r/OCDSupport

Hello,

I am doing a research study entitled “Marked by Pattern: Contextual and Site-Specific Patterns in Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder.” The purpose of the study is to examine Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder, particularly how contextual variables, such as the environment or activities, impact pulling and picking sites and whether co-occurring relationships exist between specific body sites, in adults using quantitative scales.
Participation would require about 4-8 minutes of your time to complete an online survey. To qualify to participate, you must be 18 years old or older, fluent in English, residing in the United States, and currently experience hair-pulling or skin-picking behaviors.
If you are interested in participating, please use this link and you will be presented the federally required Consent Form via Qualtrics with more info.

Sincerely,
Shelby Richardson
Abilene Christian University
sgr23c@acu.edu
Primary Investigator

Hi guys, I’m hoping to get some advice! I’ve recently started a new relationship with my lovely girlfriend. She struggles with OCD which mainly manifests in her feeling like she has to confess things constantly.

From what I understand, she feels like she always has to confess stuff she’s done or said as she feels like if she doesn’t then she is a bad person or she feels like she’s lying. She says it mostly stems from feeling like her ex was judging her all the time and the fact that her ex seemed to think that their opinions were always the most morally correct. She says she also use to lie a lot so that feeds into it.

I was just hoping for some advice on the best way to handle this. Naturally I would like to reassure her but I’m thinking maybe this isn’t the best thing to do? How do I handle situations where she feels like she needs to confess or she does end up confessing? What will make it better for her in the long run?

Hi! If anyone in here is on wellbutrin and serataline; could you let me know how it’s been working for OCD/anxiety? I started 50mg of wellbutrin at the end of February-wasn’t really working- then doctor upped my dose to 300mg- still isn’t working. She is now going to keep me on the wellbutrin but adding sertaline. I feel super excited and hopeful that this is gonna work for me. Let me know!