I can't think of any to be honest. Probably something from Lars Von Trier, Dancer in the Dark? But only in a way that it makes you feel like how OCD feels all the time.
T. Living with OCD for 30 years.
the scene where he's trying to clean the house but he keeps coming back inside because he gets worried he might have left blood drops somewhere. Genuinely the best portrayal of the ocd experience I've seen on a movie
And there’s another scene in The House that Jack Built where Matt Dillon has a panicked ritual right as he’s cleaning up another murder site. While it’s an extreme example, it is a really interesting one that succinctly captures the living hell of playing whack a mole with your own brain.
And there’s another scene in The House that Jack Built where Matt Dillon has a panicked ritual right as he’s cleaning up another murder site. While it’s an extreme example, it is a really interesting one that succinctly captures the living hell of playing whack a mole with your own brain.
How have you been coping? I'm 27 and have been dealing with OCD since I was a kid and have been having sporadic panic attacks since I was 18 years old, I'm currently on escitalopram, quetiapine and have been taking xanax for the anxiety for years now.
Regardless of what state you're in, find and ERP therapist. If you can't find one in your area, there's NOCD >https://www.treatmyocd.com/
There are other treatments which have helped a lot of people too. You can try EMDR if there's trauma behind your ocd, TMS (magnets on the brain), psychedelics if you're in the right state. I highly suggest investing in a meditation coach and adding a meditation habit to your daily schedule. The sooner you start, the sooner you start seeing benefits. Good luck, anon!
Thanks for the help, anon. My OCD has a lot to do with my faith, most of my intrusive thoughts are either blasphemous thoughts, thoughts about God not loving me or me not loving him enough, doubts about my salvation, etc. I don't think most therapists have a deep enough knowledge about the fundamentals of Christianity to really help me in this aspect but as of lately this area of my OCD has caused me the most fear and suffering that I've felt mentally.
7 months ago
Anonymous
What you need is ERP. That is a classic open and shut ERP case. If you don't find someone in your area or state who can provide it (it can be done over telehealth) then check out NOCD. You've got this, anon.
7 months ago
Anonymous
>What you need is ERP
I heard ffxiv has a lot of it
I can’t stop twitching my left ear.
Also lately when I pee I have to stand there and try to get it all out. I stood there for like 10 mins the other night wagging my dick in the toilet trying to get out what felt like one drop that was never coming. Then I’ll get up 5 times while lying in bed because I keep thinking I have to pee.
My OCD is actually minor compared to a lot of people’s, I’ve heard.
I read an article online a couple weeks ago of some guy who had it so bad that his therapist had him tape a sign that said “GO BACK TO BED” on his door because he would get up so often he wouldn’t even fall asleep. Just 8 hours of that cycle before work.
ugh frick that. I have days at random where I go to the bathroom like 10 times and It already kills me since I loose like 2 hours of sleep, can't even imagine doing it for the entire night
>Also lately when I pee I have to stand there and try to get it all out. I stood there for like 10 mins the other night wagging my dick in the toilet trying to get out what felt like one drop that was never coming. Then I’ll get up 5 times while lying in bed because I keep thinking I have to pee.
I do the exact same thing, it fricking sucks. I also have to get out all the shit from my ass whenever I take a dump, so I'll be on the toilet straining and sticking my finger up my ass, scraping out every last bit of shit I can, washing off my finger, and then doing it again over and over. Sorry you have to go through this anon, it really is hell.
I used to obsess about doing everything evenly with my left and right body parts
If I touched something with my left, I'd have to touch with my right
Then to even it out, I'd do right then left
Then to even that out, right left left right
Then it was RL LR LR RL
etc
I used to obsess about doing everything evenly with my left and right body parts
If I touched something with my left, I'd have to touch with my right
Then to even it out, I'd do right then left
Then to even that out, right left left right
Then it was RL LR LR RL
etc
There's a song about this.
It's probably a form of seeking symmetry and order.
I used to have OCD similar to that when I was younger, where if I bumped something with my right arm, I'd have to bump it on the same place on my left arm, etc. However, my OCD has moved on to other things, it's actually gone between being almost all the classic types of OCD, from that, to morality and religious scrupulosity, to contamination, "just right" OCD, etc.
