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Hello Rylieraz, Be careful of asking for reassurance. This post can lead you into a rabbit hole of pain. The best way to use the app is to get specific advice about treatment, and give support to others. If you get into reassurance, you will be feeding the rat and making life a lot worse for yourself. Have you had any experience with ERP and therapy? Its It's the only way your symptoms will go away. Medication helps for a while but not on its own.
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Thanks for the advice! I really had never thought about that before. I have been in therapy for about a month but I feel that it’s just making my symptoms more obvious to myself and it makes them feel more intrusive and impossible to get over.
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That's good to hear. Is your therapist experienced with OCD? Are you going to do exposures? I had a couple of negative experiences where the therapist didnt know how to treat the condition - it was interesting, there was a good chance to talk about things, but my symptoms got worse and it set me back a year or so. Are you alright asking your therapist for evidence they've treated OCD successfully? It can be a little awkward, but you might need to do it to get better.
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I’m actually not entirely sure. All I can do right now is the free weekly therapy that they offer at my college. I just barely got off the waitlist for it and it isn’t permanent- I’m in the process of setting up another therapist at a practice for once the free therapy is over. I am not quite sure what exposures entail but I will have to ask next time I see him. I’ll also be sure to ask if he has experience with OCD- I can definitely see how if they don’t have experience that it could set me back and I definitely don’t need that this early on.
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@Rylieraz Basically no matter how much you are suffering, to recover in a serious way you need to commit to a process, and see that process through. ERP is a process. A qualified therapist will get you recovered. It will be like rocket fuel. It depends how serious you are about getting better. If your brain is kidding you, telling you it doesnt really matter, you can sort it out later, or that there isnt help available - OCD attacks its own treatment - then it's likely you wont properly seek help and commit to the process. If you can get your proper realistic self care attitude focused, find a qualified therapist and get going with ERP, then it doesnt take long to shift. It will also help you with your studies, job prospects / income level and other elements to your quality of life. Bear in mind, OCD tends to get worse in mid 20s into 30s. Left to it's own devices, the prospects are not too pretty.
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i feel like i could have written this post! i have dermatillomania and i also worry about something bad happening to the people i love. it was also what led to my friend's OCD diagnosis—she would imagine bad things happening to her family every night before bed and it was so distressing that she went to therapy. so you're definitely not alone. i wish i had some good coping tips, hopefully we can work on this theme and find some peace.
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Hey @dandy my derma is really bad rn. Any tips for stopping myself from picking? I’m almost home after being at college for four months and I’m worried that I will be tempted to lock myself in my bathroom and pick away like I did before I left to college.
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@Rylieraz my derma's really bad right now too, i'm sorry to hear that you're struggling so much. :( i buy non-latex nitrile gloves off of amazon and wear them almost all the time, because my hands look disgusting (i've had people make mean comments before). it also makes it hard to pick other parts of my body, since no part of me is immune to wandering OCD fingers lol. i also try to refocus my thoughts and lay my hands flat or keep them still every time i notice that i'm picking. i do some breathing exercises during that, too. i wish i had better advice, i'm still really struggling. please let me know if you ever want to chat, it sounds like we have some similar fears and i'm happy to support you!
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Hi I also suffer from dermatillomania. It can be really debilitating. Keep trucking through therapy. I got my picking down from twice a day for several hours to a few times a week.
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Look for this woman I've been messaging on here. I think you all have an OCD theme in common, about worrying about others. Her name is Dinou.
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I wish I could have a therapist better trained for working with OCD, but I don't have the luxury or privilege or something. I don't have much choice.
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I don't even have much choice in what therapist I see because of my insurance being Medicare.
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Because not everyone in the office where I go can see Medicare people.
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People with Medicare, I mean.
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I always have thoughts not to harm anyone. My biggest fear is to cause them something that is coming from me, I know the feeling. I think more or less, we all seek for reassurance here and that’s very bad for us. I do it all the time and it always makes me worse. Believe in your therapy and you’ll get better someday.
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I recently started medication as I have struggled with harm ocd. The thing is is that it’s not actually stopping the thoughts which I know is a given and it’s scaring me more without the anxiety (ruminating) and making me belive it’s possible. And I told this to my friend and she suggested anti psychotics This made me spiral because it made me think that I’m schizophrenia and no hate or judgment to people with schizophrenia it just scared me. I started worrying that I shouldn’t be around people and a horrible person ect I know reassurance is bad but I just need some advice bc I really don’t know what to do and I’m panicking
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