Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I don't know more than you do and you are entitled to your opinion also,whether I agree with it or not. Link to comment
Guest george0099 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 So i am going through fear of becoming gay, some people who suffer same thing can't leave their house, avodiding contact with other men, suicidal but not me , i am all opposite. So i would say there are diffrent types of ocd intensity. Link to comment
Caramoole Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 So i would say there are diffrent types of ocd intensity. Or is it what people are prepared to do to change their response? Link to comment
joanne123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 No i think every kind of ocd is just as bad as the next and no one on here knows otherwise Link to comment
PolarBear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) In no way is every case of OCD on the same level when it comes to severity. The most widely used severity test in the world is the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Severity Index or Y-BOCS Index. Y-BOCS asks the sufferer to rate a number of questions on a scale of 1 to 5. Questions asked include how much time is spent on obsessions and compulsions, how much control the sufferer has over obsessions and compulsions and others. The scale is from 0 to 40. It is a tool used by mental healthcare professionals to help determine how severe a case of OCD they are dealing with. By its very nature, Y-BOCS rates severity. In other words, there are less severe cases of OCD and there are more severe cases of OCD. It is a guide only and is quite subjective, depending on the responses of the sufferers completing the scale. Overall the scale tries to determine how much affect OCD has over any one person's life. Some people experience mild symptoms. Others moderate. It has been calculated that about 50 per cent of all sufferers are in the severe category. Then there is extreme. Even a moderate case of OCD can be life changing. It can have fairly profound effects on a person's ability to lead a normal life and have a good quality of life. I should add that when I completed Y-BOCS I was rated in the extreme range of things, which really surprised me. I had no idea at the time how much OCD affected my life. That said, I have met people on this forum who I believe are in far worse shape than I used to be. Edited November 8, 2014 by PolarBear Link to comment
joanne123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Has everyone on here had every type of ocd if not how do you know Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 ^^^^ also agree .... But opinion still stands that there are some severe and some less severe cases of OCD. But that's only my opinion x Lucy xxx Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Not with u Joanne with polar bear Link to comment
PolarBear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Has everyone on here had every type of ocd if not how do you know OCD severity is not measured by what theme of OCD one has. It is rated by how much it affects your ability to live. Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 How frustrating lol ..... i don't know FACTS Joanne..... Which is why I'm saying it my OPINION! Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Exactly PB .... And SOME people with OCD have a better quality of life and cope better than others. Lucy xxx Link to comment
Caramoole Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Anymore and I close the thread Link to comment
joanne123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Unless you have had been through every type of ocd and every situation you surely cannot say some are worse than others are you all better are you specialists in the field now lol if so please share lol Link to comment
Guest jayjay89 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 The other consideration is that after treatment your severity 'rating' will probably be reduced for some time and then you might have a relapse so it would go back up. So PB, you could be moderate now and be seeing stories of severe sufferers. But if you had seen the same stories when you were severe possibly you would have seen yourself in their situations or been better or worse off. Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I thought OCD was OCD regardless of the theme?? Isn't that what OCD uk try to get through to us?? So there is no specific TYPE of OCD .... It's OCD and that's it??? Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I'm honestly not trying to argue caramoole. This is an interesting thread and I don't think you should close it..Lucy xxx Link to comment
joanne123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Obviously i did not say that and think it is wrong as otherwise why would someone worry about contamination and another worry about harming their child obviously not the same. . Link to comment
PolarBear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Unless you have had been through every type of ocd and every situation you surely cannot say some are worse than others are you all better are you specialists in the field now lol if so please share lol Why would mental healthcare professionals the world over use a scale of severity to rate their clients if there was no difference in severity between OCD sufferers? Link to comment
PolarBear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 The other consideration is that after treatment your severity 'rating' will probably be reduced for some time and then you might have a relapse so it would go back up. So PB, you could be moderate now and be seeing stories of severe sufferers. But if you had seen the same stories when you were severe possibly you would have seen yourself in their situations or been better or worse off. You know, you're quite wise Jay. Link to comment
Guest jayjay89 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Why thanks PB, lol Link to comment
Ashley Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I personally do not believe the type of OCD is relevant to severity, every type of OCD is a personal hell and nightmare to the individual. What does vary is the impact OCD can have on a person's life, which varies over time too, or the impact we allow OCD to have on our life (that's another debate). But, that said regardless of the impact on our life with the right support, some work and maybe some good fortune there is no reason we can't all meet at the same junction, a place where OCD no longer impacts on our life. So let's stop arguing over unhelpful points and let's all work out ways we can meet at that junction, a place called OCD Freedom. Link to comment
joanne123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My therapist told me every type of ocd is just as severe but obviously you know best Link to comment
PolarBear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My therapist told me every type of ocd is just as severe but obviously you know best For the third time (fourth counting Ashley's response), OCD severity has nothing to do with the type of OCD a person has. It has to do with the impact OCD has on a person's life. Link to comment
Guest lucylia Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My old neighbour was diagnosed with "mild OCD" and given 2mg a day of setraline and a course of cbt to which she took to very well first time. From Her own mouth as a fellow sufferer when I told her the impact OCD had on my life he was taken aback she said herself "my OCD wasn't quite that bad" ..... Link to comment
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