tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352200900659539534.post1396808417144622564..comments2023-03-25T13:51:49.834+00:00Comments on A Day In The Life Of OCD: The CBT Followed By The GPMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699581430199254616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352200900659539534.post-34363628235918371522011-09-04T18:56:48.788+01:002011-09-04T18:56:48.788+01:00Maggie - I am sorry you are having such a hard tim...Maggie - I am sorry you are having such a hard time finding decent support. It's really hard to find a CBT therapist that you "click" with. I have spent over 15 years trying to find someone who both knew how to treat OCD (despite the fact that they said they were CBT therapists), and someone who I really clicked with. I personally think a lot of CBT therapists are very "cut and dry" and lack some compassion for what we are going through. The therapist that I have now actually has OCD and I LOVE that fact, not because I'm glad he too suffers, but I truly trust that he understands what it is like to be in our shoes. That was a God send for me. I would caution you against putting pressure on yourself to be "healed" in 6 months. I've had to seek out private treatment and pay for it in order to continue along my journey of battling OCD. I feel that it is too hard to do alone, without the support of a good therapist. But I've had to make sacrifices for that....because my psychologist bill is quite large. <br /><br />One thing that I would say from what you wrote: ERP and CBT is HARD. And that is why so many people with OCD don't want to do it. But I would say that seeking other sorts of counselling to try to sort out other things that you think are "causing" your OCD....well...many people have tried this in order to avoid doing the TOUGH work of ERP. The hope that there is an "easier" way to get over OCD. Believe me - I have had this thought many times. But - look on any support board, talk to any therapist, and there really isn't another way. I know you probably don't want to hear that. I hope you will be able to find a CBT therapist that you actually feel like you click with and begin to start the tough work of ERP therapy again. I'm not sure how it works in the UK, but you might have to pay some of your own money? In my opinion - it's worth it - to be OCD free. I got to the point where I didn't care how much money it cost me, if I had to live in a box under a bridge I was willing to do whatever it took to be OCD-free. <br /><br />Hang in there - things will get better!Pure O Canuckhttp://www.pureocanuck.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352200900659539534.post-27721751308444300162011-09-04T14:06:14.239+01:002011-09-04T14:06:14.239+01:00Oh Maggie. I am so so sorry.
You are so right in...Oh Maggie. I am so so sorry.<br /><br />You are so right in your assessment. You have to be able to trust your therapist and not feel like they are looking down on you.<br /><br />I also understand about other health issues flaring up in addition to trying to deal with the OCD.<br /><br />And like you, I find the support of other sufferers invaluable and I have only discovered you all within the last month or so! <br /><br />And writing about it also helps me greatly. Keep on writing-- no matter what your therapist "likes"!<br /><br />As a child I never once thought there was anyone else like me. I thought I was all alone. What I wouldn't have given to have known others back then.<br /><br />The more I read of other sufferers therapy experiences the more blessed I feel. I don't have a deadline to get treated. And my therapist not only treats OCD but also depression, anxiety and drug addiction but his main focus is OCD. He really gets my issues of growing up in the shadows of drug addiction. I trust him and talk to him about everything and he never makes me feel stupid or "less than."<br /><br />I really feel for you that you feel like "a number" and "a case" and having the pressure to get treated in 3months!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Elizabeth-<br />http://babysteppingit.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352200900659539534.post-40904973869119789502011-09-03T13:24:18.658+01:002011-09-03T13:24:18.658+01:00First, no ones going to throw you in a padded room...First, no ones going to throw you in a padded room, im sure they have heard it all, and the things we think just seem horrible to us, but they understand.<br /><br />Im so sorry you are having difficulty with this whole treatment, some of the things you said are pissing me off (not at you, at them) because no one knows how long its going to take to get better, my first time around took like 2 YEARS! And now im starting over again.Vanillabeanseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475439707425782679noreply@blogger.com