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- Mashedpopcorn
- Date posted
- 3y ago
You need to go to a therapist who specializes in OCD and ERP therapy. Unfortunately generalized therapy is not tuned in enough to work for OCD. And with therapists who focus more on psychoanalytics and connecting every thought and dream to secret wants and desires , you can see why this would be a terrible fit. Sometimes you might get lucky and find a therapist that is well aware of ocd, but a lot of the time therapists that help with "anything and everything " will not have the knowledge you seek. Find help with ocd therapists specifically
I went to a therapist who told me I didn’t have OCD when I suspected I did. I stopped doing therapy with her and started with NOCD the next week and was officially diagnosed that first session. I was in therapy for five years and never got better because my non-OCD therapists would just engage in rumination with me and reassure me. When I started coming to NOCD I actually started getting better. Like the comment above, I highly suggest going to a specialized therapist.
I recommend OCD specialists, they will 10000% understand NO MATTER the theme :)
You have to see a therapist who specializes in OCD.
But also an OCD therapist is likely going to tell try to get you to accept that you may or may not have OCD and your theme may or may not be true
Does anyone know how to get confirmed that your ocd is a disability? Can I go to a psychologist or does it have to be a psychiatrist?
I'm currently visiting my third therapist in the last three years and none of them have helped me so far. None of them have given me any type of diagnosis so I'm not even sure if I actually have OCD, and it's driving me mad. The last session I had, I even felt like it made things worse rather that it helped. I wanna feel that trust to my therapist that you should feel to be able to share your emotions but I don't. I feel like its not going anywhere, like it's useless. Lately I've been thinking about finding a therapist here at NOCD, I've even looked up some specific people and they all seem really nice and sweet.
So I saw my NOCD therapist for 9 months and we made SO much progress. Just loved her to pieces. She really helped me out and taught me so much, I miss her terribly. I started with my new therapist and we’ve met twice. My OCD is focused on my insecurity of being married and not wanting to have kids. I told my new therapist today that if I got divorced, I don’t think my OCD would be so latched onto it (since I wouldn’t be married or engaging in sex etc.) Anyway, after I said that she said she wasn’t sure it was OCD because OCD isn’t usually dependent on a circumstance. Does anyone get where I’m coming from? Just kinda confused now.
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