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It doesn't hurt to get a second opinion.
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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!!
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this truly helps:) thank you sm
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If you have the same anxiety provoking thought repeatedly..and each time you think it through..it appears again with more anxiety its ocd..
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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 :/
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@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..
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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 🙃
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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).
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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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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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That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
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so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
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Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment
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