Someone suggested me that I study psychology to treat ocd and to that person that's the best way to treat ocd and medication and therapy isn't needed. Also according to that person medication especially is bad for treatment. How true is that? I need an answer asap because that got me really anxious especially because I'm on medication.

Medication isn't bad for treatment at all. It's needed just like therapy. Studying psychology is really useful and can help you in a way, but it won't make you less afraid of the thoughts

Studying psychology has helped me recognize what’s going on in my brain and has revealed compulsions / obsessions that weren’t otherwise present. other than that, it won’t have a “healing effect” other than being aware of what’s going on in your brain. however, awareness is the first step to conquering the issue, and psychology can make you aware. be sure not to study OCD as a compulsion, out of fear, etc., but only to get a grasp of what’s going on. additionally, everybody’s physiology responds differently to medication. some people see extraordinary benefits, others see their emotions and feelings getting snuffed out a bit. it usually takes multiple different medications to figure out which ones right for you if the first try didn’t work. medication isn’t necessary to curb OCD, but in some cases it can help. my only quarrel with medication is that there is usually a high relapse rate when taken off medication because it serves as sort of a “cruch” per se, and it is my personal opinion that one shouldn’t be using medication for the rest of their life. they should use the medication as a means to learn the skills and tools that may have been difficult without it. there is no doubt that SSRI’s cause changes to the brain and have adverse side effects. if you feel any adverse side effects, let your psychiatrist know and perhaps they can switch your meds. but since you are already on meds, use this opportunity to build good habits so you don’t have to use them for the rest of your life. meditate, exercise, CBT/ERP, hang out with friends, start a new hobby or continue an old one, etc. just live your life as if you don’t have OCD and your brain will start to sort itself out. a lot of times i obsess having OCD and I “can’t start the things i love because i haven’t got my OCD under control”. that type of thinking is exactly what will perpetuate OCD. life your life as if you don’t have OCD.

I’m about to graduate with my bachelors in psych and it has definitely helped me personally to know what’s going on and making me feel and act this way. Medicine a lot of times is used at the same time as therapy. The goal is to use the meds to get the uncontrollable thoughts calmed some in order to help make therapy easy and eventually only use therapy and get off of the meds. People sometimes don’t always have the access to therapy so medication is their only option 🤷‍♀️

OCD doesn't belive psychology and it doesn't even believe doctors oftentimes, so it's not the solution