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- Ducky🦆
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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- AnonemuseAnonemuse
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- 3y ago
A diagnosis doesn't always include subtypes because themes don't really "exist." Of course, people with OCD display similar overarching worries, but in the end it's all OCD. Harm, real event, POCD, ROCD, they're all just different masks the disorder puts on. It'll manifest in whatever way it can to get your attention and get you to do compulsions. That said, themes are helpful for helping people realize that what they're struggling with is in fact OCD. Without the discussions of subtypes, I wouldn't have ever guessed I have OCD. I always thought it was about hand washing and organizing.
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- Ducky🦆Ducky🦆
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- 3y ago
Thank you for all your comments. Good to know! Thank you!
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- Lms526Lms526
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- 3y ago
I had no idea subtypes even existed until last month. Indid a ton of research, listened to podcasts, talked with someone who also has OCD and just kind of figured it out from there. I struggled with OCD for over 30 years and never know. I thought OCD was just washing your hands a lot and having everything neat and organized. I never had either. But once I started learning about the other subtypes things started clicking for me.
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- ashiff96ashiff96
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- 3y ago
I learned about subtypes through the things I experienced and researching the disorder
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- BritDBritD
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- 3y ago
Themes change so it doesn’t matter. You don’t need to know or focus on uour theme because at the core the ocd is the samw
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- Cranium PizzaCranium Pizza
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- 3y ago
I’m going to sound 100 years old right now, but when I was diagnosed there were no subtypes, or at least I was not told of any. I just had OCD that displayed itself in certain ways.
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- Ducky🦆Ducky🦆
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- 3y ago
Oh wow. Good to know!
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- BlueGemini
- Date posted
- 3y ago
When and how did you first discover you may have OCD? I'm beginning to think OCD is one of the most understudied, misunderstood mental health issues ever. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder about 6 years ago after I started suffering from panic attacks, but only just recently discovered my condition could be much more specific than that. I've been suffering from intrusive thoughts and complusions since I was a teenager with a variety of themes. And honestly this app and amazing community has opened my eyes to it. I'm curious if anyone else has had an experience like mine where they were just thrown into the general diagnosis category of just having anxiety and/or depression and is only just now coming to terms with having OCD? What has been your experience with the therapists on this app? I'm using another popular, pricey app for talk therapy at the moment, but so far 4 therapists have ghosted me on it so my confidence is feeling pretty shot. Has talk therapy and working with a therapist on here been successful for you?
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- sillygoose1012
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- 3y ago
Sometimes I wonder if ocd has been studied enough. Like how do they know these subtypes?? Are they masks for actually wanting whatever it is and then experiencing guilt? Did professionals make up soocd to get people to fear their sexuality/thoughts? And then the people will cover it up with ocd when it's actually denial ????? I know these are intrusive/doubting thoughts but I felt like sharing in case any of u relate
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- spunkleborg
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- 2y ago
for those with SO-OCD, how did your subtype come about? for me it was just one day lying in bed and irrationally thinking that since I wasn’t interested in hooking up with my male “friend” that I was gay and that I was hiding the fact from myself all these years. Im just not too familiar with how OCD manifests in people. like is it sudden or?
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