Today i decided to open with a therapist about my suspect of ocd. I've been suffering with hocd and pocd for about a lot of months and I went to see a therapist of my school, but when I was there i discovered he was a psychoanalyst, but even though I decided to continue. Now I'm feeling worse, he said that what I have are desires and he totally ignored everything that I've told him, saying that "ocd" is a form of rationalization and that what I need to do is to pray when these thoughts comes to mind and avoid some places, which i see as an increasing of the compulsions. I'm feeling really bad now.

TrashyMonster

Date posted: 4y

He sounds like an awful therapist, friend. I’m so sorry you had that experience!! Talk therapy can make OCD worse because it deepens patterns of analyzing and “looking for something” to fix.

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thanks for your answer. I'm thinking in go to a psychologist specialized in ocd now, but I feel a little dizzy and disgusted.

Donkey1980

Date posted: 4y

Brutal . That would anger me . My therapist tells me all the time “ you’re not that guy Ryan , you are not your thoughts “ She told me to imagine her thoughts , she’s been a councelour for 25 years working with all kinds of people . So she’s been exposed to all sorts of horrific stuff ,,,.,, the thoughts on her head are there not because she wants to do them , but because she’s been exposed to so much . “ We are not our thoughts

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thank you for your support. I can imagine, it's a tough work. I'm doing better now, but when he said that what I felt were "desires" I almost had an panic attack.

Justmesadly

Date posted: 4y

What a shit person. Run fast! I’m so sorry that happened to you

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thank you for the reply. Yeah, i definitely won't come back to see him again.

KeyboardCat

Date posted: 4y

Okay, I know we're not supposed to do reassurance, but he's wrong and you should go to a specialist!

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thank you for your kind words. I'm feeling better now and I'm trying to forget what he said.

hi1298

Date posted: 4y

Don't pray, I did that when I was a child of course it is a compulsion, try to look for a ocd therapyst, sorry for my English :)

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thanks for the answer. Yeah I won't follow anything that that guy said, and now I'm looking for a specialized psychologist in ocd.

Tulipwood

Date posted: 4y

He is clearly ignorant about OCD and maybe mental health issues in general, ignore what he said and move on

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thanks for answering. I'm trying to ignore, but you know how ocd is, anyways I'm trying to get better.

gigigoodefro...

Date posted: 4y

oh boy so sorry fy, psychoanalysts are the worse, what u have is not desires, his tips are going to do bad compulsions. look for a cbt psy is the best opition i think

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thank you for the support. I should have gave up when he said he was an psychoanalyst, but I won't do anything that he said nor even come there again.

Sofia21

Date posted: 4y

The therapist telling you to "pray it away" can literally cause religious ocd... I'm so sorry you went through this... that therapist should lose their job. I hope you'll be able to find a proper therapist that understands your struggles with ocd.

personwithocd

Date posted: 4y

Thank you for answering. I'm currently looking for a proper psychologist specialized in ocd and don't worry i won't follow his tips.

Be a part of the largest OCD Community

Share your thoughts so the Community can respond