Pretty common with OCD, I’m the guy who’s been twitching his left ear nonstop and I also have this compulsion to twitch my right ear but I physically can’t so it’s weird lol
When I was really little I had the “have to touch something with both hands” thing
Didn't it turn out that he didn't really have OCD, and the OCD-like symptoms were caused by guilt and eventually went away, or some bullshit like that?
>get diagnosed with ocd with relationship obsessions >predominantly mental compulsions >can't do erp because i can't resist the impulse to ruminate >not because i'm scared of what happens if i stop, i physically can't >get tested for adhd >diagnosed and put on medication >take a break from exposure therapy to get used to my new life on medication >now realizing that i probably have borderline personality disorder, which fuels my relationship obsessions >about to get tested and treated for that, as well as trauma >on top of ocd and adhd now
Life is pain
It's usually called ROCD. Every time I'm in a relationship, including now, I spend every waking second ruminating on whether or not I'm in the "right" relationship, should leave, or whatever. I'm looking for evidence, analyzing the relationship, analyzing past events, looking for "red flags" I might have missed, comparing my relationship to other relationships, etc. It's a fricking nightmare.
Damn, I’m already insecure in relationships so this sounds like hell. I could tell you to not worry about all that and live in the moment but I’m sure you’ve seen all the selfhelp advice out there.
One of my overt compulsions used to be researching online, before I knew I had a problem, so I quite literally have seen all the self-help advice. All I've learned is that internet advice articles are moronic.
Lel it's Emotional Response Prevention, a specialized treatment for OCD, and occasionally, generalized anxiety and phobias. It's basically just exposing you to the source of your fear until you learn that it can't hurt you, and stop using maladaptive means of avoiding the fear. Other anons have made the same comparison. My brain refuses to read it as erotic roleplay.
I have mental compulsions too. 2 years ago I suffered a major depression phase, I spent like 6 months thinking about the same exactly things every day, thousands of time per day. LOTS of headaches.
I'm better today, but sometimes the compulsions return.
>it’s normal to feel obligated to flick your lightswitch repeatedly for no reason or stand in front of the toilet for 8 hours
Learn something new everyday
I don't understand what possesses people to say moronic shit like this. How can you even be sure? You don't need to have a position on every single topic in existence. I'm not even asserting that you need to believe in everything the mental healthcare system asserts. You're just making an absurdly laughable statement about a topic you don't understand, with zero evidence.
This is my OCD workout plan. I must say, it BARELY works and only with certain aspects of it.
But still, some of the minor stuff is easier to overcome with these basic rules.
Any high functioning OCD'er can easily live with this plan, but those plebs are basically normalgays in denial.
People like me still need this shit though.
It's like being a dyel, but still benching 50lbs.
Better than nothing, so to speak.
Not that anon, but I've seen therapists on and off for over a decade, done TMS, taken ketamine, and even done Electroconvulsive Therapy, and my OCD is still as bad as ever. I'm genuinely getting pretty suicidal about it, I don't know how much longer I can take this daily hell. I might get into a residential treatment program this January, so I suppose I just have to make it until then, but even that seems like a tall order based on what I have to go through day to day.
Why can't you get into a residential treatment program now? Insurance? If you're suicidal and wondering if you're going to make it to January, you shouldn't be waiting for January. The best advice I can give is to work with your psychologists to find out if there's something else underneath the OCD which makes regular OCD treatment ineffective. That ended up being my issue, and now I feel like I'm moving forward again.
>Why can't you get into a residential treatment program now?
Because the program doesn't start existing until January, and other residential programs have an even longer waiting list to get in.
You can't just check yourself into the emergency room now and get some treatment before being transferred elsewhere? You sound like a danger to yourself.
7 months ago
Anonymous
I've been in and out of inpatient all this summer and it didn't help any, they don't have any training on how to help with OCD so it's basically a waste of time.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Can you get an evaluation for any other possible disorders in the meantime, at least? My problem turned out to be ADHD, BPD, and trauma. Maybe you have something like that.
7 months ago
Anonymous
What are ur bpd symptoms
7 months ago
Anonymous
Literally 9/9 of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for the disorder. A completely unstable sense of identity, extreme emotional sensitivity, pangs of uncontrollable anger, "splitting," extreme fear of abandonment, impulsive self-destructive habits. All of it.
7 months ago
Anonymous
I see I thought I had quiet bpd but my therapist doesn’t think I have it.
