Lived Experience Forum

[Former-Member]

@NatureLover I'm so sorry to hear some people have decided to stop being your friend as a result of your mental health   I hope that you have some more supportive people in your life now 

[Daisydreamer]

We will have to wrap up our questions very soon, so one last question from us: 
Question 6: On the forums, we have seen lots of people reaching out looking for help. Where are places that people can go to find help and support for OCD?

[Adge]

Thanks @NatureLover Much appreciated.

My trauma was sexual (SA), severe neglect, emotional & physical abuse.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is classed as an "Anxiety Disorder"...

Yes OCD as well.

Adge

[ARCVic]

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@Daisydreamer wrote:

We will have to wrap up our questions very soon, so one last question from us: 
Question 6: On the forums, we have seen lots of people reaching out looking for help. Where are places that people can go to find help and support for OCD?

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For me the OCD support group was a great stepping stone. It allowed me to learn from others who were at different stages of their recovery journey. It allowed me the opportunity to start talking about my thoughts and feelings in a safe environment. You can find our support groups here....https://www.arcvic.org.au/our-services/zoom-support-groups 

ARCVic was founded around a kitchen table 30yrs ago by people with anxiety and OCD. And even now there are members on our board who have roots to the founding partners. Lived experience is at the center of who we are and all our volunteers (either on our Helpline or in our Support Groups) have some form of lived experience.

ARCVic also has specialised groups for Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling), Dermotillomania (Skin Picking), Hoarding and other specialised Anxiety Disorders.

[NatureLover]

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@Former-Member wrote:

The preparation and supplies I require for it are the hoardings of cleaning and higene products. 

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I can relate to that @Former-Member  🙂

And @Shaz51  - all the OCD thoughts (about germs in my case) are exhausting. I have to constantly try to figure out the history of every item I touch, and classify it into about 4 levels of dirtiness in my head. Keeping track of all that is a full-time job, not to mention trying to avoid contamination of other objects. 

[Daisydreamer]

We are at the end of our Topic Tuesday event for tonight.

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of both the conversation here. For those that would like to continue this conversation, you are welcome to start a new thread in the forums to keep the discussion going.

Anu @ARCVic, your story is one that has resonated with so many here tonight, and we are so grateful for your openness to sharing your lived experiences with us. We look forward to seeing the great work that ARCVic is doing to support those living with OCD, Anxiety, hoarding and Trichotillomania.

Please join me in extending a huge thank you to Anu on behalf of our forum’s community, and to @Former-Member!

For everyone interested in reading more about ARCVic, check out their website here and support groups here.

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who joined us tonight and we hope you enjoyed this Topic Tuesday discussion. Stayed tuned for our next Topic Tuesday event in two weeks on the topic Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs with Turning Point.  

[TiSoG21]

Hi Shaz
Sorry to hear that, how do you guys manage it?
Sure, what would you like to know?

[Shaz51]

thank you @TiSoG21 ----  my partner believes he can manage it without treatment of any kind - medication or otherwise.

with our work 

in our house 

Photography 

he believe he is a bit better then he used to be , and i wonder @ARCVic , @Daisydreamer , @Former-Member 

even though he is on meds for other Mental illness 

[Adge]

Thanks for your Welcome @Former-Member 

I've just read through the entire Discussion (every Post) - & have finally caught up.

Adge

[NatureLover]

Oh @Adge , I'm so sorry to hear what you've suffered 😞

Big thank you to Anu @ARCVic  for sharing and helping! Much appreciated 🙂

Thank you also @Daisydreamer  and @Former-Member  for running this topic.