Nervous about starting counseling

About the beginning to middle of February I went into the doctor and requested to see a counselor. I’m starting to see a counselor about anxiety in a few days and I’m extremely nervous. I’m nervous my counselor is going to say I have to break up with my bf otherwise I’ll be stuck with ocd for the rest of my life. I’m nervous my counselor is going to think I’m crazy and not know anything about ocd. I’m nervous my counselor is going to tell my aunt how crazy and messed up I am because my aunt works in the clinic I’m going to therapy at, and if she tells my aunt everyone in my family may find out. I’m nervous I’m going to hell because I’m going to counseling and not fully leaning on God instead to fix it all for me. I’m nervous I’m a bad Christian for going to therapy and not believing Jesus is going to fix it all. I’m nervous that my future is ruined because of my mental health. I’m worried that my boyfriend is going to break up with me because I’m too much to handle and too anxious. I’m just scared for my future because of my ocd and because I am not as passionate about my faith as I used to be so I feel like I’m gonna go to hell for that or like my sister is going to die because of her seizures because of my ocd. Idk I’m so scared.

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User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 19w

hi! I hope this gives you some comfort, but I can promise you that the counselor isn’t going to think you’re crazy - they’ve heard it all before, but if you’re worried about not getting help specifically for ocd ask the counselor what they specialize in. Also, part of what a counselor does is help you figure out what YOU want to do with your life - you don’t have to break up with your boyfriend right now, because you don’t know you’ll get better without trying to see if this is something you can overcome (which it definitely is!). I also am a believer, and I don’t think God would be mad that you’re going to counseling - in fact I think it’s quite the opposite. He is giving you the tools you need to get better and will help you get there - you can believe he’s going to fix it for you and also actively work towards becoming better with the resources he’s given you. I like to think of it as baking a cake - God has given you all the ingredients but you’re the one that needs to bake it. that’s just my two cents! lol

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 19w

OCD sure is convincing to those who have it! When I wan hospital programs, we would do an OCD group. The new person in the group would always lean over to the person next to them and say, "I wish I had that kind of OCD, it would be so easy to deal with!" When this would happen, everyone would stop and laugh - they had all said that too when they joined the group. While this may be scary as can be to you, others may actually read this and think that they wished this was their type of OCD. Why? Well, OCD is quite personal - it attacks the things that you love. If you love your faith, OCD is on that. If you live your sister, OCD will be on that too. No matter what you want to protect, OCD will try to screw with it. There is no good or bad thoughts here. There is OCD, and the ability to learn that you can handle anything that it throws at you. You need not believe that any of it is actually true - but that is so much easier said than done. So, you are starting treatment, which is great. May I just caution you though. Please be sure that you are seeing a specialist who treats OCD. Ask questions, and make sure that they know how to diagnose OCD, and they use the evidence based treatments for OCD, like Exposure and Response Prevention therapy. If they do not, then I would caution you to consider reaching out to someone who does specialize in OCD. If you need any assistance with that, you can look up therapists at iocdf.org or right here at NOCD - you can hit the therapy button on the app and be connected to our care team. No matter what, congrats on taking the step toward having the life you want to live and not the life OCD wants you to live.

misereri

Date posted: 24w

Meeting with the local counselor -- it's worse.

As some of you might very seen from my (spam) posts about my situation I'm not diagnosed with ocd but I'm seeing a local counselor. I'm terribly scared of being secretly in love with someone else or being attracted to someone else outside my relationship, in this case S (if you want a more detailed version u can see my other posts). Long story short: The psychologist confirmed my fear and told me not to think about the thoughts until the next appointment and live in the present ( if it was that simple I would've done it already). Safe to say it sent me and still sending me into a big spiral where I had this big panick attack because I feel the world shattered and my fear is true and then I was just faking everything and not accepting it and it's making me fee so bad as I type this. I had a big panick attack while going back home and had to sit on the sidewalk because I couldnt breathe and was about to throw up. I don't know what to do and if someone has advice I'd be glad to listen.

AbbeyRoad.01

Date posted: 23w

Anxious about starting Therapy

My name is Abbey and I’m a 14 year old girl struggling with OCD, I don’t like to say my OCD is severe but it’s the truth. I haven’t been officially diagnosed but I’m still being treated for it kinda via medication by my doctor. The reason I’m nervous about starting my therapy journey is I’m worried the therapist won’t understand what im saying or take it the wrong way and think I’m a bad person even though I know I’m a good hearted person. If you have any tips to overcome my fear of therapy please share! ✌️🧡

cmax20

Date posted: 22w

Religious OCD and romantic relationships

I have grown up in a Christian community and kind of always been around people who believe Christianity or even catholic. In the past few years I’ve really dove deep into my faith and honestly felt good about myself sometimes but overall terrified and like I’m a horrible person if I do one thing wrong or make a wrong sin. I’m also not sure if I completely believe in all the traditional Christian practices anymore. But I’ve been in a relationship with my boyfriend for almost 5 months and everything is going great. We communicate and he’s so loving and respectful and I honestly don’t have any major issues In the relationship. I used to have a big fear of men starting when I was like 7 aboit my grandpa or my dad trying to rape me (even though they are good men and showed no real signs of it). But it ruined my relationship with them both for awhile til it eventually went away. I always told myself it was because the “spirit” of ocd was rebuked by Jesus but I honestly don’t know. Now I’m dealing with a more extosential or religious ocd where I’m terrified I’m a horrible person for being in a relationship and almost feel worse about myself if I get closer to God. I also feel like if I get too close to God then I have to choose between Him and my bf and I can’t have both. It’s driving me in San and I feel like if I tell anyone any of this they’ll tell me to just break up with my bf even though there isn’t anything wrong in our relationship. Idk what to do and it’s so draining

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