dear anita,

I was just wondering if there was anywhere personally I could contact you to talk about something? I started my period again Thursday and I don’t know if it’s to do with my hormones again but the attractive thing has all kicked up again, if there was anywhere I could talk to you personally then let me know and if not I’ll explain on here. many thanks

Hi Anita,

I wasn’t going to talk about that much. I started my period again on Thursday and ever since then my anxiety has gotten so much worse, I worry about the littlest things and I started worrying about stuff like, what if I die in my sleep and things like that, I don’t know if it’s natural for things like that to happen as I’m suffering bad once again with my period, or if it’s part of OCD…

alesha

Dear anita,

my mums just booked me an appointment to have a consultation about my anxiety. Thankyou for your advice again!

dear Anita,

Ive not got an appointment with my therapist for tomorrow, as the doctors think it is OCD and therapy is the best way to relieve it, I feel better now I’m going to get help because I know I made it an obsession for myself, and I also know it is OCD as it runs through my family and before this I had OCD and I still do, where I have to count what I do and do things in a certain order, thankyou so much for your time!!! Looking forward to my road to recovery

alesha

Dear alesha:

Good to read that you have an appointment with a therapist tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 28. Make sure to attend it. It may be a good idea for you to type out on paper what you need help with: your symptoms and experiences, and take that paper to the appointment. Maybe the therapist will find such paper useful.

Also good to read that you recognize that your questioning of your sexual orientation is an obsession, and indeed your family and personal history of OCD symptoms, such as counting and doing things in certain order, are relevant: something to tell the therapist (and type on that paper I suggested).

Also, very good to read this: “Looking forward to my road to recovery“- I hope you post here about your road to recovery. I would like to read about it!

anita

Dear alesha:

You are welcome. Be careful with the HOCD sites.. they are filled with young people who obsess about the same topic, and if you get into the habit of reading and posting in those sites.. that’ll be yet just another Compulsion (the C in OCD) aimed at seeking reassurance. Try to fill your time with other things not related to your obsession, best you can.

anita

Dear alesha:

You wrote that you saw your therapist today (“my therapist”): why are you not continuing therapy with your therapist? And what is the difference between a therapist and a psychologist?

anita