Friends “had it” with mums need for reassurance.

[betseyberk188Participant]

Anyone help!?

The problem with my mums ocd is she’s continually asking for, accepting and believing my families reassurance. We go over and over reassuring her ocd is not so bad. But she keeps asking the same questions about her ocd, now just us family deals with this as her friends are sick to death over her need for reassurance. Can this EVER really end?

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<p style=”text-align: left;”>Has she been getting medical help for her condition? Talking therapies, CBT, exposure therapy etc? I’m not an OCD expert, I’ve been diagnosed for over 20 years but still know very little about it so others would know better than me, but I think over reassurance can be a bad thing and then cause a worsening depending on the issue. If she is not getting medical support I would strongly encourage this</p>

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