How to convince to start OCD therapy

I'm writing today as a concerned sibling. I respect you all for your hard work, sharing and the guidance everyone provides. I've been reading comments about how helpful OCD therapy is, but have yet to convince my sibling that it can help. They respond that they probably wont learn more than what they've already realized and that they can't actually stop the OCD behaviors for them.. I say that there are professionals with tips and would help to consult on ways to battle OCD. My sibling has realized that they cant give into the thoughts, but from that realization to action, is hard, as folks know. I've been taking note of people's reviews of getting better and plan to share those with my sibling, but does anyone else have other advice how to help them get more help? It seems the issue may be Contamination OCD and general (heavy) anxieties and depression (which has been around for most of their life). Thank you in advance for any more guidance.

slippery_salad

Date posted: 8w

Tell them from someone with the worst real event ocd. Multiple real events that happened up until a couple years ago. Events that have no certainty. I don’t feel like I want to live anymore. Its that bad but I can assure you, if you find the right medication and therapist, you will overcome this. Anxiety has a way of driving us to the grave… if you let it. Its a hard grave to get out of but it is possible and they must keep their hope that it is possible

Manta

Date posted: 8w

You can share my comments with them if you want. I've dealt with OCD since I was a little kid, and always thought it was something that only barely affected me until it got really over the last 5 years or so. After about 3 years of my girlfriend trying to get me to go see an OCD specialist I finally worked up the courage to do so, and it has honestly been the most life changing experience I have ever had. When I first started treatment, I'd say my overall happiness/life satisfaction was about 2/10, now only 4 months in I'd say I'm up to an 8 or 9 / 10. I think the most important and impactful part of therapy for me has been the accountability. When I started ocd treatment, I already knew a lot of the things we talk about in therapy, just like your sibling. But the accountability of targeted practice and time set aside to work on my ocd made all the difference. Another thing I would recommend, is to look for a therapist who has OCD, maybe even the same type. My therapist has health OCD just like me, and that relatability has made a massive difference. I had never talked to anyone with health ocd before, and it was amazing how many of the same thought patterns we both had. Anyways, speaking directly to your sibling, I would implore you to please give it a chance. Maybe it won't help at all, but maybe it'll make a positive impact. It's your life, and that's worth putting time and energy into.

yo7love

Date posted: 8w

@Manta Hey! Where did you find the therapist with health ocd? I am on the process of finding one .

Manta

Date posted: 8w

@yo7love Mine is through NOCD. His name is Cody Fournier. He might be in your region if you’re in MA or Connecticut, or Rhode Island

PBubblegum

Date posted: 18w

My partner has severe OCD

Hello i got this app hoping to maybe find some support for my partner i thought about reddit but reddit has become a hateful place and i figured this is a safe place. i love my partner more than anything and he’s been struggling with OCD his whole life he has a hard time talking about it with anyone because it’s too painful he’s stated that it’s gotten worse as he’s gotten older His biggest issue right now is overwhelming thoughts of his actions having tragic outcomes and being unable to stop these obsessive thoughts (such as needing to check out door handle 5 times to make sure it’s locked but still panicking that it’s unlocked) he’s not open to one on one therapy or meds although he loves learning and watching informative videos i fear he’s afraid to confront his OCD or just afraid nothing will help i really wanna help him live a stress free and happy life he deserves it would anyone possibly have any ways to naturally help with OCD or recommend any great individuals that could share techniques on managing OCD or helping your partner with OCD? i would very much appreciate it!

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

What helped you, as a child with OCD?

My daughter was just diagnosed with OCD, and is in denial. Her brother is the source of contamination for her. Everything he does, triggers her. She will not be in the same room as him, and it's only getting worse. If you were a child in denial, refusing medication and therapy, what helped you to finally accept help?

liz vrela

Date posted: 9w

Any advice to help my little sister with ocd

My little sister is 13 we’ve taken her to a child psychologist and she was diagnosed with OCD and social anxiety and I believe germaphobia. The psychologist said that he can’t properly diagnose her with autism until her anxiety symptoms are treated. But I am very positive that she is also autistic as I am autistic and know the symptoms vary well. She was given a medication at a low dose, I don’t remember what kind, she had been taking it even tho she did not want to for a couple of months. It seemed to be helping her anxiety immensely but I believe she is scared of how the medication changes how she feels and she doesn’t like the taste. So they switched medications and that one was even worse because the taste was too strong she didn’t even try it for more than a day so there’s no way of knowing if that one was better for her or not. These are both liquid medications btw we used juice for her to drink it. Since then she hasn’t taken any medication and she has said that she doesn’t want to. We can’t force her to take the medication as that would obviously be counter productive. But since then her ocd and germaphobia have gotten progressively worse. On top of not wanting medication she doesn’t like the idea of using any coping skills like deep breaths or breathing exercises to calm down and doesn’t like the idea when I talk about ERP or therapy or any kind of treatment that could help. It seems all the ideas either make her uncomfortable or scare her. I fear somewhat that my own ocd compulsions have made her think that this is normal and doesn’t need treatment and I don’t know what to do to help understand that treatment and change isn’t scary. I also fear that I’m not approaching this right and my mom doesn’t understand ocd like I do so I feel like it falls on me to help her through this and help my mom understand what we need to do to help her. I’m sorry this is so long. thank you for reading this. She’s really struggling and it’s affecting my own mental health too and I don’t know what to do. If anyone has any tips or advice please that’s all I’m asking for.

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