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- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
As someone who lived with OCD for 9 years before getting a diagnosis, I understand how you feel. This is just what I did, but what you can do is talk to your doctor once again and explain what’s been happening, and if you have access to one, I recommend trying to find a psychologist or a psychiatrist. For me, I see my doctor who prescribes my anti-anxiety medications, and then I see my psychologist for cognitive behavioral therapy. As for the medication you’re currently on, if you haven’t been on it for that long you most likely won’t feel the full effects for a little while, or you may just need a different dosage or a different medication altogether. Just know that even though you feel lost, there are plenty of us with OCD who understand what you’re feeling. This was a very long message, but I hope that you have a nice day!
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- 6y
Same here, I had weird thoughts as a kid but as I got older they caused so much distress to the point where i really believed my only hope was to turn myself into the authorities. My relief came when i realized millions suffer from ocd.My best advice is to see an ocd therapist
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- 6y
yeah go see a professional, i thought ocd was just being neat as well! remember googling my symptoms and i did not want ocd at all so i just ignored it and didn’t accept it. dumb move which probably made my ocd worse because it was never treated until now.
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- 6y
Yeah I’m the same I’ve not been to a doctors as I’ve always been scared (I’m not sure if I’m scared of being on meds or actually being told I have it by a doctor idk)! Every test I do says I should go to a doctor and I have spoken to a mental health first aid trainer and she thinks I should go too! Kind of realising I had ocd made me feel a bit better I would get these compulsive urges and strange thoughts and ocd gave me an explanation!! I currently live abroad so when I’m home I’m actually going to go to a doctor!
- Date posted
- 6y
I understand the frustration. I was 12 when I was diagnosed. Before that I felt so confused as to why I was feeling the way I was. All of my fears were so obscure and irrational. I never had the privilege to say that I was stressed because of school and mean it. Go see a psychiatrist! Preferably see someone who specialises in CBT or OCD! A diagnosis brings so much relief!
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- 23w
Hey, so I've never actually been diagnosed with OCD. I did a little bit of research, I always thought OCD was organizing things. But I'm not normal, I have this thing where I feel something isn't right. I obsess over it or if I brush my hand over something correctly then it's fixed. Or I have to do this thing on stairs, I'll walk up a few or down them because something isn't right. I read this thing on memories. I know something happened, but then I doubt myself to the point I don't know if it happened. And I think too logically in relationships. I'll put statistics on things and if they might not work out I distance myself, there's other odd things I do. My family always told me I was fine but then said things like I was messed up, and said to just ignore what I felt. Like I was making it up. I don't know what to do, I don't have a doctor currently, I was never diognosed. Is there a way to be sure I have it? Or a way to stop everything? I just want to stop everything, please and thank you. Sorry for the long post. If anyone can help, I would be so thankful.
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- 17w
i’ve thought that i have OCD for about 2 years now, but i’ve had a lot of the symptoms for as long as i can remember (but i don’t really remember a lot of my childhood- i need to check w family to confirm). i’ve talked to my gf about it, and she thinks i just have GAD and am a hypochondriac. i definitely do have GAD, but the things i have obsessions and compulsions ab aren’t just health related (even tho a lot are), ill imagine that people are injured or dead if i don’t hear from them, i ruminate on childhood events and think about if i could have changed things, i blame myself for things that aren’t my fault, i check all of the locks in my house every night to make sure nobody can break in (even tho ik they’re locked), etc. my GAD more shows up in worrying about like worrying about an upcoming exam or about going into work, or that my friends/family/gf are/is mad at me. i know you guys can’t diagnose me, but the i can’t see a therapist on here until i am able to tell my current therapist that i need to see someone else. i just wanted to talk about it i guess, ive taken so many online quizzes and psych classes that i feel like i somewhat know what im talking about.
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- 15w
Hello, I’m new to this app. I’ve always had an anxious brain, and I’ve had coping mechanisms for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, from as early as I could spell, until I was probably early teens, I would constantly write words in my head along to the beat of music. It’s such a vivid memory because I never stopped doing it. The word had to perfectly match up to the lyric and I loved that it kept my brain busy. I grew out of that, but felt like good context. My anxiety increased drastically around ages 17-19, and I began therapy. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety and panic disorder, due to having a panic attack nearly every day at that time. I overcame that as well, and now the panic attacks are every now and then, but the anxiety is constant, and some recent symptoms have led me to believe I might have some form of OCD. Maybe not. I’m trying to understand myself and get better so I joined this app to make sense of things. Lately I’ve been having really intense intrusive thoughts. I’m really embarassed and they make me feel like a bad person. Thoughts pop in my head seemingly out of nowhere. It will be an image of me harming myself or someone else in a really bad way. (Trigger warning) for example the other day I couldn’t shake the image of me putting a knife through my own forehead, although it’s not something I want to do. Or I’ll imagine someone killing me. I imagine my loved ones dying often. The thoughts feel so out of my control it’s insane. I hate them. Another persistent issue that isn’t as new is replaying social scenarios. I’m a hairstylist so this one is difficult since I meet a bunch of new people every day. I obsess over how I act and if people like me. I will impulsively say things all the time and they will haunt me for weeks. I question even my closest friends and family who show their love. I find myself so angry and numb and like I have so much built up emotion and a busy mind always. While doing my job I spiral really badly if any little thing goes wrong and it’s embarassing. I know there’s more but I can’t think of it now. I just want to feel better and like I’m not constantly battling my mind.
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