- Username
- Jayges
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yes, I went to therapy for a long time before I was diagnosed with OCD by a psychologist. None of my therapists before that even mentioned the possibility of OCD, even though I had the symptoms then. But once you are diagnosed it is so helpful, because now you can start treating OCD specifically.
Looking back, it seems so obvious that it was OCD. I wonder what it would’ve been like if I had gotten treatment all the way back then.
I feel the same way! It seems so obvious now. I wonder that too, if I would have my OCD under control by now.
@Jayge I literally experienced the same exact situation. My thoughts came after experiencing a major trauma but I had the same kind of thoughts. I was diagnosed as MDD and proceeded with talk therapy for the next 5 years. It did very little to help. In fact when I look back a lot of what happened in therapy only perpetuated the OCD. In hindsight it was so obviously OCD. Ten years later and only 2 months ago did I receive this diagnosis.
I feel the same. Speech therapy didn’t help at all with my OCD, which made me feel so hopeless. I wonder how common that story is. I think there is a general lack of knowledge among a lot of doctors and therapists concerning OCD.
I also got misdiagnosed, for 20 years. I have relationship ocd (obsessive jealousy), which isn’t well known or common. So most of my therapists told me I had attachment issues or was insecure due to a shitty childhood. I actually did my own research (Dr google!) and found (very few) things online about ROCD - but still something - that made me think “huh, this is not just simple insecurity!”. I went to an ocd specialist and told them what I thought, and they immediately got it (finally)! But that was just 2yrs ago, so I’ve been suffering with no knowledge of what was going on for 20 years!
I was sent to a psychiatric facility when I was 15. By this time i had been experiencing symptoms as far back as I could remember, but I hid them. About a year earlier I realized I had OCD when I read a book about it. I told the doctor in the facility and he scoffed at me. I didn't know it then, but my mom told me later I was diagnosed with schizophrenia (totally unrelated and ethically wrong to diagnose a kid with this who showed no symptoms) because I didn't know i had that diagnosis anytime I went to psychiatrists and said I have OCD, they read in my chart that I had schizophrenia but also did not tell me that. I also was diagnosed with Tourettes at one point. Only this year, at age 35, did I receive the diagnosis I knew all along I had, over 20 years ago. So I'd say yeah, western medical health is very far behind and does not respect or listen to people about their own minds and bodies. By the way it's EXTREMELY obvious I have OCD so there's no excuse for any of them ;,)
I was called “just anxious”
I’ve been diagnosed with OCD (strongest HOCD) and have worked on it with a therapist for the past 5 years. It got better, while not completely going away. But now that I have a boyfriend and the stakes seem to be much higher in my mind, my HOCD and ROCD have big time flared up. I went to a psychiatrist to consider options of medication to someone who said he treats OCD. HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HOCD OR ROCD OR ANYTHING WAS and told me that I may be bi-sexual etc. etc. etc. My therapist told me that this happens so often due to lack of understanding. Has anyone had a similar experience with someone misdiagnosing you and saying your intrusive thoughts might actually be true?
When and how did you first discover you may have OCD? I'm beginning to think OCD is one of the most understudied, misunderstood mental health issues ever. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder about 6 years ago after I started suffering from panic attacks, but only just recently discovered my condition could be much more specific than that. I've been suffering from intrusive thoughts and complusions since I was a teenager with a variety of themes. And honestly this app and amazing community has opened my eyes to it. I'm curious if anyone else has had an experience like mine where they were just thrown into the general diagnosis category of just having anxiety and/or depression and is only just now coming to terms with having OCD? What has been your experience with the therapists on this app? I'm using another popular, pricey app for talk therapy at the moment, but so far 4 therapists have ghosted me on it so my confidence is feeling pretty shot. Has talk therapy and working with a therapist on here been successful for you?
Hi guys! I believe I have an OCD since I was around 12. I remember then I had a lot of intrusive thoughts about religious things and I had a counting compulsion (I thought that If I don't count to 8 in specific moments, someone gets hurt) During later years it was really changing - I stopped being religious, so the OCD theme also stopped. Then I had I reckon SOCD, harm OCD and many others. But for know my main topic is ROCD. But because of the fact that this is my main intrusive thoughts topic I start to have this awful thoughts that this is not OCD, I'm just with the wrong person and I need to accept this fact. This is really struggling for me, because i really love my bf and Im in the healthy realtionship but Im so tired of having this kind of thoughts, sometimes I cannot sleep because of them. Also the fact that I've never been diagnosed (I cannot go on theraphy right now unfortunately) is another trigger because I have thoughts that I dont really have OCD, I just making this up, because I cannot accept the truth. Is there someone with similar experiance? Or maybe someone who can have advice for me?
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