Going to a psychiatrist. Help

17f So I don't have an official diagnosis, but I know I have it, I struggle with it since I was 4, I went through like almost every theme like contamination, symmetry, checking, existential, health anxiety, false memory, moral ocd, sexual ocds, and also a therapist told me I have it (another one said I have generalized anxiety disorder but idk like I was talking about textbook ocd to her) I don't have a therapist now therapy is not working out well for me but I was hoping to maybe get medication For me the absolute hell is POCD and real event ocd. I genuinely don't know how do I start. I also think I will replace POCD with harm ocd cause well I'm to scared to talk about POCD. But what do I even say like do I come in and talk about more obvious ocd stuff I experience and then randomly jump to POCD, seems like a crazy jump idk... Also I thought it will be in the evening and I will have time to prepare but it's in and hour and a half I'm terrified Anyone? Help? How do I start what do I say I'm so scared

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emma345

Date posted: 4d

Thanks

nae nae

Date posted: 4d

A psychiatrist is going to know what OCD is, and trust me, they've heard just about anything you can imagine lol. I was anxious about opening up, too! But she was very attentive when listening, and when I finished sharing, she thanked me for trusting to share those details with her, knowing it took courage. She's been a HUGE help (along with medication)! :) LilacEyes put it perfectly! I'd definitely follow their advice. And if you're afraid of forgetting something before my appointments, I'll make bullet points of specific things I wanted to mention during our session! That way, if I forget, I can just pull it up on my phone.

jheredia

Date posted: 4d

I have pocd and I stopped going to a therapist years ago because she was not trained in ocd so she didn’t understand any of it… I have a talk therapist now and she’s definitely not ocd therapist so I just ask her for general ocd help. You can tell them what your comfortable with

emma345

Date posted: 4d

It actually went well I even told her about POCD cause she kinda implied it like she asked if the intrusive thoughts are sexual and I confessed so it wasn't that bad.

OCDNoThankYe

Date posted: 18w

Medication

Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.

AbbeyRoad.01

Date posted: 14w

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! ✌️🧡

Imnew@this

Date posted: 26d

Therapy today.

(21+ ONLY: TRIGGER WARNING) I have therapy today and I’m nervous. I just started going to therapy and I really like my therapist. She talked to me about doing ERP and I’m really nervous about it. I’m scared to tell her the extent of my OCD, and my themes. I’m scared to tell her about my false memory OCD, because I’m scared that what I did was real and I’m just excusing it as false memory, although I have no memory of it. I’m scared that I am truly a monster and I’m using OCD as an excuse—and that she’ll find out and distance herself. I’m just scared that my whole world is gonna fall apart, all around me.

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