tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post9065034902559510698..comments2023-10-08T08:29:47.056-04:00Comments on Bringing along OCD . . . : Treatment, Part OneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post-27646400537059400702011-12-06T23:58:52.883-05:002011-12-06T23:58:52.883-05:00Elizabeth, I'm glad you did seek treatment. It...Elizabeth, I'm glad you did seek treatment. It's so amazing what or who will lead us to take a step like getting help.Tina Fariss Barbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659018994558471570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post-61098582783596551272011-12-06T09:35:41.951-05:002011-12-06T09:35:41.951-05:00I also began to experience very intense symptoms b...I also began to experience very intense symptoms by around age 7. It was terrible and no one in my family understood. Some of them still don't.<br /><br />It took me until I was 32 to seek treatment and um.... I am now 33. I'm still quite new at all this therapy and medication but I do know one thing, I feel better and happier than I ever have.<br /><br />I wonder if we were all a bit more honest with each other (like your college friend was with you) if it would help with all the stigma and all the fear surrounding seeking treatment. Your friend gave you courage. <br /><br />Therese Borchard of the blog Beyond Blue helped give me courage and I've never even met her! I read her blog for a few years and let her message sink in before I finally got the courage to seek treatment.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279501398388972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post-50839305307977220392011-12-01T09:04:17.629-05:002011-12-01T09:04:17.629-05:00What strikes me most about your story is the fact ...What strikes me most about your story is the fact that your friend was open enough at the time to tell you that she was seeing a therapist, and that one little admission helped change your life. That's such a good example of why we it is so important to eradicate the stigma of mental illness. <br />Hopefully all of our sharing about OCD will work toward this goal and also help people out there who, like you, have gone so long without help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post-41719445967864372702011-11-30T23:08:38.876-05:002011-11-30T23:08:38.876-05:00Kat, Amen! They've been helping hands along th...Kat, Amen! They've been helping hands along the way.Tina Fariss Barbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659018994558471570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831964660986535542.post-16130746183447066102011-11-30T12:18:15.295-05:002011-11-30T12:18:15.295-05:00I totally understand where you're coming from....I totally understand where you're coming from. I've had OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember, even way back when I was four. I didn't seek treatment until I was almost 33. I just "stuffed" everything and went about my life. I chugged along trying to "be normal". I kept this up until I just couldn't do it anymore. I "stuffed" until I couldn't "stuff" anymore. The depression set in deeper, the anxieties grew exponentially, and rituals increased. I, too, felt isolated, alone, broken, abnormal, just wrong.....<br /><br />Thank goodness for great therapists, great friends, and blog buddies. I'm not sure where I'd be without them.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542984912834780882noreply@blogger.com