Can you heal from pure ocd symptoms (didn't took any diagnose so just symptoms) by yourself without the help of therapist? I know it sounds stupid but there's no way I'll ask my parents for therapy.
therapy is definitely ideal but i understand that this isn’t the option everyone has access to. generally it feels like breaking pure ocd symptoms is a slow rewriting and change of perspective. i feel like doing exposures at home greatly helped me and my anxiety
Thank you❤️
I advise therapy 100%, but I have been in your shoes and I know what it means when you’re not able to access therapy. I’ll tell you this: you will be able to get rid of a theme by yourself, I managed multiple times, but you will not get rid of the mechanism if you don’t engage in therapy-style activities. What I mean is, perhaps, you should look up some techniques and methods to soothe and easy ocd symptoms online and try to do them yourself. This is what I did when I couldn’t afford therapy anymore and it worked wonders. In short: you defo can, but you need to put in the work!!
Thank you I'll defenitly try it!!❤️
If you cannot afford NOCD therapy, then I highly suggest looking into Nathan Peterson’s course. He is a specialist who created the online course for a fee for people who can’t afford other options. You need guidance.
Thank you I'll check it out❤️
How long did it take to make this? And is it actually possible?
17f There is a chanse I will get prescribed medication but it's implied that I will go to therapy too. But therapy in my country is very shitty. I'm absolutely not comfortable talking about my POCD there. I have other ocd themes, like checking, symmetry, moral ocd, troubles reading because of ocd and some other themes, but they are not that severe and they don't make me sui🔪idal (please don't flag my post, you will make it worse). Like I can deal with them, but real even ocd and pocd are absolutely insane and I need help, but I know I won't get it there. I'm thinking of moving to another country in the future if I will make it. But to function and stay alive I need meds, cause a lot fo times its extremely bad. So idk is it possible to just be on meds with no therapy
Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a difficult situation and I wanted to ask for some advice. I recently finished my studies and I am living from my savings while I look for a job. However this process has turned out to be a lot more difficult and tedious than I expected. I suspect I have OCD as I relate to a lot of the experiences described here, in particular those corresponding to pure OCD. I have continuous intrusive thoughts about how what I'm currently doing is not enough, I constantly need to reassured that what I'm doing is right, with some magical thinking and concerns about my relationship sprinkled in. These intrusive thoughts have made it very difficult to make any significant progress in looking for something. Added to this I'm not even sure I have OCD as I don't have the money to afford therapy right now (my mind keeps telling me that it's silly to write this message because there's no way I have OCD). I live in Switzerland so as far as I understand my insurance won't cover sessions with NOCD. In conclusion I'm a bit stuck, therapy would help with finding a job but I need a job to get therapy. If any of you have had any similar experience and have some piece of advice it would be very welcome.
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