Has anyone tried CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for OCD-Anxiety how did you find it?
ByIf you took medication with it or not would be helpful : ) my ocd is not really phobic as more irrational thinking.
i have a mild generalized anxiety disorder with OCD. I am on meds and am supposed to perform stress-relieving techniques everyday and both these things help. My phychiatrist says that my case is mild enough that i only need to see him once a year to make to make sure things are still ok. Him and I had lots of sessions at first tho, so that he could figure out what was wrong with me. He also gave me a peice of paper with a CBT cenario on it. For example, if ____happens then what willl be the worst that will happen? is this rational etc. and I fill in the blank. Actually it really helps me and now i dont even need the paper anymore, i threw it out cause i can ask myself those questions in my head so yeah it helped.
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January 24th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
i have a mild generalized anxiety disorder with OCD. I am on meds and am supposed to perform stress-relieving techniques everyday and both these things help. My phychiatrist says that my case is mild enough that i only need to see him once a year to make to make sure things are still ok. Him and I had lots of sessions at first tho, so that he could figure out what was wrong with me. He also gave me a peice of paper with a CBT cenario on it. For example, if ____happens then what willl be the worst that will happen? is this rational etc. and I fill in the blank. Actually it really helps me and now i dont even need the paper anymore, i threw it out cause i can ask myself those questions in my head so yeah it helped.
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January 25th, 2008 at 3:12 am
I was given CBT by my therapist after a couple of years of counseling for depression/panic disorder. I think he put me through it before he was willing to release me back into the wild!
It was so boring to me, like being back in school. He told me things that were like grade 1 common sense. But you know what, I find myself repeating the techniques I learned in CBT all the time to friends who are having difficulties. Makes me look good!
So you will learn from it, enjoy it - not sure! As for medication, I don't think that will make a difference to CBT results anyway. But CBT would definitely help you cope with irrational thinking.
Good luck,
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