Thanks trying to remain positive heard good things just feeling therapy doesn’t work. It’s nice to offload to someone but the mental health symptoms always claw their way back in.
7 months ago
Anonymous
I know it's easy to get discouraged; I definitely have been before. Just remember there are many types of therapy, and different providers provide it with varying levels of efficacy. Therapy not working could be more than just the method itself being ineffective; it could not be right for you or your specific case profile, or it could be a bad therapist. Don't give up, anon.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Yeah I’ve not been in therapy long so trying to remain positive. I like the idea of EMDR as it’s actually changing my brain rather than talking all the time. Just feel so messed up compared to my normie friends , normie siblings etc. thanks anon
7 months ago
Anonymous
A lot of people conflate therapy with talk therapy, and then say therapy doesn't work because they know some dumb b***h who's been in talk therapy for five years and never shown any improvement. There's a difference between that shit and specialized therapy for specific disorders. The providers of those treatments receive specialized training and usually study under an experienced provider. You can look up the efficacy of these treatments online.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Yeah I get that. It’s more I don’t even understand myself so don’t see how a therapist can.
7 months ago
Anonymous
There are specialists whose job it is to help you understand those things about yourself. There are things about myself that I understand, today, which I never thought I'd understand about myself. Hell, there are things I understand about myself which I never would have thought were significant before.
7 months ago
Anonymous
You ever done mushrooms ? That’s my therapists specialty says it’s the best tool we have but I’m on anti depressants so can’t do it + scared to face all my shit
7 months ago
Anonymous
I've done them recreationally a few times. I'm planning on starting a microdosing regimen soon, though. Have you considered going off the antidepressants and going to one of those legal treatment clinics on one of the legal states?
7 months ago
Anonymous
I tried to go off them once and couldn’t even leave my room or eat just spiral so much off them. Need off them one day tho make me so numb. Also I’m in uk
7 months ago
Anonymous
You usually need to taper off those or you have nasty side effects. Also, I'm sorry to hear you're in a place where psychedelic medicine isn't as readily available. A quick google search indicated that they're in clinical trials there, at least.
7 months ago
Anonymous
It wasn’t the tapering off , yeah I got some headaches etc but it was the depression that made me go back on them like felt way worse then before I took them
7 months ago
Anonymous
Have you looked into TMS? When I was looking for it here int he US, I accidentally bumped into some info indicating it's available in the UK. Maybe that could help you.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Never will look into it cheers
7 months ago
Anonymous
Its total recovery rate for OCD is on the low side (around 25%) but most OCD patients who get it find an improvement in their symptoms. I don't know what the total recovery/improvement rate for depression is, but I've been told it's very very high. Much higher than for OCD, to the point where my state's insurance covers it now. It can definitely at least improve your situation.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Nice seems practical.
7 months ago
Anonymous
I wouldn’t go off your meds. As much as I would rather use holistic and natural shit, it doesn’t work out. My mom went off her meds and tried to replace it with weed and she became a massive anxious b***h. It wasn’t til she got back on them that she calmed down and didn’t have nonstop intrusive and racing thoughts.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Psychedelics aren't just holistic natural shit, they're most likely going to replace SSRI's and similar medications in most cases. You can even do psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy while using antidepressants, but they tend to dampen the effect and make treatment take a lot longer.
7 months ago
Anonymous
I need to come off them one day tho I don’t want to take them for the rest of my life. I feel worse than I did before I took them. Don’t want to cause further damage
7 months ago
Anonymous
Yeah that'll fix your problems, you fricking moron
7 months ago
Anonymous
What the frick are you talking about? Fix my problems? Which problems?
Yeah I’m doing that next month my last bit of hope
7 months ago
Anonymous
From what I've heard, it works really well. If it doesn't, try another trauma treatment. From what I've personally found, if trauma is at the center of whatever wienertail of mental health issues you're dealing with, you probably want to deal with that first and work on the downstream disorders/symptoms after.
>Have you ever tried ERP? What about TMS, a meditation program, psychedelics, or anything else?
Nope, none of those. I live in a country with some of the worst mental healthcare in Europe, some of the things you've mentioned are sci-fi tier here.
I tried meditation on my own, didn't work.
I tried talking to three different therapists about it, they just nodded and never brought it up again.
