I don't even know what my compulsions are so how can I resist them? I am always doubting my OCD diagnosis because of this very reason. How can I get better when I don't even know what is keeping me from getting better?
it took me a lot time to figure out all of mine, try to observe with out desperately trying to figure them out and be patient with yourself. anything u do mentally or physically do relieve discomfort is a compulsion.
Have you read articles on your OCD subtypes? The often contain examples of subtype-related compulsions, maybe some of them are familiar to you.
Sorry for replying late but yes I have read about the compulsions that my subtype might have, while there were some that I had in common for example ,researching and avoiding ,but I have stopped doing them quite easily so I don't feel like they were compulsions to begin with. So I am not really sure😩
@Anonymous Okay, let's try to figure our your compulsions, okay?
@Zoë_84 Omg thank you so much
@Anonymous No problem.
@Anonymous When you get an intrusion (thought, feeling, or urge) what do you do to counter it?
My first instinct is to try and stop it I guess but if I catch my self doing it I try to sit with it but most of the time it happens pretty quickly
@Anonymous If you try to stop it, what do you do? Do you think something specific, or do something specific?
@Zoë_84 Not really I just try to vanish it if you know what I mean I just stop it midway and try to distract myself
@Anonymous As far as I know, distraction is also a compulsion.
@Zoë_84 Oh I didn't know that ... Thank you so much for helping me you are an angel ... Now I atleast have a start.
@Anonymous I'm glad I could help. Here's article you might find helpful: https://www.stacysmithcounseling.com/post/distraction-helpful-or-unhelpful-when-treating-ocd#:~:text=It's%20hard%20to%20argue%20with,Distraction%20is%20a%20compulsion. "... Distraction is a form of running away from a thought/feeling. When you do this, your mind is learning that the particular thought/feeling you are experiencing is bad, dangerous, and needs to be avoided. Your mind will continue to be on the lookout for these thoughts and feelings, and as a result, you will begin to notice them more, rather than less. The more you avoid, distract, or engage in any compulsive behavior, the stronger your fear of these thoughts/feelings will be..."
I know the truth deep down but I am just doing compulsions to try and convince myself that I have OCD. I try to look up and find things exactly the same and me in experiences how I feel and everything else and it becomes worse when I can’t find the same person as me. I know people do compulsions to make sure they love there partner but I feel like I do compulsions to CONVINCE ME it is ocd
i was recently diagnosed with ocd and i think im having a hard time identifying what is my ocd and what isn’t? or im not really sure how to express myself but i feel like i still don’t really know much about ocd and feel like an imposter saying i have it because i don’t know enough about it to really understand it? like all my life these things i would do or say or think or feel were i guess “normal” to me,, so how do i move forward when i don’t know really where to begin?
Ok, so first of all, I’m undiagnosed. However, I’ve been pretty certain for a while now that what I’ve been struggling with is OCD. My problem though is that it’s not easy to get diagnosed, and in some cases, it would require me to pay money. It frustrates me that I have to pay to deal with my mental health. Is it worth it for me to get diagnosed? I know I don’t need a diagnosis to start healing and working on these things, but I also don’t want to be “self diagnosing” the problem, because that makes me feel like a liar and an imposter. My other problem is that I fear my family doctor won’t properly diagnose me. I came to him about mental health related issues once before, and he read off a very generic list of mental health symptoms. when he got to what sounded like the ‘OCD’ section, we asked one or two very generic questions that had nothing to do with my themes, and since I couldn’t relate, I just answered no to them. He then told me I was fine, that I was just a “type A personality”, and that I was just being too hard on myself. I fear that my doctor might not be very knowledgeable or up to date on current information regarding OCD, and this might make it increasingly difficult for me to get diagnosed. Another problem is my symptoms seem to come and go. I often have an obsessive cycle that can last months at a time, and then it just goes away. Sometimes I won’t experience any symptoms for years. This makes me feel like I don’t actually have OCD or that it’s not ‘bad’ enough to be diagnosable.
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