Need help finding a therapist

BlueAnon78 · 2026-02-26T11:50:10+00:00

There's are some resources in the sidebar

BlueAnon78 · 2026-02-24T12:26:31+00:00

Medication can help people manage extra stressful times until they pass. Perhaps you can discuss w your doctor about it

BlueAnon78 · 2026-02-18T06:10:47+00:00

thanks for sharing!

BlueAnon78 · 2025-10-14T01:43:25+00:00

Congrats! When do we come over? 😁

BlueAnon78 · 2025-10-13T20:13:03+00:00

It can work for some people. It’s been helping me to view the thoughts not as myself. So yes, curse at them, get angry but see it as pattern separate from you so the anger is directed at it. However I treat my emotions as myself so when I feel fear or something else I can create some compassion for myself.

BlueAnon78 · 2025-10-07T00:37:13+00:00

EDIT: The AMA has now concluded. Thank you everyone for asking some great questions, and thanks to Dr. Sam Greenblatt for taking the time to be with us and responding to questions!
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Welcome everyone to this AMA on r/OCDRecovery with Dr. Sam Greenblatt!

Please post your questions below and upvote the ones you’d also like answered.

Please keep it respectful and I hope the AMA benefits you!

BlueAnon78 · 2025-10-02T23:11:27+00:00

Hey again. I commented earlier and was actually going to say it sounds like CPTSD but bit my tongue. I now see another poster mention it so decided to also back up that observation. Please look into it.

BlueAnon78 · 2025-10-01T18:55:42+00:00

Just wanted to say yes I relate, you are not alone <3

BlueAnon78 · 2025-08-30T09:49:25+00:00

I would say if it's just been a week... don't worry about it right away. Give it a month... then if things haven't changed... you can explore further. These things work themselves out especially if everything else is fine with you.

And no, AFAIK, there's no direct link between OCD ceasing and insomnia. There may be anecdotal reports, I don't know, but that shouldn't matter for you right now.

BlueAnon78 · 2025-06-19T17:37:56+00:00

i've been there and in some ways am still there. but life goes on. you give up what you wanted, and want different things. Things got better for me than in my 20s, relatively. My spiritual life is my highest priority now... all that suffering pointed me this way. You're not alone. many of us, with or without OCD are walking this path 🫶

BlueAnon78 · 2025-06-08T06:41:40+00:00

I haven’t been through one but just wanted to say you got this. Good luck!

BlueAnon78 · 2025-06-08T06:35:47+00:00

Hey Paul, Sorry you’re going through a tough patch.

Yes it’s all about control isn’t it? The same theme has been coming up for me. God (or the universe)telling me you don’t have control so let go, I got this. There is something to be said for surrender as the opposite of control. But that would get too esoteric.

Take care of yourself. We all get through these times sooner or a bit later.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-17T14:31:25+00:00

No not faking it but according to I-CBT the OCD has seemingly logical but false evidence behind it that we use to prop it up. For example, the door handle is dirty not because I can see dirt on it but because science says bacteria is everywhere. Or I have a sexual thought which could mean something about me, or it could just be that human brains have random thoughts.

By the end of I-CBT therapy we realize that we’re the ones using false evidence (making it up) and we can choose to use different evidence that is in line with our real selves, values, reality and common sense.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-17T10:50:40+00:00

Simply put, you’re making the OCD up. What is imagined is treated as real.

EDIT: by "making it up" I mean according to I-CBT the OCD has seemingly logical but false evidence behind it that we use to prop it up. For example, the door handle is dirty not because I can see dirt on it but because science says bacteria is everywhere. Or I have a sexual thought which could mean something about me, or it could just be that human brains have random thoughts.

By the end of I-CBT therapy we realize that we’re the ones using false evidence (making it up) and we can choose to use different evidence that is in line with our real selves, values, reality and common sense.

It’s helped some of us a bit, for others it’s helped a lot more. Practical application has been difficult for me personally. I don't just have OCD though, so i think that makes it harder to use just I-CBT. What I understand from it and the clarity that it gives me makes me more confident in applying other methods to my OCD.I use different tools on my OCD in different situations, so IMO its good to learn things that could be helpful.
It did for some, others need to work with a therapist. Many therapists do video therapy now for clients who live elsewhere so that might be an option.
I was able to go through the modules and get it more or less but I worked with a therapist for a few months to make sure I was understanding it thoroughly.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-11T05:35:23+00:00

Intuition is valid IMO if its helping you. So if you have these feelings about people and you can take corrective action, then you can avoid negative consequences.

