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I’ve been exactly where you are. I went through a very bad episode and almost ended my life. I just couldn’t get the treatment I needed when I needed it. But I made it through that and got with a professional finally. The system is truly flawed, but all you can do is do whatever you can to cope and get through everyday, knowing that there is the hope of that treatment on the horizon. Let it be your purpose; that’s what you’re living for, to get better. You CAN do this and make it to those better days. It will take a lot of strength but you have so many people here by your side.
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There’s work you can do in the meantime! Try an online ocd course like: - https://www.cbtschool.com/ - https://www.ocdandanxietyonline.com/ Buy a workbook you can do on your own and some readings: - https://ocdla.com/ocdreadings Join an online support group: - https://iocdf.org/ocd-finding-help/supportgroups/online-and-phone-ocd-support-groups/ Start a daily mindfulness practice with an app like Balance or Headspace. You are not alone in this! It’s so hard waiting for the right help but there’s plenty to get started on until then.
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Before I started therapy I was really stressed and didn’t know if I could wait long to get help. The wait does feel long but time goes by fast. Trust me once you get the help you need you feel better and it’s worth the wait. I’m so sorry that the system is so broken. Trust me you’re not alone
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I’m so sorry that the system is broken. You’re right though it’s something that needs to be corrected fast for those of us who deal with these things. I hope you can hold on or that relief comes sooner than expected
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I wish it didn't have to be this way 😔
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I’m so sorry!! I know how you feel :/ Are you able to get therapy through NOCD? They might have a quicker opening. Until then, if you’re interested, you can do self-ERP with no therapist for free by following this guide. It may help until you can get to see your therapist. https://hope4ocd.com/foursteps.php
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I just feel like therapy isn’t working… like I get to talk about myself and understand myself… but I’m already incredibly self aware. My therapist thought I was like 5 years older than I am… and she gives me such basic strategies that do absolutely nothing for me. And a psychiatrist prescribed me with Zoloft… but I don’t know if T want to take medication. I’m scared of side effects… and I’m scared of getting better… I’m scared of letting my guard down. I know it will make me less cautious which makes me less likely to push myself to perfection like I currently do, which I can’t have happen. Every time I talk to my mom about it, she’s always like “Let’s talk about this some other time, I’m busy with other things”, and then never remembers. But in the rare moments we do talk about it, she treats it like I’m signing up to be a drug addict. I also feel very guilty for spending so much of my parents’ money- therapy… medication… etc… and also the idea of my being unlovable is so deeply engraved in my brain… I genuinely, truly believe it. No therapy or medication can fix it. I can’t change my mind. My therapist tells me my misophonia is not a “deal-breaker” and that someone would be lucky to have me as a partner… but then why hasn’t anyone ever liked me? My own FAMILY can’t stand me. How do I believe something I know isn’t true? That’s even harder to accept than me being unlovable. I can’t see someone loving me. And it is so incredibly exhausting to seek love,e I know I cannot have. My sister says, “It will get better with age…” It has only ever gotten worse. To the point I don’t want to get better. It has reached the severity where I feel more safe and successful with anxiety. My past 3 birthdays have been me wishing for therapy. And now I have therpay- and medication, the potential key… and I refuse? Am I too deep in? I cant get out, it’s too late. How did absolutely no one notice how much I had and have been hurting? Why did no one listen to my cries or worries? I feel really depressed and hopeless right now. It takes so much effort to get up every day… I’m so tired.
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