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Where was she coming from when she said that? I’m not sure it’s really her place to decide if he’s the right person for you or not. It’s also important to realize that he is not the cause of your OCD. So even if you don’t end up staying in this relationship, it isn’t going to magically cure your OCD, either. I think it’s very important to be with someone who can be understanding and supportive to you... does she think he is not these things?
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Is she an ocd specialist? Bc if not then I recommend seeing another one who specializes in erp
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Hm, I don’t think that’s her place to decide. Only the two of you could decide and know that. Take a deep breathe and maybe use this as practice of letting go fearful thoughts. Let them pass and accept uncertainty!
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Oh wow. Unless he is doing something destructive toward you I don’t see where she can make that call.
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A year ago I was an inpatient at the Meadows psychiatric hospital in state College. A therapist there told me that I didn’t really love my husband. It pissed me off so bad. But a year later my hubby and I are still together and he is very supportive of my recovery. Don’t listen to everything you hear.
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I’m thinking about ditching her as my therapist actually. I don’t like her style at all and she doesn’t feel supportive, empathic or collaborative in her approach with me. This isn’t the first time she’s commented about him and honestly - she doesn’t know us. I think it’s harsh even if she thought it were true a better approach might be to give me tools for improving things with him! I complain a lot but cmon!!!
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why would she say that? it might have been an exposure and she wants you to habituate
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She said that because she thinks he doesn’t empathize with my condition enough (he gets angry when I blow up his phone and lashes out sometimes) and we are in a LDR and he travels for work, which means he’s avoidant. I feel so awful!! Yes she’s an expert with ocd but I think her approach is not helping it’s just making me more upset! Even the erp exercises she’s giving me feel way too traumatic...
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@Anxiousashley that was one of my fears about starting therapy! I put it off for so long because of it. Such a horrible thing to say to someone, especially someone with OCD that might obsess over it. Ugh!
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I’m just so beside myself. Yes the LDR and work travel are hard for my ocd but those are temp circumstances (he’s moving here and tapering off the work travel). And he’s working on trying to understand the ocd...
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I kind of want to give her the benefit of the doubt and think that she was trying to expose you to ERP, but I think she should maybe have warned you before attempting exposure? Thats what mine does
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I’d say your boyfriend is fine for you, and your therapist can’t empathize with him either bc she doesn’t understand why he’s feeling that way. I can understand that he gets angry and lashes out sometimes bc dating someone with ocd can cause stress on you and the other person. So I wouldn’t recommend listening to your therapist if she was serious. Next time you see her ask if that’s really what she thinks or if she was exposing you to your fears
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She’s said it before so I am pretty sure it’s what she really thinks. She’s met him a couple times and thinks he needs therapy, we need to be in therapy together, he’s too self-absorbed, unempathetic and avoidant ??? which are all slightly true but I don’t think it’s as extreme as she’s making it out to be. She really thinks I’m so needy and shouldn’t be with him and yeah he can’t empathize with him (whereas I do, but then it sounds like I’m making excuses) ?
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- 25w
my thoughts are screaming at me telling me that i dont want my relationship anymore and that i realized i lost feelings. i have a beautiful relationship of two years with a beautiful boy that loves me dearly and i deal with this thoughs for a year and a half. Im so scared it feels so real im scared i have changed and my last therapy session made it worse she basically told me i have to realise the thoughts are true and stop lying to myself. And made me think i am so scared and heartbroken bc i put high expectations on myslef to be with my boyfriend for all my life. Maybe i dont want to hurt him??? im always questioning my feelings for him 24/7 for over a year. I wm tierd
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- 23w
A couple of weeks ago I went through a breakup and was mental reviewing and ruminating the entire relationship. My therapist asked me if we can’t talk about and focus on the OCD treatment (my main themes). I am surprised that my therapist did not recognize that this new situation in my life is turning into another one of my obsession. And the constant talking about it is ruminating and my inability to sit with uncertainly and discomfort of the breakup (ROCD) is OCD and thus needs to be worked on. I am really beginning to question how much he understands OCD and I’m surprised that as the client I have to educate him on it. I have been working with him for many months and I don’t think I’m making process. I’m also having a hard time connecting with him. I want to terminate. I can’t do this. Also in terms of my main theme, I also had to teach him that to some degree. He also doesn’t know terms like “mental review” or “ROCD”. Like the words we all associate with when it comes to OCD. I’m getting not so good vibes. How do I leave?!?
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- 19w
Not directly OCD related, but: The therapist I will be talking to is not yet my official therapist and to keep a long story as short as possible: I’m from Germany, you usually get 1-2 sessions without “signing a contract” to see if you get along, I haven’t signed yet because I honestly want a different therapist but I also don’t want to wait 6 months and this will already be my 4th session with her. This time, me and my best friend will both attend at the same time since we’ve had ongoing and reoccurring issues for the past 6 months in our friendship, including confusing romantic feelings on my behalf and an overall misunderstanding and misinterpretation of each others feelings towards each other. We both recently graduated and she already knows what university she will be attending (somewhat pretty far away from mine) and even if I wanted to I most likely can’t live near her or attend the same uni. I don’t know how to explain this, but I have been grieving part of our friendship for the past year and the first time I felt like something was off was about 1 1/2 years ago. We haven’t been friends for that long (about 2 1/2 years) but we became very close friends very quickly and I do not want to lose her. However, I do feel like she has changed. Not personality wise but in her attitude towards emotions and friendship? We used to talk so much more and everything felt happier in the beginning as it does now. Obviously our friendship has had its hardships in the last 6 months (she liked/likes(?) a boy, I liked/like(?) her, she used to like be but only in the beginning of our friendship) but I miss our conversations and picknicks and just hanging out with her like normal. We also hat a time in which we didn’t talk to each other for almost 2 months and NOTHING about this made anything easier. I’m genuinely trying to detach myself from her like she did with me but nothing works. Last week we had our high school grad ceremony and we danced and when I held her hands to guide her through the people dancing, I felt those stupid butterflies again and I genuinely don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think I wouldn’t even befriend now her if we were strangers, but we made so many memories and I hate change and graduating, moving away from ALL of my friends and losing the best friend I ever had is too much for me. I get so jealous thinking about how she is going to met new friends at uni and finding a partner and forgetting about me. And I don’t know how to say any of this tomorrow because my therapist honestly doesn’t seem to care about anything I say and neither does my friend. Everytime I say that I feel like there is an issue we need to solve or talk about she just shakes it off. I feel helpless.
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