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- Andi44
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- 3y ago
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- cmac1339cmac1339
- Date posted
- 3y ago
ERP will help you. Doesn’t seem like it now, but it will.
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- Andi44Andi44
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thank you for replying. I'm just learning about ERP. Is there a certain type of Dr I should seek?
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- cmac1339cmac1339
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@Andi44 Definitely an ocd specialist (therapist)
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- Andi44Andi44
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- 3y ago
@cmac1339 Thank you very much for your suggestion.
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- Natasha7Natasha7
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- 3y ago
Yess I get the same it’s soo bad :(( and I get blasphemous ones toward god like trying to contest with him that he’s not gonna do it
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- Andi44Andi44
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I understand, it's such a battle of our thoughts. I didn't think any erp could help because ultimately it's the exposure that assists with getting the relief. I'm so confused on what kind of exposure for those thoughts could be....but I'm so willing to try anything!
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- alwaysobsessingalwaysobsessing
- Date posted
- 3y ago
the thought of dying or my loved ones dying is on my mind all day too. i wish it wasn’t. it’s so scary and tiring.
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- Catperson10Catperson10
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I didn't know this was part of ocd but more and more symptoms I have are adding up. I'm sorry you have this but thank you for commenting!
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- Lms526Lms526
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I have a major fear of loved ones dying. I freak out when my parents tell me they are going for a drive, but especially if they are taking a vacation. If I text and they don't answer right away, I panic and imagine the worst. It basically doesn't stop until they are home again. They usually go to Florida for 2 weeks in February. So if they go next year, it will be interesting to see if anything changes. ERP works regardless of the theme you are dealing with.
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- Jesse MillerJesse Miller
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y ago
I am someone who has gone through the NOCD program and I am now in the recovery phase of treatment. I am also advocating every day on the app for people with OCD. I feared everyday that I would die or someone I love will die. I still do! But what I’ve learned is to not give into compulsions and not try to reassurance seek or avoid the thoughts. I’ve learned to give acceptance to what my OCD is - just fears that do not need answers. You’ll still have days where you will worry about death, and that is ok! Just don’t give in to compulsions. Accept that these are thoughts.
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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Hi guys! Was wanting some tips on ERP. I am just getting started & trying to read articles about being codependent, happy engagement stories but my mind when I try to sit with “maybe I am, maybe I’m not. Life is uncertain.” Will come up with more rabbit hole thoughts of I’m crazy have every mental illness out there etc. does anyone have tips for experiencing all day anxiety/panic attacks & fear of doing an exposure wrong? I am scared I won’t get better bc I’m not doing it right.
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- abbyvaph
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- 2y ago
Hello- question about ERP
Hello- I have been battling many types of OCD on and off for 25+ years. Medication works but wanted to go off for 1st trimester of pregnancy. I am doing a good job deploying ERP tactics for pure o and real event ocd and it has removed physically anxiety symptoms and I can concentrate in life. However I do have a big sense of fear and all day gloomy feeling knowing that the thoughts that are disturbing are sitting out there and fear I will come up with new ones. Will this get better the longer I keep deploying the ERP tactics? I never have this when I am on medication. Thanks in advance.
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- enoughocd
- Date posted
- 2y ago
ERP for existential thoughts
Please comment from or advise me from personal experience if you’re currently seeing a therapist and undergoing ERP to treat existential thought OCD. I don’t understand how ERP could work on thoughts like ‘what if my own family or kids aren’t real’ I know with contamination ocd they expose you to your fears by making touch objects or things and with harm ocd they might get you to hold a knife but low does the same principle apply to Existential thought OCD? I’ve been on the ocdf website and couldn’t get any answers …. Please comment
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