Honestly it kinds of irritate me knowing these things could help me out (maybe I dunno, I'm still skeptic on most potential treatments) but my 3rd world tier shithole cannot provide any of that.
OCD, not even 20 years ago, was considered a "you're fricked" disorder before these newer treatments came onto the scene. They really do help people, and I'm sorry you can't access them where you live. You know what you haven't tried yet, though? Structured meditation instruction. Go get a teacher who can help you through the learning curve part and make sure you're getting the most out of it. Also, have you been screened for other comorbid disorders? Live I've said a few times ITT, I was having issues with treating my OCD because there were other issues affecting the effectiveness of the treatment.
Having real OCD is living hell. Not not 'got to wash my hands again lol' kind of OCD. I've dealt with ongoing intrusive thoughts of all kinds for years. Few months now it's been constant thoughts of taking a industrial staple gun and stapling my body over. Fun stuff.
As Good as it Gets
What about Bob
(very obliquely in defining the character of Bruno) Encanto
(PTSD-driven) that Adam Sandler movie about the 9/11 survivor
I'm just obsessed with cleanliness and I don't think it goes beyond that. Can't be a bad thing when your place is clean and you don't smell or look like shit. I does fricks with you when you play videogames and miss something during your autistic 100% playthrough and shit like that but you just distract yourself for a moment and it goes away. Most of you morons are just schizos. You don't have obsessions, just have to take your meds.
When I was a kid, I used to let my fingernails grow because I hated using clippers. Then one day my mom told me to start cutting them because I have "girl hands". Still hated clippers, so instead I started biting them. Done so since. Most of my waking life now is whittling down my fingernails, biting off any slight growth beyond the pink. I constantly get Paronychia, because I bite to far.
I can't think of any to be honest. Probably something from Lars Von Trier, Dancer in the Dark? But only in a way that it makes you feel like how OCD feels all the time.
T. Living with OCD for 30 years.
A search said The House Jack Built is about OCD but I don’t recall anything specifically
the scene where he's trying to clean the house but he keeps coming back inside because he gets worried he might have left blood drops somewhere. Genuinely the best portrayal of the ocd experience I've seen on a movie
This
And there’s another scene in The House that Jack Built where Matt Dillon has a panicked ritual right as he’s cleaning up another murder site. While it’s an extreme example, it is a really interesting one that succinctly captures the living hell of playing whack a mole with your own brain.
How have you been coping? I'm 27 and have been dealing with OCD since I was a kid and have been having sporadic panic attacks since I was 18 years old, I'm currently on escitalopram, quetiapine and have been taking xanax for the anxiety for years now.
1. Are you in the US?
2. Are you willing to say which state, if so?
Yeah, I'm in the U.S, not comfortable saying which state though.
Regardless of what state you're in, find and ERP therapist. If you can't find one in your area, there's NOCD
>https://www.treatmyocd.com/
There are other treatments which have helped a lot of people too. You can try EMDR if there's trauma behind your ocd, TMS (magnets on the brain), psychedelics if you're in the right state. I highly suggest investing in a meditation coach and adding a meditation habit to your daily schedule. The sooner you start, the sooner you start seeing benefits. Good luck, anon!
Thanks for the help, anon. My OCD has a lot to do with my faith, most of my intrusive thoughts are either blasphemous thoughts, thoughts about God not loving me or me not loving him enough, doubts about my salvation, etc. I don't think most therapists have a deep enough knowledge about the fundamentals of Christianity to really help me in this aspect but as of lately this area of my OCD has caused me the most fear and suffering that I've felt mentally.
What you need is ERP. That is a classic open and shut ERP case. If you don't find someone in your area or state who can provide it (it can be done over telehealth) then check out NOCD. You've got this, anon.
>What you need is ERP
I heard ffxiv has a lot of it
picrel
Black person
I can’t stop twitching my left ear.
Also lately when I pee I have to stand there and try to get it all out. I stood there for like 10 mins the other night wagging my dick in the toilet trying to get out what felt like one drop that was never coming. Then I’ll get up 5 times while lying in bed because I keep thinking I have to pee.
My OCD is actually minor compared to a lot of people’s, I’ve heard.
The bathroom ritual is the biggest fricking pain in the ass. Sorry to hear it anon
I read an article online a couple weeks ago of some guy who had it so bad that his therapist had him tape a sign that said “GO BACK TO BED” on his door because he would get up so often he wouldn’t even fall asleep. Just 8 hours of that cycle before work.
