A few of us have mentioned being fearful of sharing some of our darkest OCD thoughts with our therapist. For those that have shared with their therapist, what made you feel OK enough to do that? It could be helpful to the rest of us.

How do I tell them? I think I’m ready to do so. I’ve lived in silence for years. I’m wondering how long it took for you all to tell your family or friends. P.S. I’m not looking to confess. I want my family to know to feel less alone in this.

My therapist is asking me to talk more about mistakes I’ve made so that we can work on talking through that. A lot of my mistakes are really bad. I was homeschooled, I think I realized right from wrong later than most people. I had a porn addiction and saw some nasty stuff, I read horrible fanfictions and stories, I made mistakes later like 19 and early 20 to that most wouldn’t make and are really just gross. So I guess first of all, can anyone else relate? Also how do you go about telling this to a therapist? I’m afraid she’ll like hold onto this information and think something bad about me if I’m too cryptic or if I give too many details too. Idk. I know she’s not going to force me to talk about anything k don’t want to but idk.

how do i differentiate wanting to open up and talk about what’s bothering me versus feeling the need to confess compulsively? right now i just really want to get these feelings out and to just tell someone everything i’m thinking/have done but i know it won’t help in the end. i really really need someone to talk to. like badly, because i’m struggling so hard right now. but i’m too embarrassed to bring my specific issues up to a therapist, even when i compulsively search there’s not many people who seem to have the same issue as me or they don’t talk about it much. i don’t even want to say it on here because i feel so ashamed and disappointed in myself, too much to even bring it up to other people. the worst part is this was recent and i’m literally an adult now and these things happened more recently, i should know better. i definitely can’t tell my friends either, out of fear that they’d view me differently. i want to make friends with ocd and be in relationships (romantic or otherwise) but i worry that i’ll end up falling into confessing or over sharing or that they’ll see even my own events/thoughts as too bad or disgusting. i’m not even sure how to find people besides online, but even then i’m not sure how to approach people even on this app. i feel like i don’t deserve to talk to people sometimes. i’m just feeling so lonely and wish i had someone i could be completely open with or at least someone that understands this hellhole of a disorder.