- Username
- ocdsurvivorem
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Definitely tell her. My therapist has 4 clients with POCD. I guarantee all 4 of them have talked groinal responses, because the obsessing about whether your genitals feel anything in order to gain new information to know how to judge yourself is a pretty big part of the POCD cycle. The responses appear and are noticed more because you're anticipating them. Trust me, it's your OCD-shame telling you that you're likely to be judged or misunderstood, and your OCD-guilt telling you that you would deserve it because you don't know *for sure* that your groinal responses are just groinal responses. Truth is OCD therapists aren't in it to judge you, they're there to help you to get out of the loop of doubt so you can develop some clarity.
Hey everyone! I told her and she had NO idea what I was talking about but she wasn’t judgemental and she said just because she hasn’t heard about it doesn’t mean it’s weird and that it makes sense. So things worked out in the end but I definitely had a panic attack after telling her ?
That sounds like a good outcome! I imagine she will do some reading about it so it's great that she will be educated more about some of the nuances of POCD. Good job!
It’s a challenge, I allowed it to come up naturally during my conversation so that the delivery of the message felt authentic to me. There’s no rule that says you have to disclose all of your symptoms right then an there. You are also building a relationship with your therapist. Ease into your own process. It is your process. Everyone else here is going through more or less similar things. Ease in.
and* sorry for the typo.
I'm scared to post this on here, but I haven't seen anyone else talk about it, so I'm wondering if anyone else on here suffers from POCD? I really need to know I'm not alone. If anyone has good tips/resources for coping that'd be great. I don't have an OCD specialist anywhere near where I live. I do see a therapist who has been helping, but I still feel incredibly alone.
So I’ve had some anxiety crop up related to POCD this week. Intrusive thoughts, etc. it’s happened once before but I wasn’t educated on OCD then or seeing my therapist so I’ve never talked about it. I’m terrified to tell my therapist because I’m terrified of being reported. I’ve never done anything harmful or even WANTED to do anything harmful. I am NOT a danger and I know it! I just want help dealing with the thoughts but am scared to share in therapy. Anyone else experience this?
Talking to a therapist about pocd. So I'm not actually diagnosed with OCD officially but we've talked about it I'm not sure I have typical compulsions though which is why maybe they didn't give me the diagnosis? But I have the obsessions. I've talked about harm fears but although I've said I'm afraid of doing something to children I've not been able to come out and say my fear about pocd. Any advice?
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