- Username
- Joe87
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Talk therapy and counselling can be bad for you.
Who else agrees?
- Username
- Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 13w ago
If it offers reassurance then yeh, it'll make ocd worse
- Username
- NicaNica
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Depends on the situation, but if you mean talk therapy for those with OCD, then yes.
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 12w ago
I agree and disagree. Some aspects talk therapy helps. After 8 years of same treatment of talk therapy. I stepped over to hypnosis/deep meditation, mind mapping . I was in control of how deep of a hypnosis/meditation state. Healed a lot in 6 sessions than I did in 8 years. Only to have the original therapist tell me that they could do the same thing, but never even mentioned it or try different techniques for mind mapping/meditation therapy techniques. It was mind opening and blowing at the same time. Never went back to that therapist. Like Freud said “ if you do the same thing and expect a different outcome, then you’ll have to change how you do things to get a different result “ . The sessions were not helping , they were upsetting and regressive to me. I lost hope in western medicine. Hope this helps.
- Username
- Samuel1Samuel1
- Date posted
- 12w ago
I did psychotherapy for 2-3 months, until I saw a Psychiatrist, got diagnosed with OCD, and then was referred to a CBT Psychologist. The psychotherapy/talk therapy I was getting had its positives. It helped make me find out some more about myself. Helped me identify some trauma. And was good just to have someone to talk to. The problem with it (especially cause I hadnt yet been diagnosed with OCD) was that my therapist often tried to find a reason for everything. Any intrusive thought I had, my therapist would try find a reason for it. This is obviously not good for OCD. I have nothing against talk therapy, and my therapist was otherwise good, just wasn't really right for my OCD. But everyone is different
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- mikeb31978
- Date posted
- 19w ago
ERP Concerns
How do you go about your life when ERP therapy is so stressful. I have harm ocd and by making me watch horror movies etc . is just making it worse. I'm really worried I'm being brainwashed into being what I dont want to be . Does this mean ERP is not for me? I also have no compulsions just pure O .
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- krelia
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w ago
Anyone to talk to
Hi! Does anyone struggle with loneliness? Especially when it comes to talking to your loved ones about what you go through. I’ve been struggling with this because it either leads to a fight or I’m not understood. My husband and I have been having some issues and I have a bad habit of bringing up the past. I don’t know why I keep doing it it’s just I get a thought and it goes into auto mode recently. We are going to marriage counseling soon but I try to tell him and family how I’m feeling and it just turns into a fight or it turns into me being dismissed. I just honestly want someone I can trust to hear me but it feels like I can’t really talk to anyone. I think it’s a relapse and I keep doing ERP but honestly I just need someone to listen. Does anyone relate or am I just it? I feel like I’m losing the love of my life and I’m breaking at the mere thought of it.
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- meglucy
- Date posted
- 12w ago
ROCD spike!! ADVICE WOULD BE AMAZING!!
Having a really bad day with my ocd. Just had a massive meltdown. I’ve had 3 sessions with an ocd therapist and I feel worse. This is very confusing to me. I’ve read online that it’s normal to feel worse at the start of therapy, but i don’t know. I’m asking for a lot of reassurance from people, way more than I have ever done. My doubts and thoughts seem to be getting worse. My mum said if the relationship is making you so unhappy why are you doing it? This was sooo triggering for me but maybe she’s right? She said if I didn’t have the relationship in my life, I wouldn’t be having meltdowns or have an ocd spike, so she thinks I should consider whether to be in the relationship or not! Omg it’s so awful to hear those words. But maybe she is kind of right? If somethings making you anxious or unhappy, you stop don’t you? So why haven’t I broken up with him? That would be the logical step. Im so worried to make myself even more ill so im very scared to carry on with the relationship, because right now, my mind is telling me its the cause of my unhappiness and i would be better without it. But is that my ocd speaking? How do I know?! My life without him would be so bleak, or is it my life without the idea of someone in it? I have so many questions, it’s overwhelming. What if I’m not listening to my gut? Maybe I’m not. That makes me feel sick if I’m ignoring myself again. This is torture. What can I do to stop all these doubts and feel better about things!!! I would love some advice 🙏🏻🙏🏻 (this is my ocd talking, but comments that agree with my ocd are very triggering like ‘yes if you feel like that that is a major red flag’. Just comments that maybe give some hope, thank you 🙏🏻)
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