so in my psych 1101 lecture we are learning about psychological disorders. today my professor openly talked about r*pe, showed videos of someone who has OCD, talked about s**cide, showed photos of lunatic asylums, etc and it was EXTREMELY triggering for me. i felt so mentally contaminated and when we watched the video of the guy with OCD i started wondering if i actually have OCD & couldn’t stop counting in my head/praying & trying to get rid of the guilt i felt. i recognize that these were all obsessions and mental compulsions but class was really distressing today. should i talk to my professor about this? i’m close with her and i feel like she’d get it but idk if it’s the right thing to do. thanks in advance!!!!

I eat boys

Date posted: 5y

Take this as an opportunity for exposure! It’s times like these where it matters the most

jjessicahorton

Date posted: 5y

that’s a really good point... i am just scared of doing more exposures right now. gosh i know i need to do them but i feel like i already do a ton of exposures on the daily and idk if i can handle any others right now. i’ve already had a mental break this semester that sent me to inpatient and i wanna push myself but not to the point where i’m s**cidal. my stress is extremely high because this is my first semester at college, i’m 9 hours away from home, and dealing with a lot of trauma in therapy right now. and part of me is conflicted because i feel like i need to be doing more

Jerry23

Date posted: 5y

I think you should tell your professor. Also consider getting a diagnosis.

jjessicahorton

Date posted: 5y

i got diagnosed earlier this year. and thank you! i think i might

eternalblue

Date posted: 5y

i think talking to her would be a good idea. not just for you as a form of affirming your needs, but also because the class in general should be at least warned before going into such heavy topics...

jjessicahorton

Date posted: 5y

oof girl. you have no idea she literally did not give ANY trigger warnings. she asked that we don’t self-diagnose but when she casually through the r word around i about lost it. i was trying so hard to resist purging

eternalblue

Date posted: 5y

@jjessicahorton god that's so bad... im sorry you had to experience this. no wonder you were so upset. good luck if you decide to go for it :)

Delaney

Date posted: 5y

Yes, talk to the professor! I would explain that class was very triggering for you and ask if she can give some kind of content warning in the future. For me, I’ve found that things that would be really triggering for me aren’t as bad if I know they’re coming, so definitely ask if she can warn you. It might also be worth asking if she could have some sort of alternate option for if you are discussing something triggering in class and you can’t attend due to mental health- if she’s a psychology professor, she should understand the concept of triggers and how triggering content can affect people with mental illnesses. If she shuts you down or refuses to provide content warnings, it might honestly be worth talking to your school’s disability resource center- most of the time they can help advocate for mentally ill students as well as disabled ones. I think you’re super brave to consider talking to your professor, and know that by doing so you’re probably helping other students who may be too afraid to ask the professor for trigger warnings.

elro.elephant

Date posted: 24w

Can someone give me advice?

I’m not too sure where to begin so some stuff may be a bit scattered. I’d like to start with the fact that I’m not sure if I just have anxiety or if it is actually OCD. I’ve been dealing with these intrusive thoughts for as long as I can remember. TRIGGER WARNING NEXT PARAGRAPH Stuff like “what if my teacher just raped me in the middle of class” or “what if I pulled all my veins at.” Those are some of the more graphic and violent things but I do get lesser things like “what if I imagined that whole conversation” when I know for a fact I did experience that exact memory/conversation. I don’t like these thoughts and I don’t ever want to think them. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. I’m only 16 and I want to be sure about this stuff before I ask my parents to get me diagnosed.

moomoo22

Date posted: 23w

pls reply if you have help

i am a freshman in college and i have always struggled with depression, anxiety, and OCD. i have never received help for my OCD despite being medicated for my other two issues. i have noticed that what most of my panic stems from is my OCD and more specifically my OCD around school. i haven’t been able to get myself up for class for multiple days and im starting to panic about everything im missing and think about every little thing i have to fix. i am so behind that it makes me want to panic and i feel like i cant fix this. i just want my mind to feel normal but it feels like my whole world is falling apart all because i am feeling stuck in school. please help me i just want to feel okay but i dont know how to. i have tried doing all the assignments i can do to catch up but it isn’t enough i still feel so panicked

lalalalal166373

Date posted: 23w

please someone help me

i’m so scared that my teacher knows about my OCD thoughts because once for therapy i had to write a diary and i did this on a school system stupidly which had documents that are private but can be flagged for mentions of suicide/self harm etc, but i didn’t write about that but what if what i did write about flagged up and she saw my thoughts also im annoyed because everytime i go in the bathroom at school i have to flick the light switch three times or i will fail my exams and if someone is in there i don’t do it but keep a count of how many overdue flicks of the light switch then go in the toilet when no one is in there and do it im also so stressed - what if its not ocd? that’s all i can think about at the moment

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