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I agree it can be hard to talk to a therapist and they’re also human and have emotions and they leak into therapy. One other suggestion could be to talk to your therapist about how you can’t talk to her ? I’ve had moments where I thought my therapist was uber fed up with my shit and I asked her point blank - she said “I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at the ocd”. It sounded like a lame cop out at the time but I at least put it on the table and that made me feel better (and I’m in therapy to get myself feeling better, after all..)! It’s also possible she’s not the right therapist for you...you could try someone new, too...?
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@Mm I completely understand you. How long have you been seeing your therapist for? Maybe it is a comfort thing and you will be able to open up more once you get a little more comfortable around her. Also I can relate with you, I haven’t talked about my OCD openly with many people so when I do I honestly feel like I’m on the verge of starting to cry because I’ve struggled with it for so long and kept it to myself. Also know that it’s okay to open up even if you do start crying. If there’s one person in this world who shouldn’t judge you it should be your therapist.
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@pineapple thanks for your advice. I’ve been seeing her for 3 years now and like @dickyJ9 says I always feel that there so much more that I want to say to her that I can’t when I am there. I feel that she is frustrated with me right now. There is no progress in my therapy (the thoughts can’t seem to go away. I have somatic obsessions, pure-O kind of)
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Oh okay so you’ve been seeing her for a while. I don’t know what would work best for you personally so all I can do is make suggestions. One thing I do suggest that may or may not be helpful to you is maybe you could write her a note expressing these things you haven’t been able to say while you were in the therapy session? If you were to do that, at least it would be out there. For me, sometimes I can have trouble expressing my feelings through words and it’s easier for me to express them written down, like a text for example. Your therapist is probably frustrated because if you don’t tell her all of your symptoms, she won’t be able to help you if she doesn’t know what the problem actually is. Just know in order to get better you need to be able to tell your therapist about all of your symptoms. I’m sure you realize this though. Anyways, I really do wish you the best of luck. -Pineapple
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It can be hard to talk about ocd to people who don’t have it
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Any tips?
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Can you describe more about this? Why are you unable to talk to your therapist?
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I go through the same thing.. I lock up whenever I meet with my Therapist
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I am finding it very difficult to talk about myself. Sometimes it’s like my mind goes blank. Can it be a ‘defence mechanism’ ? (i.e I feel like if I tell her how desperate I am with my life I’m going to start crying. So maybe that’s why my mind doesn’t ‘allow’ me to talk to her)
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@dickyJ9 does he know about any of your difficulties? How is he aplroaching this? I don’t know what to do
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He knows me pretty well... I have been seeing him for 3-4 years. I always feel like after I leave there is so much more I could have told him
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Thanks a lot for your help @pineapple!
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Thanks @p! I might try telling her that I feel that she is mad at me and see what she says??♀️
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Im wanting to set up an appt with a therapist but I am on the borderline. I’ve seen some bad Google reviews of people saying the therapists are required to do “small talk” but don’t get into the route of the issue right away. Is this normal? I just want help with my Pure OCD as soon as possible without wasting too much time on unnecessary things and get myself to feeling better.
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I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!
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Every time I try to talk about what I am feeling I feel like my mind goes blank and I don't know how to start I was diagnosed with OCD and I am taking medication and goes through CBT but I didn't feel like my life was back I didn't feel like I totally understand what is going on inside my mind and why this is happening and how. I feel like there is always something missed that I can't understand . The doctor and therapist didn't define what type of OCD I have But according to what I've read I think it's pure ocd cause I am always trying to understand every single thing and if I don't analyse I feel so frightened and not comfortable and these feelings come to me in different situation even if it's not about analysing. It comes when I draw ,study ,drive a car or just thinking about anything , Like when I think about how should I start a project or a job , I feel like I am soo lost like I am in nowhere so I feel panicked and dozens of thoughts come to my mind and I feel paralysed and soo overwhelmed . And these feelings just stay for a long time without knowing what triggered it so I don't know how to face then and they stay for a long time. I am not able to do anything in my life right now Neither study nor doing my hobbies . I feel like my life is frozen and I don't know if it will stay like this forever or not. Every time I feel like I controlled my ocd and know how to live with it it comes in a different shape that I can't recognise it and it sends me to the beginning and I feel like all my efforts were for nothing . Like it keeps beating me every time. I always afraid of my next setback and I keep feeling insecure and unstable until I have a relapse . Whenever I go through a problem, even the smallest problems, I feel stuck and suffocated and unable to face it with normal flexibility. I always focus on the details of each process so that if I forget how to do it or how I reached the ability to accomplish it, I remember how I did it before. And when I am unable to remember, the overwhelming feelings and frightening haunt me I feel like I'm monitoring my life in every detail so I feel safe, and if life goes smoothly and automatically,I feel frightened Sometimes I can face and deal with OCD in a good way to the point that I can return to my normal life rhythm, but suddenly the desire inside me to achieve and make up for what I missed takes me by surprise, and then an OCD attack takes me back to the beginning and reminds me that I am not as I was before. I feel that I cannot live and achieve what I want and face OCD at the same time. I am studying medicine and I am thinking of leaving it, even though I love it very much, but I am unable to study now, but if I leave it, what I am going through in my study of medicine in any other field will be repeated. Even when I am not doing anything I feel these feelings tie me up , like I feel I don't wanna do anything until these feelings disappear I have been in this state for 4 years. I feel that all my friends are moving forward and I am stuck. Is all of this OCD? I am very lost.
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