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- 1y
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
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 them. Especially my anxieties and obsessions with my health. God forbid I feel any weird pain or ache, I instantly think I'm dying. Sometimes I get a weird pain in my head and think it's a stroke or aneurysm. Ill go as far as the perform the stroke FAST test. This happens multiple times a day. I also have HUGE anxieties about death and my mortality. If I think about it too much, I get this deep cold pit in my stomach and spiral. Even talking about it causes me sooo much distress. I'm just worried I'll be dismissed or told I'm just self diagnosing because I related to a post online. But if any of this sounds accurate, please let me know. I'd love to be reassured of my obsessions rather than just dismissed as being anxious.
Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment
Hi, I’m new to this app and newly diagnosed. Question for you all, What things did you normalize and do without a second thought that when diagnosed, you realized was actually your OCD? Mine was how concerned with germs I am. I hold my breath when I open a door so the rush of wind doesn’t infect my lungs from whatever is in the room. I thought everyone was really careful and concerned like me. But Ive learned it’s not normal the lengths I go to. What was yours?
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