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lindsey322
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Hi everyone
I have a significant history of anxiety and ocd issues. I've been om medicine but gained a lot of weight on them, so I do not want to go back on medicine. I recently sought therapy for my anxiety through therapy but found the therapist said all of two things the entire visit. I decided it wasn't worth my time to talk to myself for an hour without any feedback.
I am a ball of anxiety and ocd. I wanted to see what people's experiences were with therapy. I've had tramatic events happen in my life, for example- last summer in peru I got food born parasitic infections and was in the hospital with sub-par care for a week. I was volunteering alone and I wasn't able to get home because I had to be well enough to stand the flight. I couldn't stand for days. So with this situation, I developed anxiety with traveling to new places based on my fear of not being able to get home and not being able to eat. This event could be helped by therapy.
But what about my day to day anxiety that just exists without major cause? How can therapy help me if there's no major event to talk about for an hour? I don't want to sit there and re-live my day with the therapist saying ANYTHING. I am sure I have GAD... when screened for Peru's issues I was one point away from having a diagnosis of it.
I have a significant history of anxiety and ocd issues. I've been om medicine but gained a lot of weight on them, so I do not want to go back on medicine. I recently sought therapy for my anxiety through therapy but found the therapist said all of two things the entire visit. I decided it wasn't worth my time to talk to myself for an hour without any feedback.
I am a ball of anxiety and ocd. I wanted to see what people's experiences were with therapy. I've had tramatic events happen in my life, for example- last summer in peru I got food born parasitic infections and was in the hospital with sub-par care for a week. I was volunteering alone and I wasn't able to get home because I had to be well enough to stand the flight. I couldn't stand for days. So with this situation, I developed anxiety with traveling to new places based on my fear of not being able to get home and not being able to eat. This event could be helped by therapy.
But what about my day to day anxiety that just exists without major cause? How can therapy help me if there's no major event to talk about for an hour? I don't want to sit there and re-live my day with the therapist saying ANYTHING. I am sure I have GAD... when screened for Peru's issues I was one point away from having a diagnosis of it.