Guest Aaron Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi, I'm Aaron and I have OCD and anxiety, glad I came across this forum. I have had this for years and I am trying to learn as much as possible to try and put the pieces of my jigsaw together. :original: Link to comment
PolarBear Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Welcome Aaron. Have a look around and don't be shy. Link to comment
legalseagull Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hello. Learning about OCD is a good step towards working out how to beat it. What are you doing to try to over come your OCD? Link to comment
Guest Readyforchange Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Aaron, I joined too just a few days ago as I have OCD and GAD. Hope you find what you are looking for and all the best for the journey ahead! Link to comment
Guest Aaron Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Cheers for the welcomes :original: Hello. Learning about OCD is a good step towards working out how to beat it. What are you doing to try to over come your OCD? Thanks. Before... not much I just tried to get by, its only now i'm starting to understand how much of a state my head was in with this and other things and I didn't recognize the signs and maybe I just didn't want to see it. I went to the doctor which was the first step and he wants me to go on CBT but I haven't agreed yet as I find it difficult to open up to people and talk about things and I had a meeting with a mental health nurse years ago and the experience put me off and it didn't do anything for me but now I am on here to learn about it. Link to comment
legalseagull Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Sorry you had a bad experience with mental health services. It's worth giving it another go, don't let one person ruin your chance of getting better. Believe me I totally agree with you about finding it hard to talk to people. It winds me up when people assume that women find it easy to talk about problems and stuff. I put up with pretty severe OCD for 23 years before telling anyone. Not that I'm proud of that - it was a big mistake. I really wish I'd got help sooner. Take my advice and give CBT a go. Link to comment
Guest Aaron Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Sorry you had a bad experience with mental health services. It's worth giving it another go, don't let one person ruin your chance of getting better. Believe me I totally agree with you about finding it hard to talk to people. It winds me up when people assume that women find it easy to talk about problems and stuff. I put up with pretty severe OCD for 23 years before telling anyone. Not that I'm proud of that - it was a big mistake. I really wish I'd got help sooner. Take my advice and give CBT a go. Thanks for the advice, I have an appointment at the doc's soon so I will have a chat with him about it. Sounds like you have had a rough time yourself. Link to comment
legalseagull Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I do feel strongly about people getting help as I don't want anybody to make the same mistake I did. I was made to feel so ashamed for having OCD when I was 11 that I kept it to myself for 23 years. In all that time I had very few friends and pushed everyone away as I was terrified of people finding out my big secret. If I can (eventually) start to talk about it, so can you. Link to comment
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