thank you!! I will definitely try this when I have that feeling with other people too

That’s good you brought it up. makes a lot of sense that your attached. I have that with some other people too. Sure, I’m happy to respond 🙂

It’s totally normal to feel how you are feeling. And I had that for a long time. And im sure it will come back after I develop a relationship with my new therapist.
When my therapist told me at the end of last year that she’s having a baby and I won’t have any more scheduled sessions, I was crying for nights. It was really hard. I knew I was g…Read More

Hi Chavy.
I actually started with a new therapist since my therapist is going on maternity leave. We only had a few sessions so far but it’s going good. She mainly helps me on my OCD and anxiety but I’m going to try to talk to her about other stuff as well. I definitely miss my other therapist and I have a virtual appointment with her coming up,…Read More

Hi. I have a sibling who is struggling with yiddishkeit (due to mental illness and depression- so it’s only one part of the challenging situation) but I would love to join the group. I’m a female

Oh I totally hear that. It makes sense that you don’t want to be identified on this platform right now it.

About  wanting to work on a compulsion but scared of it coming true, yes it’s very hard. That’s exactly what the ocd thought does unfortunately. I’m not sure what would help on that one. I’m about to start ERP, and a little nervous ho…Read More

Hi Chavy.

I understand what your saying. I actually am about to start ERP and I hear what your saying. When my therapist explained to me what it is, I also got extremely scared- worrying that doing it is gonna make the thing come true. She told me that it is hard, but I can always choose not to work on a specific one if I don’t want to. I think y…Read More

Thank you I will try this

Yes!!!

I feel like you took the words out of my mouth. I literally feel the exact same way about my therapist. One week she wasn’t there, and I found myself crying. I as well feel so dependent on my therapist. (And now that we have no more scheduled sessions (because it went through the school year as I went in school)  it’s even harder because I just…Read More

these are all so so relatable and I feel so much less alone! Wow.

… You wrote down a whole list of things to discuss and then in session are too into one topic to go through half the things

…You wait all week for your session and then when it’s over you want to go back and wait all over again

…You keep checking your texts to see if your therapi…Read More

Thank you for this

I totally understand you. I don’t have a lot of tips but what I can say is that you amazing. Amazing for getting through every day. Every day is a struggle with OCD and having to deal with it and going through the day is something you should be proud of. You are strong. It takes so much inner work and strength to deal with ocd. It’s so so har…Read More

same as well!! Thank you

yes definitely I feel for you. people say the same to me

I had harm ocd last year as well which is getting better. But the ocd is still there. And it’s super hard. And not only the harm part, but the part of the ocd that is the compulsions.

@Hope, I understand you and used to go through the same thing. Lately I’ve been very tired so I just fall asleep right away. But when I do have a hard time sleeping, it’s very stressful for me to think about how tired I will be the next day. So instead, I just accept. And accept the fact that right now I’m having a hard time sleeping but I’m p…Read More

@helpfulgal I totally get you. I struggle with the same thing. Just to add something else that helped me, my therapist worked with me on identifying what is most likely to happen, and what’s the worst that can happen so when I made a list of what is most likely to happen, it totally didn’t relate to what was the worst that can happen. Just som…Read More

And yes very much hurts to think about it… not easy