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Cmck43

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  1. Thank you Polar bear. I know I need to do what you have suggested to stay well and not let my mental health decline any further. Your advice is greatly appreciated.
  2. Th a l you so much h for your advice and compassion. I will talk to my boss tomorrow Thank you again.
  3. O am really struggling at the moment. My ocd is back with a vengeance. I feel so frightened and anxious. Please can anyone help. A lot of my ocd is work related and I used to avoid going to work when things were bad. I feel like I don't want to work tommorow. Should I go?
  4. It's been a while since I was last on here. My dad died recently and I am really struggling with grief and ocd. Can anyone please help me? Thanks in advance.
  5. I pick skin and my cpn recommended buying playdoh or plasticine and use when compulsion to pi k skin is present. Take care?
  6. You are welcome. Good luck with your treatment and take care?
  7. Hello AMC I have ocd and receiving CBT. I am also having EMDR to help deal with a traumatic event. My therapist said that EMDR could have a positive knock on effect when it comes to the ocd. However AMC, I have not heard thatEMDR has been used to treat ocd as su h. Maybe Ashley could throw some light on this. Take carexx
  8. DearAangel1232 That is apalling treatment- I really sympathise. Maybe Ashley can recommend another therapist? Xx
  9. Thankyou Polar Bear. I have tried to follow your advice today and it has helped. I suppose I need to realise that recovery isn't a linear thing and that I will have lapses. Thankyou again, I really appreciate your advice?
  10. Oh thankyou I really appreciate your reply?
  11. Really sorry, I didn't mean to Imply anything negative about autism. My concern is that I have made a mistake. ?
  12. I have have really good couple of weeks but now things feel as bad as ever. I am a teacher and had a call on Tuesday at work from a mental health worker enquiring about a pupil of mine, who is being assessed,amongst other things autism. I know that mum is convinced he has a condition. I am now worried that on a subconscious level my answers suggested autism. I do not think he has autism incidentally. What makes it worse though is that the mental health worker asked me to send the pupil's child plan for more info. A child's plan is a document that is drawn up in response to concerning issues a out the child. What really worries me is that in the child plan I had mentioned that the pupil was going to have this assessment and was being tested for autism. I am extremely concerned that when the health worker reads this that she will think that iam sending her a subliminal. message that I believe he has autism and that she is going to diagnose him with autism based on this and the phone conversation. I have been looking at the child plan again and again and now at home I keep trying g to remember what exactly I said on the phone. I am really quite terrified actually and I know things are bad because I just caught myself in the mirror and I hate my image, I feel weak, pathetic and ugly.
  13. Thanks for your insightful thoughts as always pb! I actually saw my therapist today and he feels that I see threat wherever I go and believes it is linked to being raped. He feels that is linked to my need to try and control everything, my intense fear of making mistakes etc. So along with CBT he is going to treat my PTSD too. I can't remember what this is called but it is something new called something like eye movement rapid or something and he said it works really well so I am very hopeful today! Thanks again polar bear!?
  14. Hi, I have had two good weeks at work but now feel like I have gone right back. I have a pupil who doesn't want to stay on next year. I contacted parents to arrange a meeting and discuss next week. On the phone his dad said there is no way he is leaving school next year. I said we should have a meeting to discuss. The depute head and the boys guidance nice teacher say that he has reached his level and the school has little else on offer for him. On the phone I never really challenged his dad and but I did say the meeting would be with me. However the boys guidance teacher is going to come to the meeting too. I am worried that the parents will blame because I didn't contradict them on the phone and I am very anxious that they will think that this means their wishes are granted and they will be angry and co plain about me. Also they will feel ambushed because their sons guidance teacher will be at the meeting too. I honexstly feel like I have gone right back. Physical symptoms feel quite extreme again. I thought I had cracked it?
  15. Honestly snowbear your helpful, extremely clear advice and thought s resonate deeply for me and help me on a very real level. Thankyou so much. (Sorry, didn't mean to hijack thread)
  16. I agree wholeheartedly and would like to add caramoole tto the list! Thankyou for this life changing forum and a very happy Christmas to you all???
  17. I really am trying but the thoughts and physical symptoms are coming thick and fast. I just feel so overwhelmed.
  18. Thanks pb. I will try to follow your advice. I feel so bad though, I am getting waves of anxiety though. I have started picking g the skin on my hands and they are sore and bleeding.
  19. Thankyou both so much for your thoughts and advice. I didn't go into work which is good. I still feel so bad though. Please can you help me. I am due to start CBT next week. I had a session last week and the therapist said that I see threat everywhere. He said that he feels we need to focus on four areas: negative core beliefs, erp, general anxiety and something called rapid eye desensitization or something. He said this could help with PTSD, I was raped when I was fourteen. He was very reassuring and I have worked with him before as I have bipolar disorder. The thing is that the intrusive thoughts are as strong and frightening g as ever and I cannot zee the wood for the trees. Please do you have any advice on how to cope until I see my therapist next week. Thankyou
  20. Hi I have just finished work for the week. Myy heart is pounding I have whole only stoma h and I feel weak. I was asked to write a letter for a pupil as his mum is fighting for a refferal for assessment for disability. I am his Lear ing support teacher so I wrote down what I have observed. I thought I had done this OK but since being home I am really uncertain. What if I have been too harsh or not clear enough. What if my letter ruins the whole thing? I am tempted to go into work tomorrow to see if there has been a complaint even though it is my day off. At least that way I would know how things are and I can prepare myself for Monday and it won't come as much of a shock- the complaint that is.
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