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Originally Posted by MusicMike
Let me express my compassion for the serious suffering you have endured for so many years. I also had a miserable childhood and have suffered for many years in adulthood, with some possible relief on the horizon.
Is it possible for you at this point to seek the care of a therapist and psychiatrist? I think that a therapist could help you process the trauma and gain inner strength for addressing the current disorders, and a psychiatrist could help you search for medication for the OCD. I have OCD and also take a medication that helps with PTSD (gabapentin) which might be something treatable in your case as well.
With compassion,
Mike
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Hello Mike,
Thank you very much for your thoughtful and kind comments.
Having made many attempts to get professional help which were not successful, naturally I am cautious. Where I live, the public services are over-subscribed and the private ones expensive. So I have to be very judicious in choosing someone. Sometimes I feel that the depth of the help I need is so overwhelming, that I am paralyzed in my decision-making.
I certainly think that I could probably benefit from CBT to dilute the OCD and I am going to make a fresh effort to get this help.
I hope you are coping well. Please keep in touch, and again my thanks.
Hansi.