antony, PhD and Peter J. Norton, PhD The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts✔️ by Lee Baer, PhD Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions✔️ by Lee Baer, PhD, with a forward by Judith Rapoport, MD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with OCD✔️ by Cheryl Carmin, PhD The Obsessive-Compulsive Trap Real Help for a Real Struggle by Mark Crawford, PhD Daring to Challenge OCD: Overcome Your Fear of Treatment & Take Control of Your Life Using Exposure & Response Prevention by Joan Davidson, PhD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts by Padmal de Silva and Stanley Rachman The Sky is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Raeann Dumont Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder For Dummies✔️ by Charles H. Elliott, PhD and Laura L. Smith, PhD Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions✔️ by Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty✔️ by Jonathan Grayson, PhD The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbooks)✔️ by Jon Hershfield MFT Coping With OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Bruce Hyman, PhD with Troy Dufrene The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Bruce M. Hyman, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, RN Free yourself from OCD: CBT-based strategies to manage intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors by Jonah Lakin, PsyD The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conquering Obsessive Compulsive Behavior by Bruce Mansbridge, PhD The OCD Answer Book: Professional Answers to More Than 250 Top Questions About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Patrick B. McGrath, PhD Overcoming Compulsive Checking✔️ by Paul R. Munford, PhD Over and Over: Again Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Revised Edition by Fugen Neziroglu, PhD and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Ian Osborn, MD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well✔️ by Fred Penzel, PhD Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts✔️ by Christine Purdon, PhD, CPsych and David A, Clark, PhD, LPsych The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Judith L. Rapoport, MD Why Does Everything Have to be Perfect? by Lynn Schackman, MD and Shelagh Ryan Masline Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD with Beverly Beyette Understanding OCD: Skills to Control the Conscience and Outsmart Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Leslie Shapiro Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases by Jamie Talan Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens: How to Build Courage and Stop Fear from Holding You Back (Instant Help Solutions) by Andrea Umbach PsyD Coping with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Step-by-Step Guide Using the Latest CBT Techniques (Coping with Oneworld) by Jan van Niekerk Overcoming OCD✔️ by David Veale and Rob Willson Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts✔️ by Sally Winston, PsyD & Martin Sief, PhD
Hello , Where are you from ? I know web site where you can find professional psychotherapist . https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca You can click on your country and you will find therapists , psychologists and psychotherapists in your city . Also , you can choose teletherapy too . For example , if you choose Canada https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/on/toronto?category=online-counselling&cost=1&spec=15 I hope this helps you . Sincerely , Liza
I struggle with OCD for years too . And going outside is still a challenge .
@ Liza Dogtieva My biggest issue is I have no resources or funds and no insurance with no help.
@Horse gorl You could also attend some peer support groups that are free . https://iocdf.org/ocd-finding-help/supportgroups/ I will try to find some cheap therapy for you now .
I talk with psychotherapist from this site now and I like them very much .
I had to cancel my therapy because it was no longer available with my insurance. And I just kind of feel hopeless with OCD. Even when I was doing therapy, I think my OCD started getting too complicated for my therapist and she didn’t even know what to do. My fears are so complex it’s crazy. So my big fear is my OCD being bad and being super depressed again like I was a few months ago in high school. I attended a public highschool for a semester and started the worst flare up I’ve ever had. I was harshly bullied for no reason whatsoever, and not accepted by anyone. I am an athletic kid who usually keeps to himself so I didn’t understand why people targeted me, especially when I wanted nothing to do with them. From August to now ( March) I CANNOT grasp hold of my OCD. I am very hard on myself about it. Going into dangers anytime I see one so I can expose myself. But constantly obsessing about if I’m doing enough for my OCD. And comparing myself to how I use to be, before the flare ups. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep I’m obsessing about my OCD and if it’s bad and comparing. Another HUGE fear of mine is being treated differently because I have OCD. So being bullied for so long I always assumed it was because I was shy and didn’t want to stand up for myself - due to my OCD- so I blamed myself for everything that continued to happen, . from people bullying me in the past . The people at that highschool were downright crazy. Even the teachers and coaches had major issues and I’m so glad to be out of there, but I still obsess the same everyday and hold so much resentment for that school and when I try to let it go, I just feel more passive pain and obsess even more about it weather my ocd is okay or not. I feel mentally sick. Please someone give me some advice for my fears, because I feel like I’m doing everything in my power to expose myself to everything but nothings working.
I really do want to go to therapy or psychiatrist to diagnosed my OCD and give me a treatment but it costs a lot. OCD ruins my life and consumes my mind I wish I can take a break from my own brain. Having OCD but undiagnosed feels like I’m crazy because people think I made that up but they don’t know how I’m struggling since I was a kid. So anyone have an advice for treat OCD especially checking OCD that doesn’t cost money? because I don’t work yet..🥲
Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a difficult situation and I wanted to ask for some advice. I recently finished my studies and I am living from my savings while I look for a job. However this process has turned out to be a lot more difficult and tedious than I expected. I suspect I have OCD as I relate to a lot of the experiences described here, in particular those corresponding to pure OCD. I have continuous intrusive thoughts about how what I'm currently doing is not enough, I constantly need to reassured that what I'm doing is right, with some magical thinking and concerns about my relationship sprinkled in. These intrusive thoughts have made it very difficult to make any significant progress in looking for something. Added to this I'm not even sure I have OCD as I don't have the money to afford therapy right now (my mind keeps telling me that it's silly to write this message because there's no way I have OCD). I live in Switzerland so as far as I understand my insurance won't cover sessions with NOCD. In conclusion I'm a bit stuck, therapy would help with finding a job but I need a job to get therapy. If any of you have had any similar experience and have some piece of advice it would be very welcome.
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