That’s absolutely horrifying. Worst it’s been has been an hour or two waiting for the last drop. Fricking tired of it
ugh frick that. I have days at random where I go to the bathroom like 10 times and It already kills me since I loose like 2 hours of sleep, can't even imagine doing it for the entire night
That's prostate inflammation, not OCD you moron
Already had it looked at, moron. Nothing wrong with my prostate. It’s a common thing.
>Also lately when I pee I have to stand there and try to get it all out. I stood there for like 10 mins the other night wagging my dick in the toilet trying to get out what felt like one drop that was never coming. Then I’ll get up 5 times while lying in bed because I keep thinking I have to pee.
I do the exact same thing, it fricking sucks. I also have to get out all the shit from my ass whenever I take a dump, so I'll be on the toilet straining and sticking my finger up my ass, scraping out every last bit of shit I can, washing off my finger, and then doing it again over and over. Sorry you have to go through this anon, it really is hell.
I used to obsess about doing everything evenly with my left and right body parts
If I touched something with my left, I'd have to touch with my right
Then to even it out, I'd do right then left
Then to even that out, right left left right
Then it was RL LR LR RL
etc
are you me
how common is this? most people i know, and everyone at group therapies, are all germophobic or have morality-based ocd
There's a song about this.
It's probably a form of seeking symmetry and order.
I used to have OCD similar to that when I was younger, where if I bumped something with my right arm, I'd have to bump it on the same place on my left arm, etc. However, my OCD has moved on to other things, it's actually gone between being almost all the classic types of OCD, from that, to morality and religious scrupulosity, to contamination, "just right" OCD, etc.
Pretty common with OCD, I’m the guy who’s been twitching his left ear nonstop and I also have this compulsion to twitch my right ear but I physically can’t so it’s weird lol
When I was really little I had the “have to touch something with both hands” thing
Matchstick Men, but I haven't seen it in ages so I don't know if it's a good portrayal.
Didn't it turn out that he didn't really have OCD, and the OCD-like symptoms were caused by guilt and eventually went away, or some bullshit like that?
The Leftovers is about coping with uncertainty
Charlie’s mom in Always Sunny turns every light off, on, off and everything in threes, when asked why she says “So Charlie won’t die”
>get diagnosed with ocd with relationship obsessions
>predominantly mental compulsions
>can't do erp because i can't resist the impulse to ruminate
>not because i'm scared of what happens if i stop, i physically can't
>get tested for adhd
>diagnosed and put on medication
>take a break from exposure therapy to get used to my new life on medication
>now realizing that i probably have borderline personality disorder, which fuels my relationship obsessions
>about to get tested and treated for that, as well as trauma
>on top of ocd and adhd now
Life is pain
What do you mean by relationship obsessions and your mental compulsions? Ruminating in erp? Genuinely curious
It's usually called ROCD. Every time I'm in a relationship, including now, I spend every waking second ruminating on whether or not I'm in the "right" relationship, should leave, or whatever. I'm looking for evidence, analyzing the relationship, analyzing past events, looking for "red flags" I might have missed, comparing my relationship to other relationships, etc. It's a fricking nightmare.
Damn, I’m already insecure in relationships so this sounds like hell. I could tell you to not worry about all that and live in the moment but I’m sure you’ve seen all the selfhelp advice out there.
One of my overt compulsions used to be researching online, before I knew I had a problem, so I quite literally have seen all the self-help advice. All I've learned is that internet advice articles are moronic.
what is ERP? erotic roleplay?
Lel it's Emotional Response Prevention, a specialized treatment for OCD, and occasionally, generalized anxiety and phobias. It's basically just exposing you to the source of your fear until you learn that it can't hurt you, and stop using maladaptive means of avoiding the fear. Other anons have made the same comparison. My brain refuses to read it as erotic roleplay.
I have mental compulsions too. 2 years ago I suffered a major depression phase, I spent like 6 months thinking about the same exactly things every day, thousands of time per day. LOTS of headaches.
I'm better today, but sometimes the compulsions return.
Was it something that disturbed you or just general repetitive, annoying thoughts?
It caused me a lot of despair
This is just regular every day life for all of humanity. People need to feel special by giving themselves labels and it's getting really annoying.
