I first started having major problems with obsessions when I was 15. Feeling scared and isolated and not knowing what to do, I told my parents I wanted to see a therapist, and I did. It was a terrible experience; I felt neither comforted nor understood, and I constantly felt that she ran the sessions in the direction she wanted them to, rather than letting me talk freely, asking me many blunt questions that I didn't want to answer. I stopped going after about a year and a half, and didn't seek help again for years. About eight months ago I started again, and the therapist I'm seeing is very open and comforting and we've built a trusting relationship. He's not an OCD specialist, but I feel awkward when I try to explain my research, the books I use to help, and the online support I seek. I use the information I find to try and help myself overcome and understand my problems, but sometimes I don't feel like he knows what I'm talking about. Has anyone else had this problem?