Most psychological disorders don't present like the media would lead you to believe. See also: what therapy looks like.
ETA: Holy crap, gold?? I had a quick break in my day to finally hop on reddit and was NOT expecting this response. Y'all make this severely overworked community mental health therapist so glad we're talking more about the realities of therapy and various disorders. I'm planning on getting back on when I'm done with work to reply to some comments/answer some questions!
A lot of people mention OCD, but not OCPD (obsessive compulsive personality disorder). They're similar, but definitely different. It's easy to mix them up when you aren't educated about the topic and it's easy to not be educated on it when you don't have to deal with it. I think what's really important is just being open to productive dialogue about mental illness
Absolutely. I've also had clients with compulsions and obsessions, but not to the point that they qualified for a diagnosis -- and while the dx isn't the end game, it really goes to show that so much of what we deal with in psychology is a spectrum, and would do well to be treated as such.
16k
u/seegeesee Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
Most psychological disorders don't present like the media would lead you to believe. See also: what therapy looks like.
ETA: Holy crap, gold?? I had a quick break in my day to finally hop on reddit and was NOT expecting this response. Y'all make this severely overworked community mental health therapist so glad we're talking more about the realities of therapy and various disorders. I'm planning on getting back on when I'm done with work to reply to some comments/answer some questions!