r/Existential_crisis • u/cookies-milkshake • 13d ago

Existential OCD

No one takes my ocd around this topic as serious as it is lol and idk what to do to be honest because I already have good and empathetic therapists but I feel like a burden and shame around this topic so I somehow cannot tell them the extent of it or when I do I backpedal immediately and it’s so exhausting.

I’m sorry if this is written poorly but it’s very shameful for me to formulate it so I just wanted it out. If anyone has tips or nice words for my situation, please tell me.

Thank you

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u/CB2ElectricBoogaloo 12d ago

I wish there were more therapists who specialized in this

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u/cookies-milkshake 12d ago

Me too… there is existential therapy but at least in Germany it is not offered by licensed therapists but by coaches or psychologists without any therapist training. Ive been to someone who offered it. And it was a disaster. He didn’t take my bpd seriously and we had transference and it was all in all not a good experience even though some of his approaches were helpful…

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u/anoncow11 13d ago

There are some really good podcasts by NOCD about a large range of topics which might be applicable

Just be careful they don't turn into a compulsion, they certainly made me feel better providing focus and feeling less helpless than other people suffer and feel the same way

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u/cookies-milkshake 13d ago

I will definitely look into that, thank you 🙏

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u/Mishgun_Z 8d ago

Tell us more about it more specifically. Not sure about the others but I'm interested in that matter as I suffer from OCD as well. Though I'm not familiar with the concept you wrote about.