I'm suffering about this intense fear. Is anyone else going through this?
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I think this is common for OCD. How long have you had OCD? Do you have any help/support for dealing with it?
It is hard! Medications can help, but I think it's also important to learn how to manage your thoughts. Have you considered getting therapy, or at least learning about therapy strategies and how to apply them on your own?For a while. I was taking seroquel for a while and it helped but I then found out it was causing weight gain on me. I thought I was gaining weight bc I wasn't moving and stuck in the house bc of covid. But then I ask my pharmacist if the meds cause weight gain and he said yes. So I immediately stopped taking them. I then was taking Prozac but it's not helping me. I'm scheduled to see a doctor on the 17. In the meantime, I can talk to a friend or 2 about it but it's hard
It is hard! Medications can help, but I think it's also important to learn how to manage your thoughts. Have you considered getting therapy, or at least learning about therapy strategies and how to apply them on your own?
Yes, it's been hard with Covid! Does your therapist have expertise in treating OCD?I have a therapist and she's now starting to see patients in person again. I haven't spoken to her in a while because it doesn't help over the phone. But hopefully now it will since she's seeing patients
Yes, it's been hard with Covid! Does your therapist have expertise in treating OCD?
Then maybe it's time to find a new therapist? At the very least, you can continue learning how to treat OCD and start practicing the strategies on your own. I can suggest some resources if you like!I'm not sure. I will ask her when I see/talk to her again. But I have a feeling that my next time session will be my last time session. There's really nothing she can do to help me of what I'm upset about plus her feedback kind of sucks
I'm suffering about this intense fear. Is anyone else going through this?
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It's important that you see a therapist that specializes in anxiety and OCD. My therapist recommended Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Jonathan Grayson. It's on Amazon. It's also important to know that the treatment for OCD thoughts is not to attempt to get them out of your head (that actually causes them to stay); it uses exposure to help them lose their emotional impact on you.I'm not sure. I will ask her when I see/talk to her again. But I have a feeling that my next time session will be my last time session. There's really nothing she can do to help me of what I'm upset about plus her feedback kind of sucks
It's important that you see a therapist that specializes in anxiety and OCD. My therapist recommended Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Jonathan Grayson. It's on Amazon. It's also important to know that the treatment for OCD thoughts is not to attempt to get them out of your head (that actually causes them to stay); it uses exposure to help them lose their emotional impact on you.
Maybe you could consider a Christian therapist?