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I do! I'm working on my PTSD first and then plan to tackle ERP.
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Thanks! I've been diagnosed with OCD for a while and have had it all my life but I only just got diagnosed with having PTSD on top of that the other day, how are you working on your PTSD if you don't mind me asking, like, what type or Therapy do you do for it?
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I'm working with a therapist- CBT.
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I would also recommend looking into EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) for treating PTSD. It’s basically a therapy designed for processing and coping with the feelings you have attached to specific memories with the goal of changing the feelings that come up over time. I think of it as training my brain to no longer be so scared/sad/anxious/etc. when I remember certain events. It’s not for everyone, but I’ve had success with it!
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Okay, thank you for sharing :)
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My official diagnoses from the psychiatrist are: OCD PTSD Major Depressive disorder Generalized anxiety disorder Social anxiety I’m currently switching meds from lexapro to Zoloft and he said there is a chance we will need to add in other meds along with the Zoloft. I am doing erp to focus on the ocd first and then I will move to trauma therapy after
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I've got those two! I think for me a huge part of recovery and healing was going through different types of therapy. I started a few years back with EMDR for the trauma, and ERP now for the OCD.
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I feel like after years of living in survival mode from various back to back traumas, I don’t know how to turn off my brain. It’s always in some sort of overstimulated cycle of overthinking, rumination, self checking, and seeking reassurance. I know there will be more peace after treatment. But just hating like I’m stuck in always feeling like I’m waiting for the next shoe to drop when so many shit things have happened to me early in life. How am I suppose to be excited about what’s next?
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I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
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Hi! This is my first post and I was curious if anyone has been able to recover from harm OCD and if you did it with therapy only or a combination of therapy and medication? It’s absolutely horrifying and I’ve had it since my daughter was born but it picks up in intensity when I’m stressed. I’m also scared to start ERP for it.
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