For those of you currently going to Therapy, was there ever a time where your therapist reacted negatively when you discussed your intrusive thoughts? I’ve always been curious about this especially since I used to see a therapist who had no experience in treating anyone with OCD and was surprised that I thought that I might have OCD saying that it’s a serious illness. And I know other people had therapists that asked them the typical liability questions when they mention their intrusive thoughts.

Date posted: 4y

My psychiatrist got concerned when I told him I was still having suicidal thoughts. Took a while to convince him they were intrusive thoughts.

fluffykitty12

Date posted: 4y

Not really. I mean whenever I mentioned mine my therapist would go through the usual egodystonic thoughts and help me see that I'm at an incredibly low risk of acting in them. Only real 'negwtive" reaction was as a teen when I had a REALLY rough patch- and it wasn't even so much the intrusive thoughts but that my intrusive thoughts were toeing into self harm that made my parents take away my pocket knives and such. Got them back after I got thru it, but looking back that wasn't even really a "negative" reaction so much so as making sure I was safe.

sarahmamabea...

Date posted: 4y

I’m wondering too. I was really suprised the therapist that wasn’t even an ocd specialist wasn’t in shock when I told her I was scared I molested a child. At that point my ocd was so severe I almost wanted to turn myself into the police so they could investigate and see if it actually happened because I’d rather know for sure and risk being punished and then at least I’d be punished how I should be and not constantly feel like maybe I should be. But I guess it was very obvious because of my stress levels and confusion I probably did not

fluffykitty12

Date posted: 4y

This. I used to hate babysitting little ones because they'd have accident I'd have to help clean and I'd be worried I molested them somehow.

gustave

Date posted: 4y

I can understand that, I definitely avoid talking about certain obsessions since they are either going to be really shocking or of controversial nature.

sarahmamabea...

Date posted: 4y

Sorry I’m really tired and that post hardly makes sense but I hope you get the idea

Kingston4

Date posted: 4y

My guess is these therapists are newer to practice. I started a masters program in counseling and didn’t finish because I didn’t think I could handle the responsibility of seeing patients. When the topic of ethics would get brought up, there was such a grey area on what to report and what falls under confidentiality. I imagine it would be extremely nerve racking in the beginning wondering if someone with intrusive thoughts could follow through and if they should report it

Anonymous

Date posted: 20w

Question to everyone here

Hey everyone I am new here. I had my third session here and I am quite confused — one of my therapist told me that what I was talking about was not about ocd and quickly shut me down. I am not going to lie when he said that I felt really bad and was too embarrassed to ask him if our conversations are exclusively about ocd. Are they? Thx guys 💕💕💕

Anonymous

Date posted: 19w

Ocd

Is it normal to think your therapist does not know how to treat ocd? What is a good therapist in ocd?

garbitch

Date posted: 18w

psychiatrist advice

Has anyone had horrific experiences with seeing a psychiatrist? This past week I had my initial appointment with a new psychiatrist. When we approached the topic of my prior OCD diagnosis, she asked me what it looks like. I told her all about my ROCD and harm OCD. At the end when we went over what she was diagnosing me with, she said that all of the OCD examples I gave her but one just sounded like generalized anxiety. The one she agreed on she said was “classic OCD behavior”. I talked the whole interaction over with my therapist and we approached the situation of if I should switch or if I could use this opportunity to push this psychiatrist to learn more about OCD and that compulsions aren’t just strictly external. After some deep thought I came to the conclusion that if I can help advocate for myself and potentially help someone not experience the same dismissal it would be worth it. Has anyone else had a situation where they felt dismissed or not seen by a psychiatrist? Did you stay with that provider and advocate for yourself? I would love to hear others experiences and any advice you may have when advocating for myself. PS I don’t believe her bc she didn’t do any sort of assessment on me and just made that assumption based off “what my OCD looks like”.

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