>it’s normal to feel obligated to flick your lightswitch repeatedly for no reason or stand in front of the toilet for 8 hours
Learn something new everyday
I don't understand what possesses people to say moronic shit like this. How can you even be sure? You don't need to have a position on every single topic in existence. I'm not even asserting that you need to believe in everything the mental healthcare system asserts. You're just making an absurdly laughable statement about a topic you don't understand, with zero evidence.
The Aviator
This is my OCD workout plan. I must say, it BARELY works and only with certain aspects of it.
But still, some of the minor stuff is easier to overcome with these basic rules.
Any high functioning OCD'er can easily live with this plan, but those plebs are basically normalgays in denial.
People like me still need this shit though.
It's like being a dyel, but still benching 50lbs.
Better than nothing, so to speak.
Have you ever tried ERP? What about TMS, a meditation program, psychedelics, or anything else?
Not that anon, but I've seen therapists on and off for over a decade, done TMS, taken ketamine, and even done Electroconvulsive Therapy, and my OCD is still as bad as ever. I'm genuinely getting pretty suicidal about it, I don't know how much longer I can take this daily hell. I might get into a residential treatment program this January, so I suppose I just have to make it until then, but even that seems like a tall order based on what I have to go through day to day.
Why can't you get into a residential treatment program now? Insurance? If you're suicidal and wondering if you're going to make it to January, you shouldn't be waiting for January. The best advice I can give is to work with your psychologists to find out if there's something else underneath the OCD which makes regular OCD treatment ineffective. That ended up being my issue, and now I feel like I'm moving forward again.
>Why can't you get into a residential treatment program now?
Because the program doesn't start existing until January, and other residential programs have an even longer waiting list to get in.
You can't just check yourself into the emergency room now and get some treatment before being transferred elsewhere? You sound like a danger to yourself.
I've been in and out of inpatient all this summer and it didn't help any, they don't have any training on how to help with OCD so it's basically a waste of time.
Can you get an evaluation for any other possible disorders in the meantime, at least? My problem turned out to be ADHD, BPD, and trauma. Maybe you have something like that.
What are ur bpd symptoms
Literally 9/9 of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for the disorder. A completely unstable sense of identity, extreme emotional sensitivity, pangs of uncontrollable anger, "splitting," extreme fear of abandonment, impulsive self-destructive habits. All of it.
I see I thought I had quiet bpd but my therapist doesn’t think I have it.
Thanks trying to remain positive heard good things just feeling therapy doesn’t work. It’s nice to offload to someone but the mental health symptoms always claw their way back in.
I know it's easy to get discouraged; I definitely have been before. Just remember there are many types of therapy, and different providers provide it with varying levels of efficacy. Therapy not working could be more than just the method itself being ineffective; it could not be right for you or your specific case profile, or it could be a bad therapist. Don't give up, anon.
Yeah I’ve not been in therapy long so trying to remain positive. I like the idea of EMDR as it’s actually changing my brain rather than talking all the time. Just feel so messed up compared to my normie friends , normie siblings etc. thanks anon
A lot of people conflate therapy with talk therapy, and then say therapy doesn't work because they know some dumb b***h who's been in talk therapy for five years and never shown any improvement. There's a difference between that shit and specialized therapy for specific disorders. The providers of those treatments receive specialized training and usually study under an experienced provider. You can look up the efficacy of these treatments online.
Yeah I get that. It’s more I don’t even understand myself so don’t see how a therapist can.
There are specialists whose job it is to help you understand those things about yourself. There are things about myself that I understand, today, which I never thought I'd understand about myself. Hell, there are things I understand about myself which I never would have thought were significant before.
You ever done mushrooms ? That’s my therapists specialty says it’s the best tool we have but I’m on anti depressants so can’t do it + scared to face all my shit
I've done them recreationally a few times. I'm planning on starting a microdosing regimen soon, though. Have you considered going off the antidepressants and going to one of those legal treatment clinics on one of the legal states?
I tried to go off them once and couldn’t even leave my room or eat just spiral so much off them. Need off them one day tho make me so numb. Also I’m in uk
You usually need to taper off those or you have nasty side effects. Also, I'm sorry to hear you're in a place where psychedelic medicine isn't as readily available. A quick google search indicated that they're in clinical trials there, at least.
