Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Support Group
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.
so im watching the ocd project on vh1 and the doc is ecposing the people like he always does. the wat ifs are now coming. Last therapy session me and my therapist Faith were talking about my fears from lowest to highest anxiety level and i wrote them down and she cricles the fears from 5 to 0 and said she'll start by exposing me to them. then we started talking about the ocd project show and im soo scared she is gonna do wat the doc does. i have the compulsive hand washing germ obsessed ocd and so im scared wat if she makes me touch gutters, public faucets doors etc, sit on the toliet at home or go in the tub barefoot...i just cant....i feel so anxious just thinking wat willl she do...ofcourse i will do watever she wants so that i can get better but i feel like i will cry or barf just thinking of exposure......im a weak baby lol
Big hugs and good luck trying it...just remember that if it gets too bad, you can always stop it...the therapist isn't God, can't literally force you to do anything. But if you think it might help, try as hard as you can:)
for example if someone were to smear peanut butter on my coffee table and tell me i can't clean it for a week my anxiety level would be 100+, but if i was told i could only clean my coffee table twice a week now instead of five times a day that would probably put me around a 50 or 60, so you would want to do that exposure first.
the ocd project is for such a short time that they go to the extremes right away. don't worry, most therapist shouldn't do that to you!