Clarrisa
- Date posted
- 4y
NT24NT24
- Date posted
- 4y
Not necessarily damaging but more difficult because ocd needs a special type of therapy
K-DizzleK-Dizzle
- Date posted
- 4y
Exactly this.
K-DizzleK-Dizzle
- Date posted
- 4y
Get a different therapist. They are ignorant. I meet with an OCD specialist on here and received wonderful counseling.
Clarrisa Clarrisa
- Date posted
- 4y
What if he’s right
K-DizzleK-Dizzle
- Date posted
- 4y
@Clarrisa What if he is right? Sit with that discomfort without giving into compulsions like reassure or posting on this app. That is the only way to overcome OCD.
NT24NT24
- Date posted
- 4y
Absolutelt wrong what your therapist said. You should really really meet with a therapist on here. I felt really awful about some of my thoughts and behaviors but having my therapist say “this is typical for ocd” helped make me feel less alone.... and he’s also wrong cause ocd does tell you things that aren’t true/make you think certain things and then u play games with your mind. So your therapist obviously doesn’t know enough about ocd. See a therapist on here. It’s also cheaper.
NT24NT24
- Date posted
- 4y
Seeing a regular therapist may be damaging because they may provide you with reassurance without knowing it or make you feel bad about yourself (like yours did) because they aren’t specialized in all the different types of ocd. They’re tons of people on here with similar thoughts and concerns. You’re not abnormal
Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 4y
Hey there, yes definitely need to see someone who understands all subtypes. Believe me when I say your thoughts can't be any worse than mine believe me. 50 dollars a week is all u have to pay if NOCD doesn't take your insurance.
🌵 🌵
- Date posted
- 4y
i experienced something very similar. got diagnosed by a psychiatrist who said that my symptoms were too acute to be ocd and that i was a danger to others. was super disheartening and made me feel like a basketcase. you should switch therapists bud
JojoJojo
- Date posted
- 4y
Yes. I agree. New therapist. Just because someone claims to be familiar with ocd and its thoughts or psychology in general doesn’t mean they specialize in subtypes or know anything about ocd at all. I had a psychiatrist upon me talking to her for 20 mins tell me I had schizo affective disorder and no OCD. I did explain to her my thought process and my ruminating and the thoughts won’t leave. Idk how she got me as being schizo affected. My therapist was telling me that Therapist/ psychologist will grasp on to what they know and understand. So I would talk to someone else.
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Huskydog
- Date posted
- 21w
I have a question.
I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!
miagrace.
- Date posted
- 15w
therapist made my ocd worse
just been to therapy and i was explaining my contamination ocd and says i don’t diagnose ocd but this doesn’t seem severe enough? so now im spiralling am i just lying to myself and im just a freak. does she mean my other ocds aren’t real either? i’m just honestly so upset. need advice please im just spiralling so much i take medication for ocd and basically have every symptom and subtype of ocd:(
hereintheUK
- Date posted
- 14w
Please help 😭
I’m feeling really scared I’ve been left in the lurch by my therapist today as she said she doesn’t feel comfortable doing anymore therapy with me unless I increase my mirtazipine (Remeron) as my OCD has spiked a lot since I started with her and I’m only just at the beginning, but I’m not sure increasing my meds is the right thing to do so much as what she’s doing is causing it …….. basically my OCD theme is it tells me I’ve done horrendous things like I’ve harmed people, it’s in the affirmative tense not the “what if?” anymore, I guess it’s a bit like it tries to give me false memories but isn’t quite the same,and I just feel so unarmed how to deal with it and I’m really scared I’m going to end up in a very very dark place again 😭
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