no one will listen to me

my therapist REFUSES to "formally diagnose" me with ocd AND autism. She said she knows i have them but that she didn't want to officially diagnose me because she didn't want "it to define me" like girl come on. I cant get the treatment i need or the accommodations for school (i'm in my last year of college) without a formal diagnosis and she just won't. has this ever happened to any of you? should i go to a new therapist ? talk to my PCP maybe ? i really just don't understand it and don't know how to advocate for myself anymore than i already have !!!! please any advice helps y'all !

Username: StefciaStefcia

Date posted: 25w ago

You should definetely go to a new psychiatrist or new therapist

Username: wisecricketwisecricket

Date posted: 25w ago

@Sokzkota yeah that's what i've been thinking

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 25w ago

I don't know what the situation is like where you live but maybe she does it to protect you from being discriminated or stigmatized. Like, in my country having an official diagnosis can make it much harder or even impossible to get certain insurances or jobs. If you need the accomodation at your school and have no problem with being officially diagnosed you should try to talk to another therapist though...

Username: suspected ocd haversuspected oc...

Date posted: 25w ago

have you tried explaining why you want a formal diagnosis /gq?

Username: wisecricketwisecricket

Date posted: 25w ago

@suspected ocd haver yes she has no interest in my reasonings

Username: suspected ocd haversuspected oc...

Date posted: 24w ago

@wisecricket thats rough. hope things get better for you soon

Username: SaanchSaanch

Date posted: 25w ago

These conditions are real- imagine having cancer and being denied of having it labelled as cancer for fear of stigma. My best possible guess is that she is intentionally triggering you for staying in the uncertainty so that she can hasten your treatment. Though my advice would be, trust the process. Let yourself stay with her no matter how much anger you feel, because ultimately all will help you to get out of your comfort zone and make progress. I know you would need those accommodations perhaps, but better to leave the crutches and feel the discomfort than getting dependent on them for long term and realise that actually you could walk the whole time.

Username: wisecricketwisecricket

Date posted: 25w ago

@Saanch thank you and yeah i'm thinking the same thing cause she's also very adamant on changing our meetings to further apart . it's like she doesn't want me to have any appointments

Username: SaanchSaanch

Date posted: 25w ago

@wisecricket It would be great if you could perhaps address your concern to her as it’s quite fair. If she is a good therapist she will be able to discern what is wrong (remember that sometimes OCD can turn you against your therapist as well because it doesn’t want to go away).

Username: Sunny14Sunny14

Date posted: 25w ago

Go to a psychiatrist they will be able to diagnose you!

Username: Chelsea🌿🐝Chelsea🌿🐝

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 10w ago

Only a psychologist is able to diagnose autism. It’s a long assessment process, and takes time. Regular therapists aren’t trained, or equipped to diagnose autism. However, a therapist should be able to provide an assessment sheet to identify symptoms. Perhaps request a transfer to a psychiatrist/psychologist

Username: Jen22

Date posted: 5y ago

If you had a college counselor tell you that you have OCD and even said he would play my story on an OCD commercial if he could, would you say I have been diagnosed? He technically can’t diagnose because he works for a college (even though he has a PHD in counseling). I’ve also been prescribed zoloft from my doctor for ocd but she didn’t technically diagnose me either. I always feel slightly ashamed for talking about ocd on social media because I haven’t TECHNICALLY been diagnosed. Can anyone relate to this or can give their opinion on if they think it matters that I haven’t been officially diagnosed? Then again, I’m not even sure what that process looks like.

Username: lor

Date posted: 3y ago

This is half a vent session, half me asking for advice but: My OCD symptoms started on april 2020, one month after the pandemic. that has led me to constantly question whether it’s OCD or anxiety and of course i can’t really diagnose myself but it behaves very differently from anxiety. i’ve also been doing research and reading about OCD for over a year and i honestly honestly think i have OCD because i fit basically all the symptoms? anyways, I finally brought it up to my therapist a few appointments ago and i felt like they kind of dismissed me? not sure if that’s normal. they told me it’s could be because of heightened anxiety and to practice “thought stopping”. that has made me feel sooo bad about myself because i start spiraling and believing my intrusive thoughts MUST be true because of what they said, and because it makes me feel like I’m just using the OCD label for “attention”. i’m not sure if i should bring it up again in a future appointment? or maybe find a new therapist? or maybe I don’t have OCD at all? I don’t know what to do

Username: Mashedpopcorn

Date posted: 3y ago

I think my therapist doesn’t believe I have ocd, and that in itself is a bit frustrating because I’m not even sure I have ocd, where would I go to find out for sure? Because she doesn’t seem open to finding out if I do or not.

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