Hi I can’t afford therapy but feel I have ocd but don’t have a diagnosis I’m constantly changing my mind about whether I’ve got ocd or not so I’m stop stating erp therapy that I do alone. What can I do?
Stay strong what ever is going on OCD or not don't let it win
@44years How do I stay strong do I just carry on with erp even tho I haven’t been diagnosed with ocd?
Have to go back to work break over stay strong
Carry on with erp that's up to you how to stay strong my OCD effects me from the moment I get up till I go to bed my OCD is so severe it's amazing I'm not locking myself in the house and jobless but I get up everyday and go to work my days off aren't sunshine and rainbows but I get it done stay strong
OCD wants to control you and keep you depressed so you loose everything don't let it
OCD took my child hood took my relationship s never had kids never got married OCD took so much from me but I'll be damned if it's going to keep me locked up in the house
I apologize if that was to much just venting
Hi, I'm sorry you're struggling. I'm sorry about therapy being difficult to access. Have you tried Nathan Peterson's online courses? Here is the link https://www.ocdandanxietycounseling.com. There are some great books out there that offer plans/practice for handling OCD on your own. "Needing to Know for Sure" by Winston and Self, also Stopping the Noise in your Head by Reid Wilson and Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (updated Edition) by Jonathan Grayson. Don't give up, keep trying. Know that it is very common for those of us with OCD, including those who have a diagnosis, to doubt if we have OCD. The IOCDF.org also has some great resources and support groups. Hope this helps, reach out anytime. You can also find me on the Discord server Ascend as GH here is the link https://discord.gg/nHVsshaUq9 once there you can direct message me (GH). I'd be happy to offer support. Take care.
I cant afford therapy which is why i’m not diagnosed with ocd. The first time i had heard what ocd was truly abt was 6 years ago when i overthinking my sexual identity and it fit. Additionally, i struggle with debilitating health anxiety and when i was in a rlt i was extremely anxious that i might not love my partner. This is the third year i experience distress around my sexuality but this year it feels real. And it could also explain my rlt anxiety. Comphet is a concept that really scares me. I dont want to be with a girl. I would rather die than discover i was lesbian. I cant accept uncertainty cz i dont want to be homosexual. Chat GPT told me it wasnt ocd + the thoughts dont distress me anymore. I experience 3 intense weeks of anxiety prior to now. Maybe its internalized homophobia. Maybe its comphet. I do find women to be attractive but i dont wanna be with them. Maybe i’m in denial. Idk anything anymore. I’m remembering times where i would find an actress attractive and try to shift my focus towards the man cz it would make me anxious. I’m not well at all.
Hey, so I've never actually been diagnosed with OCD. I did a little bit of research, I always thought OCD was organizing things. But I'm not normal, I have this thing where I feel something isn't right. I obsess over it or if I brush my hand over something correctly then it's fixed. Or I have to do this thing on stairs, I'll walk up a few or down them because something isn't right. I read this thing on memories. I know something happened, but then I doubt myself to the point I don't know if it happened. And I think too logically in relationships. I'll put statistics on things and if they might not work out I distance myself, there's other odd things I do. My family always told me I was fine but then said things like I was messed up, and said to just ignore what I felt. Like I was making it up. I don't know what to do, I don't have a doctor currently, I was never diognosed. Is there a way to be sure I have it? Or a way to stop everything? I just want to stop everything, please and thank you. Sorry for the long post. If anyone can help, I would be so thankful.
I’m trying to do ERP therapy, but I keep thinking my subtype of ocd is the worst there ever is. I tried going on a walk tonight and the adrenaline in my body along with the shakes and the burning in my chest got so overwhelming. I felt like I was just about to lay down in the gutter along the sidewalk. I’m not trying to be super negative. I just don’t know what to do anymore. If it’s not one thing it’s another and I just wanna cry so bad and I want it to go away but it won’t I almost feel like I have to call a crisis line or something even right now while I’m writing this I’m crying so bad. I can’t enjoy a single thing. I joined a support group tonight, but I just feel like I feel so bad for everyone because of how awful it is. I know what I’m writing right now doesn’t make a lot of sense but I just don’t know what to do anymore. Part of me wants to quit ERP therapy so bad cause I don’t think it’s gonna ever help. if anyone has any advice or suggestions, that would be greatly appreciated.
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