jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 5y
We're here for you
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
That sounds really rough. Remember: you’ve beaten it before, you can beat it again, even if it’s hard. What did you do last time to get into remission? Have you done any ERP?
jhawkins0715jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
I meet with my therapist once a week. Currently working on self compassion and values.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
That’s good. Has it been helpful for you? What kind of things specifically are you looking for more help on? I’m not a therapist but I can do my best.
jhawkins0715jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
Ohio
AlyoshaAlyosha
- Date posted
- 5y
That sounds hard ❤️ What kind of help do you need?
jhawkins0715jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
I went to McClain hospital in Boston for 3 months of treatment for a second time. ERP, Cbt....ect
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
Did they set you up with a therapist outside the hospital when you left? Otherwise what resources do you have to be able to keep doing erp on your own? And do you have any coping strategies for dealing with suicidal feelings? Mostly I’m just trying to figure out what you’ve tried so I can come up with new ideas.
jhawkins0715jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
Anxiety
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
I think what’s helped me most is just having a few coping strategies in my back pocket. I draw or paint when I get anxious, for example. I also might text a friend, sometimes to talk about my anxiety, sometimes to talk about something else. I might also watch a funny YouTube video to make me smile. I like watching people make things too, I find that relaxing. If you google “coping strategies,” you’ll find lots of ideas for things you can do when your anxious.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
@Nikki1809 Sometimes, especially with erp, we just have to sit with the anxiety and remind ourselves that we are strong enough to cope with it.
jhawkins0715jhawkins0715
- Date posted
- 5y
Are you a therapist? Or are you someone who has OCD also?
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
Im just someone who has ocd. I did get my bachelors degree in counseling psychology, but I decided I don’t have enough people skills to be a therapist. I still like helping out people here if I can. And I plan to go into psychology research.
AlyoshaAlyosha
- Date posted
- 5y
@Nikki1809 Research psychology—how does one get into that? I love psychology (social, personality, abnormal...), but am an introvert who is often lacking in bedside manner.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
@Alyosha Yeah! I tried to be a therapist, I got my undergraduate degree as a double major in art therapy and in clinical counseling psychology. But what happened was when I got to classes where research was required I kind of fell in love, and when I tried clinical work I found I was super anxious all the time. I’ve only just graduated with my bachelors and am going on to get my masters, my first day is Wednesday. But I think, start with a bachelors in psychology, and take as many opportunities to do research as possible. I did a summer project outside of my class. Research helps you get into a graduate program. Then instead of applying to a masters program that leads to therapeutic lisensure I applied to a program that focuses on research methods. I haven’t actually worked in a lab yet, but I’m hoping I’ll get more direction for how to start finding a career during my masters program. I might go on to get a PhD after if I’m not sick of school yet. My home town happens to be a place that has many psychology research labs, so that’s helpful. I’ll be getting some experience with research as a graduate assistant helping professors.
AlyoshaAlyosha
- Date posted
- 5y
@Nikki1809 That’s awesome!! Best wishes.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y
@Alyosha Thank you 😊
Related posts
joshuadrennen
- Date posted
- 23w
struggling with harm OCD
i’m back in a cycle of having harm related OCD thoughts and feelings and urges and i get these episodes where it’s like i’m disassociating and feel like i’m about to snap and go crazy violent. does anyone else experience this? i need help
BeeBarf
- Date posted
- 18w
OCD as a teen TW suicide
WHY is it so bad?? who was gonna tell me 16 was just DREAD, my ocd has flared up worse than ever and i can’t go to therapy weekly anymore. im getting worse and i can’t do it. I just want to give up.
Medicine2021_
- Date posted
- 16w
Suicidal OCD and harm OCD
I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond