Therapy doesn't help ?!

Does anybody else feel like therapy just doesn't help them? I first went to therapy when I was 8 and that was when I was diagnosed with high levels of anxiety and ocd. I went for a few months but then I didn't want to go anymore and didn't feel like I needed to so I stopped but then everything got worse when I was 11-12 I became anorexic because I was so scared of eating/getting sick . I went for a couple months then my therapist got fired for talking about other patients to other patients and vaping. So I got a new one but after about a year she said a "didn't need it anymore" which might have been true but it still made me confused. Since then I haven't had in person therapy until about a year ago so I went online for it on the better help site for a couple months . But I found that just telling the therapist about my life and ocd just wasn't helping because she was a little old and everytime we had a new meeting the next week she would forget everything I had told her and I would have to say it all over again which frustrated me. I want to get better but therapy just hasn't seemed to work for me . It just seems like the therapist is judging me and i feel like I can't even tell them my true thoughts and problems cause I would be judged or sent away (to like a mental hospital or something). Everytime i have been therapy I was very self conscious about what I would say and some of it wouldn't even be true , because I felt like I couldn't trust them for some reason. And I was wondering if anyone else had this same problem.

conquer_fear_1

Date posted: 1y

You should see a specialist who treats OCD. They have them through this site. Good luck!

Nica

Date posted: 1y

Doing therapy that young is hard because your brain isn’t fully developed nor do you know about most things in life. And it didn’t sound like the therapist knew what to do. However, now that you are older, it’s better to move forward with OCD-focused therapy because you’re more self aware.

Livi_luwho426

Date posted: 1y

@Nica Yes and also just because when I was younger my parents picked my out and now it can just be all me :)) Thank you for replying <3

bavpho

Date posted: 1y

I have this exact problem, my whole family says I should try therapy but I just feel like it wouldn’t work for me

Livi_luwho426

Date posted: 1y

@bavpho Yes I totally get it ! That’s why I feel sorta reluctant to start therapy again but at the same time I am not sure what I should do next to help improve my mental health :/

Anonymous

Date posted: 24w

Decades of OCD..confused about my next steps!!!

I have had ocd for decades! Could I still be cured???? (Of you can call it that?) I have seen different therapists but it never had fully left me...not by any stretch of the imagination. I do want to be free of this ocd and its power over me and all the bad that it brought into my life!!! Some days I am strong and feel like I am fighting it put other days...many days...I don't get things done or if I do I take a long time to-do the things I need to get done. I feel like I know this is just then ocd stopping me and that these are just thoughts but nobody in my family understands and though they have shared my journey and hated it a I do.....it just feels like I want so bad to be the best person I coukd be but I avoid places, people, things, that have any reminder of my ocd.......and so it restricts me from getting better and completing tasks the way I used to. Now UI might go and make 2-3 trips cuz I am worried to shop at a place and therefore it takes my time up. The avoidance I do is bad! When I actually don't listen to my ocd and don't avoid something...I feel great! ,However, it happens so rarely!!! I.dont know how finding a therapist through NOCD will help me. It is not in person and two be honest I almost think I need medicine to push me along. I don't have anybsteady and consistent improvements. However, I don't think I want to be on medication for the rest of my life! I am very confused!

Huskydog

Date posted: 21w

I have a question.

I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!

rosecarman

Date posted: 16w

Bad therapy experience

Every therapist I’ve tried for OCD has felt dehumanizing and judgy, as if I’m the threat not my OCD. I’m still looking for a good therapist. Have you ever had a bad therapy experience?

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