my therapist told me that there's no point in trying to stop having OCD because it's my defense mechanism and it's useful so that my mental health doesn't deteriorate.
If this is not an OCD-trained therapist, I would be hesitant to seek further treatment from them. But he is right in a sense. You should stop "trying to stop having OCD" because that's how compulsions get started. The ACTUAL goal of OCD treatment is not to stop the thoughts, its to stop the compulsions, and the reduction of thoughts follows behind that. So you should instead focus on treating your ocd. OCD isn't a "defense mechanism" what a load of crap.... OCD is what CAUSED my mental health to deteriorate... This might be a good talk therapist but he doesn't sound OCD trained or certified.
@TexasOCD41 he told me that basically OCD is my way of dealing with anxiety and i have to deal with what caused it apart from the ocd. The problem is that I've always had OCD except that it's less intense sometimes or even very calm at times
@hayurin - mmmmmmm no. I have heard this flaw in logic before. A lot of people have the false assumption that their OCD came from trauma and that if they resolve their trauma, their OCD will go away. Thats not true. OCD is an independent condition. It can come with co-morbid ( other conditions like depression, anxiety, trauma, ) happening at the same time, but one does not cause the other and fixing one does not resolve the other. OCD is a mal-adaptive way of processing fear responses and to suggest its a beneficial coping mechanism is very inappropriate and neglectful in my opinion. iv had OCD since i was 13 and iv been an anxious person my whole life.. My ocd is about 95% in check, my anxiety still flares. Also... dealing with "what cause it"??? well the CAUSE for OCD is doing compulsions that perpetuate the OCD cycle.... so you stop doing compulsions and OCD will eventually resolve itself. i don't care for this therapist at all. i really hate it when therapists pretend to know how to treat something they know nothing about.
@TexasOCD41 he really doesn’t help me with this issue, it looks like he’s just avoiding it and trying to only talk about traumas etc…
@hayurin Time for a new therapist lol I never focused on my trauma with my therapist. She said it’s perceptive, traumas are what YOU make them, I chose to make mine irrelevant and so they are. He kinds sounds like he’s using trauma to milk that paycheck
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@mellojellow What i mean is, can what he says be totally true or is it something deeper?
@hayurin - its something as simple as peple with OCD have a mal-adaptive response to anxiety and fear and adopt behavioral traits to try to resolve that response ( compulsions to reduce the obsessions) the biological cause of OCD is not 100% known, but it responds to medication and behavioral therapy known as ERP. i use ERP and low dose medication and my OCD is very well in check,
@TexasOCD41 my therapist never talked about ERP..
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