ammu123
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Lms526Lms526
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Your behavior is the RESULT of your OCD not the cause of it. OCD is believed to be caused by a malfunction in the brain. Its not something you can create. That being said, can you do things that make your OCD worse? Absolutely. Every time you do a compulsion, you increase the intensity and number of intrusive thoughts and make your OCD worse. BUT that doesn't mean that's its your fault you have OCD. Its really important that you find a therapist that specializes in ERP and understands OCD. Traditional talk therapy does not work for OCD. In fact, it does more harm than good. Prior to realizing I had OCD, I did about 10 years of talk therapy. I went weekly, opened up, and did my homework. But I never made any progress. Even changing counselors didn't help.
ammu123ammu123
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Cbt didn't work out for me I just have one psychiatrist and she is pretty good
ocdisrealocdisreal
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It's not your fault!!!
OlafOlaf
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Definitely not your fault. No one is waking up and thinking "I should get OCD". View it like this: Your brain is a harmless thing inside your head, trying to "protect" you, from irrational things and is going all in and over the top. It’s a trained reaction, which you can unlearn. This process is called neuroplasticity.
ammu123ammu123
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Neuroplasticity that's a fancy word what is this process and how is it learned did you learn it in cbt
OlafOlaf
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Been dealing with OCD for quite some time now. Doing a couple of online courses and a ton of researching. Because I am from Germany and OCD isn’t a thing over here. Therapist aren’t familiar with it yet. First two therapists I have been to made it even worst. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to adapt and form new patterns. As you "learned" reacting with fear/OCD to certain thoughts you also can "unlearn" them and form new behaviors and thought patterns.
RooftopDogRooftopDog
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It is! Also meine Therapeutin weiß zum Glück was eine Zwangsstörung ist, aber ja glaub allgemein hast du da schon einen Punkt 🥲 da gibst noch viel zu tun
OlafOlaf
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@harabix Kommt vielleicht auch noch ein bisschen darauf an wo man wohnt;) Wobei ich kurz vor Hamburg wohne und irgendwie ist der Wissensstand um OCD hier noch sehr dünn bzw. denkt man hier eher an Zwangsstörungen und so. Sowas wie ROCD kennt keiner der Therapeuten bei denen ich war. Die wollten immer ganz viel reden und analysieren.
ammu123ammu123
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@Olaf Okay now I am curious about what y'all are talking about 😂😂
OlafOlaf
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@ammu123 Just about how Germany needs to up their game in terms of OCD hahaha
ammu123ammu123
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@Olaf Dude Germany atleast has free health care nd stuff...even though OCD is common in india the health care system sucks it's too costly 😬
OlafOlaf
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@ammu123 It depends. In the end it’s not really for free. We pay for it by taxes, a part of our income is used for it. But I get your point. I myself am self employed and need to pay it myself. For my health insurance as well the therapy sessions. German bureaucracy is so wierd and unnecessary complicated hahah
ammu123ammu123
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Cool y is OCD not a thing in Germany it's pretty common where I live even though I barely know anyone with mental health issues
OlafOlaf
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I don’t know. It’s like living behind the moon😀 But I see/know quite a lot of people with OCD behaviors getting misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all.
ammu123ammu123
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@Olaf My OCD doesn't even feel like OCD it's like I have a lot of werid annoying thoughts that's it...😂😭
OlafOlaf
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@ammu123 I know absolutely what you mean. If remember correctly it’s called meta OCD. Obsessing if you have an obsession.
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