Saw an nhs therapist yesterday she told me she doesn’t think I have ocd but not disputing I might have thoughts and feelings related to it’s themes she thinks I have GAD I’m now struggling even more

Hi, I’ve spoken to a therapist about feeling like I have OCD before and she diagnosed me with GAD. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to therapy for anxiety because now I feel like maybe I don’t have it. But feelings don’t equal facts. What’s important is not the diagnosis, it means nothing except that it helps you find help. The important part is that you have intrusive thoughts and/or compulsive behavior that disrupts your life. I do recommend seeing an OCD specialist, they offer counseling on this app now. If you can’t get counseling at the moment, there are self help books that you can get and what has helped me a lot is following OCD/anxiety therapists online. Shannon Shy on Facebook has helped me a lot by just reading his posts and there are so many videos and info online (just make sure researching doesn’t become a compulsion). Remember that being diagnosed isn’t as important as developing a strategy to fight OCD. Giving the thoughts zero value and trying to stop doing compulsions is a great start. It also helps to remember that just because a thought pops into your head, doesn’t make it important. And just because you feel something, doesn’t make it a fact. The strength is within you, you’re stronger than OCD or GAD or whatever other diagnosis you might get. And just because you’re not diagnosed with OCD, it doesn’t make your struggles less valid.

I think it stressed me when she said it because I’ve paid for therapy with an ocd specialist and they said I had it my gp said I had it but then to be told no u don’t it automatically put the thought see u was faking it now u have to leave ur partner .... but the therapist reason for saying I didn’t was because she said people with ocd will flick a light switch 20 times in fear if they don’t the world will end I tried to explain I’m stuck in the rocd theme and she said she agrees I might have dipped into some ocd themes but I’m not ocd ?