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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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- 19w
So scared to post this not wanting to sound dramatic incase i dont have it so uh yeah lets go Ive been struggling with this ocd spiral, googling everything i can, taking stupid test that prob dont mean anything, i dont really have compulsions i think? but anyways i cant let it go unless i know. ill give list of reasons why - I get intrusive thoughts i dont want, like sexual or harm related ones, multiple times a day- Yes ik intrusive thoughts are normal so this is probably nothing. To try and give an idea on how many or how constant- when i look at something either that be a person, pet, or an object can be fictional things to- there is a high chance of a thought or mental image popping up -I feel shame and guilty about it because it goes against everything, im asexual so having these thoughts about my family or animals is really upsetting and disturbing bc why am i thinking this, it doesn't feel normal -i try and push them away by blinking, shaking my head, or just walk away from what triggered them -i spiral trying to figure out whats wrong with me for example ofc my brain thinking i have ocd and it filling my brain. or can be about physical health or other mental health disorders- -i constantly am switching between thinking i have it to im faking it. When i see symptoms i have i think, "Okay wait, i must have it" to where when i see a symptom i don't have, i tell myself. "No im just lying for attention or im being dramatic and these aren't real problems". but like rn im struggling with thinking none of this really even happened and i'm just saying things so ppl think sm wrong with me - sometiems i avoid things that trigger it- not alot but like when i get a thought about my dog when im about to pet her, i stop- and walk away becuase it might come true. -i fear something is wrong with me, wether it be my mind, body, health, personality- -im scared to open up about these thoughts becuase im scared people will thing im lying, im weird, or ill be sent to a mental hospital. -also reassuring-seeking. now this isnt a big thing to me but when i think i offended someone i have to say "sorry if i offended you" or if i think i annoyed someone i must say "sorry if i annoyed you", OR i kinda down talk myself saying im annoying, there annoyed with me, they hate me This has been nagging me for days, and i cant get it to stop- BECAUSE what if i do and i don't get it diagnosed and ill deal with this forever or whatever, ik ppl have it worse and i'm probably being dramatic, high possibility. but i'm also scared to tell a therapist bc of that same exact reason and fear of being called dramatic and its all in your head. but uhm hopefully i didn't say anything bad and didn't repeat anything.
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I’ve been struggling so much these past few weeks. I’ve been so anxious and just have had nonstop crazy,weird disgusting thoughts and idk anymore. Like I’m not diagnosed but I recently researched about it and it explained everything I’ve been experiencing like exactly. But I’m also very young so idk what’s happening I’m just so confused. I barely slept today cause the thoughts just wouldn’t stop. I have only told my dad about what’s been happening and he told me that he does want to help me and stuff and find someone that could help me but then I just feel like he dosent care, like when I talked to him about it about how I suspect I had it he just like completely changed the subject. But he did bring it up yesterday which was good i guess. And I’ve posted here before and people have been really nice and told me that just because I’m not diagnosed that doesn’t mean my experiences aren’t valid and I appreciated that a lot but I don’t know I just keep doubting everything. I’m also worried because my brother actually has OCD and ADHD and more stuff and I know how stressful it was for my parents to understand him and stuff and if I turn out to actually have OCD as well then I just feel like I’m going to be something else they have to worry about and stress about.
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I just got done with an appointment with my psychiatrist and I believe she said that I have ocd, anxiety, and depression but I keep telling myself that she didn’t say ocd. I feel like I held back on a lot of how I actually felt because I was scared she was going to say I was crazy or something so I kinda down played what goes on in my head. I’m over analyzing things I said in the meeting and thinking that I might have said things that aren’t true. I feel like she doesn’t know the severity of it so she doesn’t think I have ocd. I want to text and ask her to confirm or should I just wait until my next appointment.
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