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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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Hi, I'm 17,about to be 18. I've been struggling with these thoughts for the past 8 months. I was wondering if someone experienced ever the same because I feel im "different". BACKGROUND: (I'm not diagnosed with Ocd but seeing a local counselor) About 9 months ago I cheated on my boyfriend with this guy S (who blackmailed, manipulated and molested me). Since then when I realized that what i did was very WRONG and so I started ruminating picking apart every single interaction and telling my boyfriend, i tried to remember every single detail because otherwise I felt like i was being a fraud and hiding things to save myself, i had many crisis about it because I had also what i think was false memory ocd. My boyfriend forgave me idk how tbh I still wonder. CURRENT STRUGGLE: Months ago I was sure I didn't wanna S in any way and i was sure even when everything happened. For the past 2 months tho I've been having thoughts like " Do I love S?" "I love S" "S is hot" "Would S find me hot?" "What if I want S?" " What if I don't love my boyfriend enough?" "What if I secretly want S?" "What if I see my boyfriend as a friend only?Do I?" And I tried testing my reaction to intimate scenarios with S, I'm scared I like it i dont really wanna love S or have any secret attraction, I wish I didn't have any of this and I want to be sure of my feelings for my boyfriend because I know I wanna be with him and I see a future with him like he brings me comfort. But a part of me keeps trying to convince me otherwise. Sometimes I think I'd rather die than have these thoughts. Im so scared of not being able to control my feelings, im scared I can't resist S and its giving me anxiety and making me cry. Sometimes when i think of those sexual scenarios with S or I get those thoughts my mind tells me to smile because i like it because I find it funny. It makes me doubt myself all over again. Like I'm always like I need to test if I'd feel aroused to intimate scenarios with S, lately im trying to fight this urge to test and test but my mind is like "just do it this once so you can be sure. I can never watch anything romantic or sexual or whatever because my mind would be like "you and S" or sometimes I'm just enjoying time with my bf and im like " yes we can just have a sneaky cheating thing thats ok" and it makes me want to figure it out to find an answer a solution because idk it just does like I need to find the meaning of it if it means the truth and all. Im worried im just an awful person and these thoughts just ruin my quality of life . Today i had a crisis where i ended up doinf swlf harm, I'm so scared of finding someone that's not my boyfriend desirable or sexual appealing or whatever it is, I also have bodily reactions when I try to imagine and test my reaction to scenarios. Now i keep groing everytime and I dont know why but i have this sensation and I dont want to havebit especially when its something S related. Does someone experience the same thoughts? Am I alone in this? Is this ROCD? What should i do?
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I had a very bad session with a therapist today (NOT FROM NOCD). She basically told me I can’t be helped without medication, said I am too needy and if I keep being needy, people will continue to leave me, and my past trauma from relationships is my fault. I then had a second session with my old therapist who helped process and explain that OCD is lifelong and some people manage it but others have flare ups and I think I’m having a bad flare up (a month long basically) and that I may need medication which I’m terrified to go back on. Does it get better? Will I need meds? I’m scared. I don’t want to get worse and I don’t want these thoughts to scare me.
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Hello, so I’m in therapy for ROCD but my therapist says she doesn’t think/feels that I have ROCD. Her reasoning is because “compulsions don’t provide any sense of relief for someone with OCD, they are constant even after compulsions” but i’ve read online that they do provide relief until a new intrusive thought restarts the cycle. She also said I can’t have ROCD if I don’t show signs of regular OCD, because ROCD is only a subtype and I must have OCD to have ROCD. I’ve read otherwise online though so all therapist on here is she correct? (She also mention she only has 2 years experience and has a supervisor she reports to)
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