b
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- 4y
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
It doesn't hurt to get a second opinion.
baconwrappedscallopbaconwrapped...
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- 4y
see a different psychiatrist. :) some have a limited view, and OCD is more than "perfection" or being obsessively "high maintenance", you can also tell your parents you're dealing with intrusive thoughts that are associated, instead of using the label of OCD if you're afraid of their reactions. The stigma is very real, and the help you need, whatever the diagnosis, is so warranted, and can be arranged outside of your parents perceptions!!
bb
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- 4y
this truly helps:) thank you sm
WinnerWinner
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- 4y
If you have the same anxiety provoking thought repeatedly..and each time you think it through..it appears again with more anxiety its ocd..
bb
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- 4y
yea i told her this because i cant just ignore the thoughts. but then she just said i'm worrying about about things. and then she mentioned about doing things while counting and counting and needing everything to be organized is ocd, and i don't do that. but i got confused there because ocd is more then just that. she also told me to just "stop thinking about that" i just didn't feel very understood :/
WinnerWinner
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- 4y
@b I suggest you talk to someone else.. because ocd is much more than cleanliness and organization.. intrusive thoughts are a key part of ocd.. stopping to think about it is not the solution at all..
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
The difference between anxiety and ocd is are the compulsions . I started to hide knives and every sharp object in my house. I wanted to hide everything that made me feel triggered. I didn’t know what this was but later I was diagnosed with ocd 🙃
Susan4444Susan4444
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- 4y
Yes get a second opinion from an ocd specialist. I had a regular therapist tell me I just had GAD and just had “a really sticky thought” (I think that might be an ACT therapy term...?) But I’d be diagnosed previously with ocd and I think they therapist didn’t know about pure o. I would say a specific diagnosis doesn’t matter, but in the case of OCD it sort of does because of OCD-specific therapy (ERP).
bb
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- 4y
i don't know if i can. my parents think that i'm just worrying too much about having a severe mental illness but i have more horrendous thoughts then that that i haven't even mentioned yet and i'm so so so so so scared of saying them to my psychiatrist. i don't really feel comfortable with her and i feel like she would judge me or tell my parents and i'm just tremendously scared because i want help from what's going on in my head but nobody understands whatsoever when i try to talk about it. the only thing helping me through this, is this app.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
@b Are you close to your parents? I would talk to them about how you'd appreciate the opportunity to talk to a different psych. I would mention that you didn't connect with this specialist and didn't feel comfortable sharing everything that's been going on.
bb
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- 4y
@Bailey253 i'm close to my parents but the thing is is that they got mad when i told them a little bit of what's going on in my head and how i think that i don't only just have depression and anxiety but then they just say to listen to the doctor and whatever she says, is factual. but i don't really think so but maybe i'm wrong. i just scared to ask them to get a different psychiatrist because i've been wanting to talk to one for so long. and now that i finally get to talk to one, i feel misunderstood and a little judged by her.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
@b Completely understand. But a doctor is limited by how much is shared with them. I know it's a bit scary to bring it up. But you have nothing to lose, only a chance to get better. :)
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