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Hi there, And thanks so much for all that you do on this board. I only wish that I could find a therapist who was as fantastic as you! I am doing so much better with this and one thing for sure is that it does take so much time and acceptance it really does, I am trying my hardest not to get frustra...

Hi Clearsky, Ive been reading your posts and really think you describe the ocd just how it feels! I have been struggeling with this since January this year, I have always had that obsessivness and bits of ocd but not like this! I am really starting to believe that its not the content of these though...

Hi there, I am after some reassurance! I have been struggeling with these awful scary thoughts since January they all started after i had health scare which turned out ok but gave me lots of anxiety and panic attacks before christmas, then in january out of the blue i got a scary though about not be...

hi hianxiety, wanted to reply to your post as i am also from the UK! I have been going through these scary thoughts since January, I mean i think scary thoughts is something you always have but never realise it until they grip you in such a way and send you into this panic. Mine started after I had ...

one more thing to add from my earlier post. How the hell do you explain to other people about your scary thoughts? Like i said i know everybody is supposed to have these thoughts but they dont ruminate on them they just get on and dont even think about them etc, but when u have been stressed and hav...

Hey everyone, I cant tell you what a brilliant help this website is to me, everyone is so great and supportive, and hearing sooo many similar stories really does make you feel like you are not the only one. Well Its about 8 weeks now since my first scary thought and i feel like a have a whole load o...

hey, does coming on here make you feel better or worse, i find that i come on here for reassurance but can spend hours just seeing if there are new posts etc and searching through the old ones. I have truly learn so much since coming on here so i think thats a great help but if a spend too much time...

hi there, i dont know about in the US but councelling over here costs an absolute bomb! I was saw a cbt counceller twice and she was charging £75 an hour thats probably around $100! I had to tell her I could not afford it anymore, thats like a weeks food shopping!I guess its cheaper to buy books but...

im so interested to know, for me it was like this thought that just came out of nowhere and it set me off on an awful anxiety trail (ive always been anxious just did not know)anyway mine started about 8 weeks ago now about a month after I had a scary problem with my eye, basically one night my eye j...

Hi there, I just wondered if anyone else gets this. I have actually had this a few times since my son was born 18 months ago, it all started when i was sitting in a restaurant at night and felt really claustraphobic, it drives me mad at I NEVER had this before and I really hate it! All I can think a...