PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

I HATE THAT I OPENED UP TO MY FRIEND ABOUT MY OCD SO MUCH, she’s always invalidating me or telling me I need to see her therapist even though I told her I don’t want to because she’s not an ocd specialist but I can tell she doesn’t even think it’s ocd. Then she just told me that if intrusive thoughts are left unchecked it’ll develop into schizophrenia because I’m hearing voices but I just don’t know it???? I really regret opening up to her now I’m freaking out that I’m going to have psychosis

AnonCat227

Date posted: 4y

She's not your friend and you saw her true colors. Now you know you can't hang around her anymore and tell her exactly why.

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

I will, thank you for the support :)

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Date posted: 4y

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PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

Oh no I’m so sorry to hear that :( I truly hope you find out a way to make things work with your parents. If you need to talk, I’m here

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

@Struggling I know how difficult that is, when I first suspected I might have ocd my mother told me I was overreacting and I haven’t told her about it since then. You have nothing to feel guilty for if you cut contact and there is no shame in having OCD. You’re valid in your struggles and you’re right in wanting to cut out people who harm your recovery. ❤️

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Date posted: 4y

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PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

Thank you, now I’m scared I’m going to lose control and this is going to turn into something more serious. 😓

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

@Struggling Sorry can you clarify?

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

@Struggling Oh okay sorry I thought you meant schizophrenia. Thank you for the advice❤️, in the future I think I’ll try to be more careful about who I open up to however.

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

@Struggling Thank you again :)

PalmTree

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 4y

I’m sorry this happened to you. Your needs and opinions are what matter most. Does your friend have a master’s or phd in psychology? If not, then they have no right to be telling you what OCD can “develop into.” What they’re saying is false

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

Thank you so much for this , and she was telling me this is what her therapist told her. I’m feeling super anxious right now

PalmTree

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 4y

@PinkLotus I don’t want to reassure too much, but if the therapist is not an ocd specialist, she may have some misinformation. Can you get therapy with NOCD?

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

@PalmTree I can not unfortunately, I try to use whatever online resources I can however

PalmTree

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 4y

@PinkLotus I hope you can find an ocd specialist eventually! :)

pureolife

Date posted: 4y

Your friend isn’t qualified to either diagnose you or tell you what to expect in terms of your mental health in the future. They have no idea what they’re talking about. And no actual therapist who understands ocd would tell their patient to relay this kind of information so half hazardly. You opened up and it didn’t go well. That’s okay. You can also decide that you no longer want to discuss this topic with this friend. Let her know it’s been unhelpful and you’d rather not continue talking about this with her; ask her politely to respect that boundary. Then follow through with holding it. If she brings it up, remind her you’re not interested in discussing this with her now, but will let her know if that changes.

PinkLotus

Date posted: 4y

Thank you ❤️ I’m trying to stop myself from going down that rabbit hole right now. I will definitely speak to her about my boundaries and let her know that I’m no longer comfortable speaking to her about my mental health. Honestly, she hasn’t been a good friend to me for a long time even outside this and so I might cut off contact if this continues

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