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Listening to and trusting a family doctor's opinion on OCD is like listening to and trusting a podiatrist's opinion on a gynecological problem. They know NOTHING about things outside of their fields.
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It would terrify me too. I am diagnosed as well but I am not so convinced that means it's true. What about your feelings about possibly be attracted towards the same sex makes you think that it's ocd and not the truth?
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Just because of the compulsive behaviors that pair with it, and the fact that I never questioned my sexual orientation until OCD latched on to it.
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Family doctors are known to not be educated on ocd. If you don’t believe her then take what she said with a grain of salt
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That’s the problem, lol. I know I love him and want to be with him, but the second she started saying those things, I started buying in to it. Probably because she’s an authority figure and I just took her word as gospel.
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@bdk I don’t think you’re buying it, if you were you wouldn’t have posted it here
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@Justmesadly I suppose that’s true. I just didn’t know how to take her words since she is a licensed doctor, just not a licensed therapist. It was literally like she was OCD sitting there telling me all my fears were true.
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How do you claim to not know about OCD and proceed to speak about it???? Seems like she was trying to get to where your OCD started... But we all know it doesnt matter when it started just how deal with it in anoositive way (erp).... Also she dumb.... And kinda pisses me off you had to sit there and be lectured on your own mental disorder by that doctor... Goes to show having a degree doesnt always mean you know what you talking about that... But like you said shes ocd in living flesh and just like ocd no matter how much it picks at us and brings doubt we just let be there let it say what it wants and push through with all the strength you u have.
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Literally! I kept telling her over and over that I know it’s OCD because I do want to be with my partner and she just kept telling me to leave him?? Needless to say, I will not be going back to her again.
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The absolute worst thing she could ever say…. She just doesn’t understand. I am so sorry you had this experience. I would spiral for sure.
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It wasn’t a great day, needless to say 😅
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Do you believe her? Did she bring up and objective points that would contradict you having OCD?
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I don’t believe her because I have been diagnosed by a therapist. But what she said terrified me.
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I went to a therapist for a long time that did not specialize in OCD. In retrospect, she was just doing her job, but a lot of the things she said sent me spiraling. She even said she could me my source for reassurance if that’s what I needed when it came to my ROCD. If you’ve learned anything about OCD, you’ll know that reassurance is what we actually need to AVOID! It just goes to show how little some therapists know about OCD. That being said, I don’t know if your therapist is right or not, and nothing anyone here can say will uncover the truth. But I definitely recommend looking for an OCD specialist or doing therapy through this app. I’ve been to a few therapists in my life, but my experience so far (about a month) with NOCD has been the best for my OCD brain. I finally feel a light at the end of the tunnel. Stay strong💜
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This was a family doctor, not my therapist. I am getting therapy through this app, and my therapist would have NEVER said those things, lol! I did talk therapy before OCD therapy, though, so I completely understand where you’re coming from.
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@bdk So glad to hear that, sorry I must have missed the detail about the family doc! Good luck with everything!
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@Certainlyuncertain Thank you, and I’m so glad you’re doing well and can see a light at the end of the tunnel! Go you ☺️👍
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I talked to my therapist about the emotional disconnection I feel in my relationship — how I often feel nothing when I’m with my boyfriend, how I feel irritated or even disgusted during intimate moments, and how all of this creates constant fear and sadness in me. I told her that I want to love him, that I used to feel more, and that I believe my thoughts and reactions are part of something deeper — like ROCD — not necessarily the truth. But she said something like, “It doesn’t make sense that you want to love him but don’t feel love,” and suggested that I might just be lying to myself and need to “accept the truth.” That crushed me. I kept explaining that these thoughts feel obsessive, that they don’t align with my values or how I see myself — that they’ve taken away my ability to feel joy or peace. And yet, I left with this terrible fear that maybe she’s right, that maybe I’m just in denial. She even told me that I have two choices: accept that I don’t love him and stay while lying to myself, or leave. And that… that made me feel like she was confirming my worst fear — not helping me explore it safely. I don’t want to hurt him. I don’t want to lie to myself. I just want clarity, and peace, and the ability to feel again. I also didn’t tell my boyfriend about the session, because he’s skeptical of therapy — he thinks therapists just want money, and that I have to “help myself” if I want to feel better. I kind of get where he’s coming from, but it still makes me feel a little alone in this. I guess I’m posting here just to say… I feel really lost right now. I don’t know if what I’m experiencing is ROCD or just the truth I’m too scared to accept
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I’ve recently had my meds upped after a really bad spiral / episode and i’m doing a bit better. My mum wanted me to go to the GP, a doctor she really trusts to affirm the dosage is ok, what’s really going on etc. I went to the GP and it was an experience that honestly didn’t sit right with me. I just wanted some community to know if i’m over analysing. I feel like I cannot tell my mum because she trusts this doctor so much. My mum came with me and kind of brought up how I was thinking it could be OCD but the doctor immediately wrote me off and was like it’s definitely not it’s just anxiety and depression and then he brought up how OCD is more like I wouldn’t be able to go through the door without tapping and checking and how he knew a friend with OCD in school and he couldn’t even leave his locker for 30 minutes because he had to keep checking. I 100% know this is OCD and this is what it looks like for some people and how debilitating it is but from what I’ve learnt and researched it’s not JUST that and I don’t really like the way he turned me down without asking what symptoms I have. I also feel like he didn’t have a good grasp on what it really is at its core because yes I don’t physically check but I don’t think it’s crazy that I thought (think?) I might have it (i have obsessive intrusive thoughts, ruminate, mental compulsions and body check). Then he kind of went on to psycho analyse me and ended up asking about personal stuff and kind of blamed all my intrusive thoughts on my relationship with my dad who is estranged, which was awkward and a little insulting. I’m not saying that has no impact on my mental health but it just felt uncomfortable and weird to me. Anyways even if I don’t have OCD, I’m not sure I do, I’m no doctor but I relate to many of you and I know that OCD is not visible in that way for many so it’s sad to think many others will be ignored or brushed off. Does anyone else have any stories of GP’s treating OCD this way ? :((
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Hi! I’m trying to say this story as short as possible. I started realizing I was having an ocd flare up a long time ago and I chose private psychotherapy because I thought it would be better. I had a bunch of other issues and I wanted one quick (I had tried 2 before) and when I met someone that I felt was kind of okay I trusted them with my ocd. The thing was that she was NOT specialized in ocd, in fact, looking back I realize that she barely knew how to handle it at all. I had a really good one when I was younger and I was not having symptoms when I quit years ago, so it surprised me a LOT that all I had learned got unlearned because I trusted a bad psychologist. I have currently Rocd and a bit of compulsive staring as well, plus tricomania. I really really want to warn you, DON’T LET A NON OCD SPECIALIST GIVE YOU ADVICE OR ERP!!!!! It has taken me a while to realize all the damage she did. But I was so desperate for a solution at the time that I ignored the signs. She had no idea what she was doing and she actually asked me what we should do! She also made my staring worse, because she told me to try to not look (which is actually wrong), she also asked me if I was really in love with my partner, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO DOUBTS AT THE TIME!!! She thought that I actually wanted sex with someone else and was like yeah it’s normal some people do that, instead of understanding my feelings and that I actually didn’t want to, but it was an intrusive thought. (It was very different from the classic: you know what maybe maybe not erp thing) She misunderstood everything and I now have to rewire my brain.
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