Joe87
- Date posted
- 24w ago
Talk therapy and counselling can be bad for you.
Who else agrees?
Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 24w ago
If it offers reassurance then yeh, it'll make ocd worse
NicaNica
- Date posted
- 24w ago
Depends on the situation, but if you mean talk therapy for those with OCD, then yes.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 24w 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.
Samuel1Samuel1
- Date posted
- 24w 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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hopelytle
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Question for those who have been in therapy
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TrustTheProcess
- Date posted
- 16w ago
Any alternatives to therapy?
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Anon56
- Date posted
- 13w ago
I am confused now, please help
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