I’ve never been formally diagnosed but my counselor was adamant in telling me that I have OCD. Are there any of you who are in similar shoes as me? It seems like the fact that I haven’t been formally diagnosed makes me more prone to obsessions over whether or not I actually suffer with OCD.

I haven’t been formally diagnosed with OCD (yet). I do have OCD though. Not being formally diagnosed doesn’t make me more prone to questioning if I have OCD or not. I do know what you mean though. Times when obsessions/compulsions aren’t as bad may lead to question whether you really have OCD or not. It’s being OCD about your OCD. This is a very common obsession; I think whether someone has been diagnosed or not shouldn’t make them more prone to this obsession in my opinion. After all OCD is completely irrational.

Also I am just curious, what do you mean if your therapist has told you that you have OCD, but you haven’t been “formally diagnosed”?

Oh okay I understand you. It sounds like you have been diagnosed but I’ll admit I don’t know that much about it because I haven’t been to see a therapist yet.

Ask for a copy of your diagnostic assessment (it is usually needed in order to bill insurances) if they are not billing insurance they might not have done an assessment. An assessment needs to be done in order to officially diagnose you with it.

I have never been diagnosed because I keep my thoughts usually to myself. But I do have all the symptoms of OCD and struggle with it everyday. Just because you aren’t diagnosed doesn’t mean you don’t struggle with it.

I went to a counselor at my college but he can’t formally diagnose me for some reason. I’m not sure why since he has a PHD in counseling but I don’t know how all that works. He encouraged me to go to a doctor though and I was given medicine for anxiety and ocd but I’ve never received anything in writing or anything like that saying that I have OCD. I’m not sure if people usually receive something like that or not

Gosh I hate that certain dreams could be hindered because of a disorder we can’t control. @T’Salek