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- 1y ago
Still in Therapy
Has anyone else been in therapy for over a year and still struggling?
Has anyone else been in therapy for over a year and still struggling?
I’ve been in therapy since I was about 4 years old. I have MANY mental illnesses though. However, you do have to accept that you most likely will need to have therapy for the rest of your life—whether that means weekly or just a few times a year. But that doesn’t mean you’re broken; that just means you have to do a bit extra to be and stay better with a mental illness or mental illnesses compared to people without mental illnesses.
Yes! Overall, I am so much better then when I started. But it's not gone, and I don't think it will ever be gone. Its often "lurking in the background" & sneaks up on me sometimes. To me success is learning manage my OCD by learning and practicing effective strategies. I think of it like a chronic physical issue like diabetes- it's not going to go away for good/ever but there is a lot I can do to combat it.
Yes, I had to switch therapists. I also did Nathan Peterson’s OCD course. I did weekly calls with my new therapist for three months and I’m feeling so much better. I’ve been practicing my exposures 3x a day and working hard at my ROCD.
I know I need therapy. I have a flare up every three months that rocks my world— it’s been like this for four years. I’m just too scared. I’m too scared to have a therapist tell me I’m a lesbian. I’m too scared to do ERP and have it not work because it wasn’t actually OCD. I’m too scared for the ERP to work and me fi...
I feel like my therapist knows my issues well enough by now, why haven’t we started erp or why hasn’t she given me any strategies to help when I’m triggered? I’ve had 4 sessions. She just says we have to stick to the method that she works by, but if I don’t know when we will start the work that actually h...
I am wanting to go to therapy to hopefully lower my OCD symptoms but I am terrified to tell anyone else, like a therapist, about my intrusive thoughts. Has anyone else had this experience and if so how did you get over it?
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