
ExpectoPatronum
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This will probably be a rambling post and I apologize. I am wondering if there’s any point in trying therapy if I honestly don’t think I have the drive or strength or intentions to get better. I think it would be wrong of me to waste a therapist’s time if my heart and head aren’t in the right place when they could be helping someone else who perhaps has more “try” in them. I guess I’m asking that if I don’t currently have the will to get better or change, should I maybe wait a bit until I somehow have better intentions? I feel so hopeless right now that I don’t think I can make any effortfull change, and I don’t want someone to waste their efforts when there are certainly others more deserving. Does this make sense?
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Need advice asap please... panicking
ExpectoPatronum replied to Saz's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I’m so sorry, Saz. Will be thinking of you! -
I absolutely get this. For me, I don’t think the smell is necessarily not there, but it is much more intense for me than others would experience. Like heightened sensitivity to external stimuli.
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Need advice asap please... panicking
ExpectoPatronum replied to Saz's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
So sorry, Saz. By the way, I’m currently rocking glasses too. Have you tried joint/couple counseling at all, and is that something he would be receptive to? -
Stop Carrying Out Compulsions Week?
ExpectoPatronum replied to taurean's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I have a question if that’s ok. I’ve really cut down on my compulsions this week, but I feel this overwhelming sense of depression...greater than I have ever felt before. I just feel so heavy and dark that I hardly have the ability to do anything with my thoughts. I’m just wondering if this is a normal occurrence or even related to doing fewer compulsions. Any ideas? I’m just not sure whether there’s a correlation or this is just a random observation. -
I finally made some progress!
ExpectoPatronum replied to BelAnna's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
That is so wonderful! -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This is a good point, and I suppose there is a much greater chance of getting in a car accident, foodborne illness, disease, etc. than potential exposure to a chemical. Risks that are taken everyday, and also risks that I worry about. Unfortunately I tend to just trade off one obsession for another, so at least I guess I can take comfort in the fact that the chemical obsession will soon be replaced by something else in the future (and perhaps a risk that actually has a higher probability of occurring). -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Ok, thank you. I guess it’s possible that I have poor insight. I just don’t know if I can be convinced that what I’m doing is irrational because it seems so right to me. If it starts interfering with other people’s lives, though, I agree that I need to try to change who I am. Thank you for your help. -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Also, my compulsions don’t cause me significant distress. If anything, they are comforting to me. So I don’t even know if I technically would fit into the diagnostic criteria. I am probably just researching things to make myself feel better, so ultimately, perhaps I’m just a selfish, self-consumed person. -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Ok, well I will rephrase and say I won’t do that. If I could go back in time and unread everything I have read, then yes, maybe. But at this point, I could not deal with the guilt and I feel like that would be terrible of me to try to deal with my own anxiety by potentially exposing innocent children to something potentially harmful. I just could not live with myself. And honestly, I am going to admit that I probably don’t have OCD. I don’t have any sense or understanding that me doing this is irrational or unnecessary. I’m sorry if I sound argumentative, but I am feeling pretty convinced that this is outside the realm of ocd. -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Well I can’t do that. -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Yes, why do you ask? -
Being a parent
ExpectoPatronum replied to ExpectoPatronum's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
And also, would erp even be appropriate in this scenario?