It wasn’t the tapering off , yeah I got some headaches etc but it was the depression that made me go back on them like felt way worse then before I took them
Have you looked into TMS? When I was looking for it here int he US, I accidentally bumped into some info indicating it's available in the UK. Maybe that could help you.
Never will look into it cheers
Its total recovery rate for OCD is on the low side (around 25%) but most OCD patients who get it find an improvement in their symptoms. I don't know what the total recovery/improvement rate for depression is, but I've been told it's very very high. Much higher than for OCD, to the point where my state's insurance covers it now. It can definitely at least improve your situation.
Nice seems practical.
I wouldn’t go off your meds. As much as I would rather use holistic and natural shit, it doesn’t work out. My mom went off her meds and tried to replace it with weed and she became a massive anxious b***h. It wasn’t til she got back on them that she calmed down and didn’t have nonstop intrusive and racing thoughts.
Psychedelics aren't just holistic natural shit, they're most likely going to replace SSRI's and similar medications in most cases. You can even do psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy while using antidepressants, but they tend to dampen the effect and make treatment take a lot longer.
I need to come off them one day tho I don’t want to take them for the rest of my life. I feel worse than I did before I took them. Don’t want to cause further damage
Yeah that'll fix your problems, you fricking moron
What the frick are you talking about? Fix my problems? Which problems?
This is me just decided to stay single forever and get a cat
You might as well go and find out if there's some other mental illness which makes your OCD treatment ineffective. What do you have to lose?
I have cptsd also it’s unironically over for me
Have you looked into EMDR?
Yeah I’m doing that next month my last bit of hope
From what I've heard, it works really well. If it doesn't, try another trauma treatment. From what I've personally found, if trauma is at the center of whatever wienertail of mental health issues you're dealing with, you probably want to deal with that first and work on the downstream disorders/symptoms after.
>Have you ever tried ERP? What about TMS, a meditation program, psychedelics, or anything else?
Nope, none of those. I live in a country with some of the worst mental healthcare in Europe, some of the things you've mentioned are sci-fi tier here.
I tried meditation on my own, didn't work.
I tried talking to three different therapists about it, they just nodded and never brought it up again.
Honestly it kinds of irritate me knowing these things could help me out (maybe I dunno, I'm still skeptic on most potential treatments) but my 3rd world tier shithole cannot provide any of that.
OCD, not even 20 years ago, was considered a "you're fricked" disorder before these newer treatments came onto the scene. They really do help people, and I'm sorry you can't access them where you live. You know what you haven't tried yet, though? Structured meditation instruction. Go get a teacher who can help you through the learning curve part and make sure you're getting the most out of it. Also, have you been screened for other comorbid disorders? Live I've said a few times ITT, I was having issues with treating my OCD because there were other issues affecting the effectiveness of the treatment.
My therapist said DBT is v responsive for ocd.
pi (1998)
Having real OCD is living hell. Not not 'got to wash my hands again lol' kind of OCD. I've dealt with ongoing intrusive thoughts of all kinds for years. Few months now it's been constant thoughts of taking a industrial staple gun and stapling my body over. Fun stuff.
>taking a industrial staple gun and stapling my body over.
Based
>OCD
>not superior CDO
bro, your alphabetical order?
Matchstick Men
As Good as it Gets
What about Bob
(very obliquely in defining the character of Bruno) Encanto
(PTSD-driven) that Adam Sandler movie about the 9/11 survivor
I'm just obsessed with cleanliness and I don't think it goes beyond that. Can't be a bad thing when your place is clean and you don't smell or look like shit. I does fricks with you when you play videogames and miss something during your autistic 100% playthrough and shit like that but you just distract yourself for a moment and it goes away. Most of you morons are just schizos. You don't have obsessions, just have to take your meds.
I can tell you’re autistic because you posted that clown show.
When I was a kid, I used to let my fingernails grow because I hated using clippers. Then one day my mom told me to start cutting them because I have "girl hands". Still hated clippers, so instead I started biting them. Done so since. Most of my waking life now is whittling down my fingernails, biting off any slight growth beyond the pink. I constantly get Paronychia, because I bite to far.
I genuinely thought anon was talking about struggling with thinking too much during erotic roleplay for a while there.
Take it easy on the porn
how do i stop being obsessed with cleanliness