Somebody with tinnitus ocd can help me understand

I have this fear since forever

@Seventeen Hypochondria or the audio noises?

I don't know, i have always worried that i will lost my ears and in scared, im so scared

@Seventeen Oh ok I have tinnitus from listening to loud music when I was younger.

I think i hace tinnitus because sometimes i listen to little sounds but this are not every day and last like 3 seconds

And I'm alwayd check, like i listen with this ear good enough?

I cant copy the link, ?

@Seventeen Lemme try again...

@Seventeen I cant either I dont think they allow it. You need to go get it checked out then listen to what they tell you dont make stuff up.

@Kc88 Dont make stuff up out of paranoia is what I meant

@Kc88 I'm scared

@Fear Strikes Out Nevermind, it's way too clinical of a document.

@Seventeen Have you seen an OCD therapist? What you describe definitely has an OCD component it.

@Fear Strikes Out No, i have not ?

@Seventeen Definitely do that. What you are experiencing is definitely treatable. If it's OCD and you do not have tinnitus, then there is treatment available by a therapist. If you have tinnitus, then by a medical professional and maybe complimented by a therapist for any OCD aspects.

@Fear Strikes Out Ocd cab make you hear that Kind of noises?

@Seventeen I am not well versed about Tinnitus OCD. But, if you are constantly checking for the present of certain sounds in fear of having Tinnitus or even if you have it to check whether it is worsening, then that can be OCD-related.

@Fear Strikes Out Really recommend seeing a therapist. What is your fear? That you have tinnitus or that you do have it and it is getting worse?

@Seventeen By the way, thanks for raising the topic of Tinnitus OCD.

@Fear Strikes Out Well im scared of everything you said ?

@Fear Strikes Out Well I'm not constantly cheking but every time that i little sound comes i check if i still hear good or wtf.

@Seventeen I think it's best to see either an audiologist or therapist for more of an expert opinion. I understand that you are scared, but I think it would be the best course of action. Worrying about it and being scared is not going to help you.

@Fear Strikes Out I want to go but I'm scared because of my mom and she will start yelling at me and i don't want that.

@Seventeen How old are you? Have you experienced similar forms of health worries?

@Fear Strikes Out PS. I never liked being yelled at by my mom either. ?

@Fear Strikes Out Yeah, i remember a girl go to my school when i was like 14 and she start talking about Breast cancer and u was sooo worried that i have it, i google symptoms, i make myself the test and everything

@Fear Strikes Out I have almost 20

@Seventeen What might you mom say if you said that you wanted to see a therapist for your worrying about having health issues?

@Fear Strikes Out Well im not worry about that, im worried about what would say my mom about the tinnitus and everything about that, she would scream at me and i would cry and she would say that is my fault

@Seventeen Do you mean what the therapist would say to your mom? If so, your therapist will be bound by confidentiality from disclosing anything about your sessions to your mom or anyone else unless you signed an authorized consent form permitting it. This applies regardless of who is paying for the therapy sessions (e.g., your mom's insurance).

@Fear Strikes Out No, its tha5 my mom controls me, so she would go with me to the doctor about the tinnitus and everything and i don't want that but if i say not to her she will just say "of course im going to go, im your mom and thats my right"

@Seventeen OK. So, she is very controlling. And, you are probably on her insurance? What about if you saw a therapist (as this might be OCD-related)? Would she demand to sit in your sessions with the therapist as well?

@Fear Strikes Out I don't know, maybe, and yes im in her insurance.

@Seventeen What does she generally think about therapy?

@Fear Strikes Out I really don't know, but when i was little we go to therapy because she thinks i was a really desperate kid because i wasn't organized and we went to therapy and she didn't almost let me talk and the psychiatrist tell her to stop talking and she was really mad and wr didn't come back