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So, you can have ocd that also seems paranoid. This is something I have- I don’t like going for walks in wooded areas for fear or rape or kidnapping, I don’t like being in public spaces because I’m afraid of mass shootings. The thing that stands out to me from what you said is “fabricated story”. You know it’s a story... sounds quite something someone with ocd would say .
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I think you should bring it up to your non ocd therapist and your ocd therapist.
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At first I was offended, but then I realized I am someone with ocd. But this type of ocd sucks on top of harm ocd. I’m starting to think I’m never going to get better.
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@artsygirl I plan on telling them both about it. Because I had an appt on Wednesday where she spoke about the Colorado incident and now I’m starting to think I’m paranoid all from her conversation. My brain is to sticky at the moment and she stuck something to it
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@Emm90 I can absolutely relate ! My exposure this week was going and lingering in the grocery store and it’s been hard but I’ve been there 3 times this week so far 😂
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@Emm90 I think news stories are super triggering for my ocd too.
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@artsygirl I can’t wait to see what exposure I get this week. I’m hoping it’s something to get rid of this paranoia crap. I don’t want to converse with my non ocd therapist because I end up having more in my brain than when I started seeing her
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@Emm90 I am only seeing an ocd therapist for now 🤷🏻♀️ everyone has their process though. M
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@Emm90 So I can relate. It’s just ur anxiety getting worse which is causing you to get paranoid.. I had two therapists as well, one who I worked with for trauma and the other for ocd and honestly I realize now that it’s not a good idea for me at least to have two therapists. Although it seems like ocd is a separate issue it can interfere with the other therapy. I think If ocd is louder right now then focus on getting ocd lowered before you start up with ur other therapist. That’s just my suggestion, you may not see it that way, but it can cause conflict. Wishing you luck
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@Tatu I have two because one prescribes me meds and one is for OCD. But I’ll make sure to tell them both. I have been fighting to get anti anxiety meds.
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@Emm90 Fighting? Why fighting? You shouldn’t have to be fighting for proper care. I’m sorry to hear you’re having a hard time. Maybe reconsider you healthcare team.
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@Tatu I’m stuck with the VA for now. My doctors have me on antipsychotics because my thoughts were triggered by medical marijuana. It’s been almost two months. I’m still having thoughts and my anxiety has gone up and my thoughts have been everywhere.
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@Emm90 The VA is difficult. Can you see if you can be re-evaluated and see if there’s a psychiatrist that specializes in OCD? Doesn’t seem like the antipsychotics are helping..
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@Emm90 You can download zocdoc they have psychiatrists on there, maybe you can pay out of pocket and ask for a medication consult, see what they say?
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@Tatu I called my PCP today and I’m about to have her go to war for me.
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@Emm90 That’s great! Good luck!
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I had blood work done for a test I was having a couple weeks ago. The phlebotomist hit my vein weird, my arm bled a lot, but eventually stopped. My arm is still sore several days later. The following week I had my bronchoscopy. The nurse used the same arm that was already sore to put in the IV for the meds. My arm started hurting, swelling and burning. I told her it hurt really bad but she ignored me; then I was out. It’s been a week and my arm still hurts, and my veins are tight and hard. Couple that with the white stuff all over my face, that nobody from the care team bothered to wipe off- which I didn’t know about until my husband asked me what it was, I got harm from my OCD! At first I chalked it up to the white stuff on my face was bad bedside manners. Now, I keep thinking that my doctors and everyone associated with the clinics are trying to harm me. This morning I had an incident with the fryer oven while toasting my bagel. I asked my husband about it and he says he didn’t notice anything. I was down to the last few bites of my bagel, and suddenly started feeling loopy. I spit it out and threw the rest away. After sitting awhile thinking of the doctors and phlebotomist etc… it dawned on me that it was my OCD telling me people were trying to harm me. I don’t know how to get over the fact that my arm hurts really bad and my doctor completely ignores my health concerns. I’ve been nauseous for the past two weeks or so - there is definitely something wrong! I think when they find out that you have OCD and/or Anxiety, they treat you differently, as if you’re making up the symptoms. I most certainly haven’t felt heard! My husband always says, what’s wrong now? It’s such a horrible feeling to hear him say that. Is this what you call Harm? Or is it associated with Harm? I’m not sure if this is triggering or not. I hope not.
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I have all kinds of thoughts that aren’t me it feels like someone is talking to me telling me evil things about people or to do evil things 😞😞😞😞 I can’t do this anymore
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Hi guys! I had really bad harm ocd about 2 years ago and I went through therapy and eventually got really good at handling it when it would pop up. The other day, I was scrolling on TikTok and came across a girl talking about a guy who was presenting a lot of schizophrenic symptoms but no one paid attention and got him help, he was having a lot of delusions, hallucinating, thinking everyone was out to get him, thought he was Jesus and his dad was the president and ended up doing horrific things. The day after that, I was dealing with some work drama and had the thought of “what if all my coworkers are against me and trying to get me fired”. That really stressed me out, cause I don’t normally think about them like that and I went down a rabbit hole of thinking that was the beginning of me developing schizophrenia, ended up googling stuff all night, taking tests, crying and seeking reassurance. I had a thought the other day “your dad is the president”, this one didn’t stress me out as bad as I knew it was just the video I had seen and it was an intrusive thought about it, and I also didn’t believe it. Today I was with some friends and I got a prize at a place we went and it said “lonely” on it. I do have my moments of feeling lonely and this week has been specifically trying so I had a thought like “oh someone’s out to get me cause I got this”. I know this isn’t logical and it wouldn’t make sense to just randomly get it if someone was truly after me and it was just a stupid prize at a random place, anyone could’ve gotten it. Im just struggling a lot with schizophrenic OCD and thinking I’m in the pre stages of it. In my good moments, I don’t think I am at all and it was all just sparked from the video I watched but in my bad moments, these thoughts feel real!! They really stress me out and make me feel like I’m going to lose my mind causing me to lose my job/ end up in a psych hospital/ never live a normal life/ end up alone, never see me my loved ones/ hurt my loved ones. I just want to feel normal and not like I’m about to lose my mind and everything I care about. Please help!!! Anyone else going through something similar and can help me get through this!
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