Goal update
I finally have an appointment scheduled for Sept. 8, after several days of communication with the director of this counseling place and having to …
is feeling Horrible
damn glasses, grr
Living in northern Indiana, married, no kids yet. I've had OCD since I was about 19, but it's gotten worse and has taken over my life now. After bad experiences with therapy several years ago and just living with my OCD since then, never knowing that there was anything I could do, I am trying to begin the journey of exposure therapy (or exposure and response prevention, as it's also called).
Spending time with my husband is at the top of the list. When I have alone time, I love being on the internet, especially Myspace. A fairly new interest of mine is traveling. We went on a 2-week tour of Europe for our honeymoon in July 2007, and now I can't wait to do more traveling. Right now we're just saving up for our next big trip in late May / early June 2009.
I finally have an appointment scheduled for Sept. 8, after several days of communication with the director of this counseling place and having to …
I made myself make the calls, and I feel good about that. It turns out that the places in my own town only have general therapists, and they …
Wow. I can't stand my glasses. As if my regular OCD isn't enough of a huge problem by itself, my glasses are a much bigger …
Current OCD severity (1-100): 85
Current glasses problem severity (1-00): 90
I started two parts of my exposure therapy today, and …
1. I would have so much more time in my day. That would be amazing. OCD takes up so much of my time that even when I didn't …