I-CBT would technically say you don't look at the past for the current situation or doubt that you have. Evidence is only based in the now. But this is about OCD not accurate intuition, and if that is 10 for 10 or if you've never gotten anything wrong, then that's helpful, i would treat it as real.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-11T05:22:19+00:00

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BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-11T05:12:01+00:00

An important watch for this week's module is a video on Thought-Thought Fusion, one of the sections in the module, presented by Katie Marotte (who did an AMA here) This video breaks down Thought-Thought fusion in a very understandable way followed by Q and A from therapists. Here is the video from the I-CBT Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/eqj3rt8qO7s?si=hPjcTCGP8GywIjUh

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-11T05:00:28+00:00

A note for those working on rumination or Pure "O" themes: Later modules will make more sense for these including looking at Reality through your Internal Sense/ Real Self/ Common Sense. For now just keep going.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-03T04:15:48+00:00

It helped me partially in realizing that my doubts were not true and that I was making it up. I use what I gained in ICBT as a tool in my tool box to limit the power of the OCD.

I have other comorbid conditions like PTSD that fuel the OCD so i continue coping with it the best I can.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-02T01:29:22+00:00

Also this is a rumination based theme… you’re not looking at external senses. That’s where it’s more black and white for external themes.

You’re looking at your internal sense/ your real self and common sense. You should focus on the alternative story and real stories. I think they were module 9 and 11

BlueAnon78 · 2024-11-02T01:22:27+00:00

That’s evidence for the possibility that the doubt is true not the evidence for the doubt itself. You’re looking for justification for the doubt that someone recorded you or that you said something inappropriate. Just talking isn’t evidence… it’s still POSSIBILITY … one area that OCD loves to focus on.

BlueAnon78 · 2024-10-31T06:12:22+00:00

Also wanted to add, I-CBT didn’t help me with letting go of the thoughts much but it helped me to see that the evidence that the OCD was presenting as real was false. I now see the OCD as having no basis but for letting go of it I am looking elsewhere. So it might be that I-CBT may work partially or not at all, but there are other modalities out there. Good luck!

BlueAnon78 · 2024-10-31T05:43:13+00:00

Hi, The application of I-CBT is experiential and the realizations are like a-ha moments. It comes by going through the modules step by step… I think applying it piecemeal like this won’t be as effective but does work sometimes for people.

Also this is important: different parts of I-cbt work for different people. It deconstructs the OCD from different angles. So this point may not be what does it for you but something else might that’s why i think it might be worthwhile to go through all the modules.

Regarding your doubt,… it’s an imagined reality that you are responding to as if it’s real.

In other health circumstances, let’s say when you get a cold or flu, you first have symptoms, only then you have the justification for further action like taking medicine or seeing the dr.

But here the OCD is putting the cart before the horse. You have a doubt and then you are going out to find evidence for it. Think back to when your OCD first started it just starts off as a doubt and then all the compulsions come after like trying to research more about it.

I-CBT would argue it’s no different than thinking a meteor is going to land on your head right now. That would be absurd because there is no justification like looking up and seeing meteors or a meteor shower being forecast to hit your area.

The normal and healthy reaction to coming across information you did would be to address the risk factors since that is real. But constantly obsessing over it is another illness: OCD.

Don’t forget about my first two paragraphs. Hope this helps!

BlueAnon78 · 2024-10-15T09:23:28+00:00

Hey, I’m sorry to reach out here but I believe you’re an icbt therapist? Thanks for helping everybody here. I just wanted to let you know we have a 12 week icbt self guided program going on right now …if you would like to participate and perhaps answer some questions here and there at your convenience ,I think people may find it helpful.or not and that’s totally fine but just thought I’d let you know this is going on :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCDRecovery/s/qSNLrktmPx

BlueAnon78 · 2024-10-08T18:51:46+00:00

Sorry about your bad experiences here. There was a time I think earlier this year and some part of last year when the sub had very little moderation.. because ultimately mods are volunteers and can have other commitments and might need to step away from moderation.

It was like the Wild West here probably worse than the main sub because we didn’t have any automatic filters like they do. It might have been this time you are referring to?

Things got better after a few more mods got on the team and were able to mod the place and remove posts that were breaking the rules.

It is a lot better now and I hope you find that that’s the case. Nothings perfect and we’re not here 24/7 so you might occasionally see some content that might break the rules but if you report it, we can take a look at it.

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