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.
I've never seen a therapist or been diagnosed, so I went surfing through to find this community. I've seen a lot of OCD symptoms written online. Here is what I experience that I feel may be OCD. If any of you guys agrees, please let me know. I have only ever been able to call my mom by her first name. I have never been able to not do that. She tried to make me call her mom once as a kid but it felt so wrong that I started crying. Everytime I see a wet floor sign, I say "piso mojado" out loud. I have plenty of harsh intrusive thoughts, such as committing acts of violence when I see people not using their turn signals, interrupting performers at a concert. I make myself re-press on my phone alarms 10-12 times each day in the same rythym until it feels fully set to go off. Light switches get flicked off and on, I can't stand not doing it. I have to double-check everything and make myself re-look through the same drawers at work for hours. I love to write, but I never get far because I need approval from others. My head is also always filled to the brim with thoughts which has made writing and things like memory a lot harder. I can't use spoons. I can only use forks for almost everything. I can't stand them. That's all I can think of for right now. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
Hey, so I've never actually been diagnosed with OCD. I did a little bit of research, I always thought OCD was organizing things. But I'm not normal, I have this thing where I feel something isn't right. I obsess over it or if I brush my hand over something correctly then it's fixed. Or I have to do this thing on stairs, I'll walk up a few or down them because something isn't right. I read this thing on memories. I know something happened, but then I doubt myself to the point I don't know if it happened. And I think too logically in relationships. I'll put statistics on things and if they might not work out I distance myself, there's other odd things I do. My family always told me I was fine but then said things like I was messed up, and said to just ignore what I felt. Like I was making it up. I don't know what to do, I don't have a doctor currently, I was never diognosed. Is there a way to be sure I have it? Or a way to stop everything? I just want to stop everything, please and thank you. Sorry for the long post. If anyone can help, I would be so thankful.
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