- Date posted
- 47w ago
Undiagnosed
Hi, are some of y’all undiagnosed too?
Hi, are some of y’all undiagnosed too?
I am! I wish I was, but a tough family situation (dad doesn’t believe in mental health and thinks I make everything up) doesn’t really allow for that! Someday though. I cannot wait to get help! For now, this app is the greatest support system for me. :)
Yes, well sort of. When I was 16 my therapist was the one who first brought it up to me and diagnosed me during one of our first sessions. I know that a different profession is needed for a proper diagnosis and to be honest I felt like she diagnosed me over the most minor things that I'd bring that I myself didn't even recognize as OCD. She also gave me "well everyone's a little OCD including myself" vibes, but now I know today that it's certainly OCD, but for different reasons rather than what she diagnosed me for.
I am!
I am actually diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder not OCD. But still some things here feel similar or even more helpful than my therapy for the GAD.
I went for a long time being undiagnosed. I didn’t know I was autistic until just recently (in my 30s). I didn’t know I had OCD either until a patient shared a similar experience (and I’m a therapist lols).
Sadly
Has anyone actually “conquered” OCD? I feel like I’ve never heard a story of someone actually overcoming it or living with it?
I've never been diagnosed with OCD, but have thought for a long time that I do have it. I've tried to bring it up in therapy but have been shot down as "OCD tendencies". Luckily I'm with a new therapist and am planning to bring it up again. Especially after reading a lot of your posts, I'm really resonating with the...
It started when I became an adult, and started receiving my mental health diagnosis. I hyper fixated on each and every action I did and how it could be related to my diagnosis’s. It then lead to fixation to my physical health — making appointments and seeing every specialist I can to rule out every possibility....
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