Hello,
I'm new here too and looking for support...........
I've been interested to read about the summer holidays making OCD worse. I too am a teacher and really feel unable to cope at the moment so I do really understand. I have these awful sexual thoughts and believe it's the real me. I've suffered with anxiety and depression a lot of my life but not had an OCD diagnosis, as this is quite recent. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but even now I wonder if I am just making excuses for my 'sick' self. I feel very alone and unable to speak to anyone, I can not imagine trying to begin to explain this to my family, that's why I found this forum....I've read that seeking reassurance feeds it, but I just wish someone would tell me that I'm okay and this is not the real me. I do have a therapist that I started to see when this began but I don't think she understands or is comfortable with it. She just told me to stop thinking these thoughts. Does ERP work? Would it be better for me to change to a CBT therapist?
