it kinda depends on your insurance. if your insurance requires a referral, then yes you’ll need to make an appt with your PCP and discuss with them what’s been going on, and that you want a referral to psych, so you can be tested. if your insurance does not require a referral, then you should be able to look up psychiatry places near you, such as a therapist office etc, that offer testing, call and make an appt.

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I went to my university therapist and did my best to be honest. My OCD is very atypical from what I’ve heard, and the hardest part was going to a professional and saying quite literally what you said “help me, this isn’t normal, I feel insane and I’m terrified.” Someone will help you, I promise

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