Hi I can’t afford therapy but feel I have ocd but don’t have a diagnosis I’m constantly changing my mind about whether I’ve got ocd or not so I’m stop stating erp therapy that I do alone. What can I do?
Stay strong what ever is going on OCD or not don't let it win
@44years How do I stay strong do I just carry on with erp even tho I haven’t been diagnosed with ocd?
Have to go back to work break over stay strong
Carry on with erp that's up to you how to stay strong my OCD effects me from the moment I get up till I go to bed my OCD is so severe it's amazing I'm not locking myself in the house and jobless but I get up everyday and go to work my days off aren't sunshine and rainbows but I get it done stay strong
OCD wants to control you and keep you depressed so you loose everything don't let it
OCD took my child hood took my relationship s never had kids never got married OCD took so much from me but I'll be damned if it's going to keep me locked up in the house
I apologize if that was to much just venting
Hi, I'm sorry you're struggling. I'm sorry about therapy being difficult to access. Have you tried Nathan Peterson's online courses? Here is the link https://www.ocdandanxietycounseling.com. There are some great books out there that offer plans/practice for handling OCD on your own. "Needing to Know for Sure" by Winston and Self, also Stopping the Noise in your Head by Reid Wilson and Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (updated Edition) by Jonathan Grayson. Don't give up, keep trying. Know that it is very common for those of us with OCD, including those who have a diagnosis, to doubt if we have OCD. The IOCDF.org also has some great resources and support groups. Hope this helps, reach out anytime. You can also find me on the Discord server Ascend as GH here is the link https://discord.gg/nHVsshaUq9 once there you can direct message me (GH). I'd be happy to offer support. Take care.
im not diagnosed, but these past two days have been terrible. i constantly have this underlying feeling that i might do something that i think is gross and i feel like i can’t do anything on my own because otherwise i might do something wrong. like i feel like i constantly have to be in front of people so that i can make sure of my every action. this is so exhausting and I’m so confused. and like i keep getting terrible images and stuff replaying in my head. i also try to recall what happened but i feel like i have false event too. i used to have religious ocd and that eventually stopped completely, but now it feels like all my work getting over that was pointless. also like i feel like i might have contamination ocd but not the typical germ type. I just get terrible images and I can’t remember if those images are true or not even though they’re impossible and i feel terrible. I don’t know if i could ever get over this because even the thought of it is terrible.
I have constantly been feeling like if I hit one arm, I have to hit the other and if I set something down and it just didn’t look right or feel right I had to do it again or I had to move it to a different spot in my room I’ve had never been a clean freak, which is mainly what I get told is OCD And I don’t know if I should even have this app. I don’t know if I actually have it. I’m constantly worried that I did something in my past that harmed others and that’s why people don’t like me or I’m constantly worried People are constantly watching me and I don’t know if that’s OCD or if I have it so please tell me I will delete this app and never think of it again if I don’t I just really wanna know
I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.
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