BPD + OCD, experiences with schema therapy

Hey guys. I have borderline and PURE OCD comorbidity. However I kinda managing my life well, I'm also becoming a psychologist. I've been in schema therapy for 2 years now. Helped me a lot with my relationships and BPD, but when it comes to OCD... My therapist says OCD is just one of my schema modes, and healing BPD will make OCD symptoms more tolerable. But it's not true. We finished therapy now but my OCD just got worse from all the analyzing and I learned here that "there is another explanation always, and you can never be sure you interpret things the right way". When I complained her about not doing ERP, it's pretty visible she doesn't really believe it would work for me, or just asked me to write down my obsessional thoughts 100 times a day. I'm super confused cause she's one of the bests in the country, made a lot of research about OCD, she's a CBT therapist and also a schema therapist so she should know... And still, here I am, freaked out from all the analyzing. And she just tells me to get back on my meds again and manage my emotions with some meditation. But I don't wanna get back on meds, I wanted HELP with how to handle OCD. This is super confusing for me. If she's one of the bests therapist, qualified of CBT, and schema therapy is the newest method and it says OCD is just one of my modes... Than why do I feel that something is wrong here? I would be so happy if a professional could also give me a reason 'cause I don't get it.

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Date posted: 20h

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astral_khaos

Date posted: 20h

Therapists are still people and can make mistakes or misinterpret things. Sometimes, a therapist helps you in one area, but can’t or isn’t specialized enough in other areas. I’ve been to a lot of different therapists and also have a lot of comorbidities (C-PTSD, DID, BPD, etc). Sometimes getting help/healed involves more than one specialist. Now that your BPD treatment is over, maybe tackling the OCD is the next step. I really like my NOCD therapist, but you may also be able to find a therapist who specializes in ERP in your area. I’ve also found a lot of NOCD’s resources, like their youtube videos, are helpful if you don’t have the resources to start new therapy rn. Best of luck to you as you figure out best steps for you.

Gloriaxoxo

Date posted: 17h

Even the best therapists aren’t able to be in our heads and understand what it all feels like. I have BPD and OCD but didn’t know about the OCD until recently. Did DBT for my borderline, went into remission for borderline. But my OCD never ever stopped, I feel like it actually got worse probably due to life and my health. Doing ERP for OCD is the first therapy I’ve done that seems to actually address the issues I have with OCD.

10stat

Date posted: 17h

Yeah that's like true but I told her many times my worries about not doing ERP with me, and she just said why do I want to control everything xd and she IS an international CBT therapist, so what the hell... I even tried to tell her one time that I get it that she's well-trained in CBT, and she worked with many OCD clients but I think in other countries where there are therapist SPECIALIZED literally for OCD, they may know it better and handling it better with all the hardly recognisable mental compulsions and everything. She said it's bullshit. NOCD is not available in my country (I live in Hungary) and also we do not have any OCD specialists...

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