- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 4y ago
My advice is try and find a specialized OCD therapist. Even some that say they treat OCD are really not trained and it can unfortunately make OCD worse as they reassure people's uncertainty unknowingly (which makes the anxiety grow). It can be very difficult and potentially expensive. Depending on your insurance, and since few people are in person at the moment, I would highly suggest finding a therapist through this site- everybody's trained on OCD, and on the methods that work the best and are research-based.
By the way she is lucky to have a mom like you! Most of us are not so lucky
@MaraNOCD Thank you for saying that.
Thank you so much for this. We are actually on the waiting list right now to find a therapist. I’m very skeptical because with kids some just want to pump them with drugs. Right now she is so embarrassed and is afraid to talk to anyone about what she’s going through . She just tells me to leave her alone when she’s having a melt down.
It's truly really hard to get thoughts together during a meltdown. I'm 32 and cant get my point across effectively with I'm struggling. My brain just goes 100 miles a minute. A therapist cant prescribe drugs which is a good option. Therapists also cant diagnose but many work on ocd behaviours. I see a therapist and she helps me. I got medication from my family doctor of my own asking. Maybe it would be good to give her a journal if she doesnt have one. It's such a good place to.organize thoughts. The only trouble is touching it some times. I cant bring my journal to certain places of the house or I'll feel I cant touch it later. So it stays by my bed and I use it when I cant get my thoughts together. I just free write for ages and once i get myself, it's easier to talk to others about it. If it is ocd, her brain is likely just running like crazy. It's so hard to form coherent thoughts that make sense to others in those moments. It all makes sense in my head but I cant make it make sense to others in the moment.
NOCD has therapists the website is treatmyocd.com they can screen her for ocd
I'm so so sorry to hear. Contamination ocd is very lonely. I struggle with it and cant even sleep on the same bed as my husband at times. I cant cuddle my cats or hug and kiss my man. Or hold hands. Its very very lonely. But on the plus side, it's very treatable and the treatment is very easy to learn. Before tossing this her way though, it's likely best to get a diagnosis. Dont concern her by diagnosing on your own as it could be scary for her and then it may not even be the case. Do you have access to therapy for her?
Hello, I have posted before regarding my 13 year old daughter and wondered if anyone else had the same triggers, hers is mental contamination. She doesn’t like bogies, snot , anyone touching their nose, Nose breathing - can’t stand near her pass her things, have to look away when she comes I. Same room so don’t nose breathe near her, She has done a week of Skype sort of intense therapy/ she has done some ERP - went into her sisters Room, Opened cupboard doors, touched things, Went into her room without washing her feet, Touched her remote Control but won’t try anything more and to even get her to repeat these things over again she says I am nagging and all I want to do is talk about ocd, she can be very Bulshy and repeats what I say is a sarcastic way - I’m finding it hard at the Moment to figure out what is her being scared of doing things, or is she is just being a teenager and a bit lazy, and when she speaks to Me Like rubbish - I try not to retaliate as she gets stress and panicky and then it goes on and on but she doesn’t even clear up the mess around the only sofa she will sit on and no one else is allowed over ther or in that area incase we nose breath or something falls out of our Nose. She Knows what she needs to do but when I suggest anything she says oh you were proud of me yesterday when I did. That now you aren’t and you just want more All the time / I don’t care about me I just want her not to lose anymore of her life to this horrid bully- it is like we are the contaminated horrible ones and not the ocd! Any help would be greatly received thankyou
Hi everyone. First time here. I suffer from Contamination OCD. I have a good support group in friends, family, and my boyfriend, but I have not met anyone else with OCD and I needed to reach out to others to find help. I first got OCD when I was 17 (I am now 33) and was able to go into remission, but COVID brought it back. I was struggling at work (which was outside with the public). I found a therapist and she wrote me a doctor’s note suggesting I be allowed to work from home. My work was not accommodating at all and only offered me FMLA leave, so I took it as my only option and eventually got on Short Term Disability. The whole process took forever and was incredibly stressful. My leave was supposed to be a time of healing and it just made my OCD symptoms worse. My employer basically treated me as though I was trying to get out of work and proved to me that though they talk about the importance of mental health, they don’t take mental health seriously. I ended up having to leave my job “involuntarily due to health reasons” as they would not grant an extension nor let me return with any restrictions/accommodations. My therapist seemed good at first, but it became clear that she wasn’t really helping me. She would often use our sessions to vent about the insurance company and in one session, she basically called me a hopeless case and kept saying “I don’t know. I am concerned. I don’t know how you are going to be able to function” and threw out the word hospitalization, though she did backtrack on that one. I struggle everyday. I am worried that something from outside of the home touched something clean and is now contaminated. I need help working through this. I am constantly looking for reassurance, question if things are clean, wash my hands, use too many disinfectant wipes, and take showers upwards of 50-60 mins. I feel like my mind is being taken over by my OCD, I’m losing time, and it’s straining my relationship. For anyone who is struggling with contamination OCD brought on by COVID - any tips? My therapist never gave me anything specific to work on with this - to help me focus on something else. I am in the process of finding another therapist, but until then - any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I’m a mom of a 6 month old and my OCD has gotten so bad that my brain constantly convinces me that I’m doing something bad to her or feeling a gross way about her to the point where I don’t even want to be near her. This is breaking my heart because I love my daughter so much and had such a strong bond with her and this is killing me and making me sad/feel disgusting at the same time.
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