What’s a phrase or anything in general that helped you when your harm OCD or OCD in general was giving you a hard time? Something that motivates you to know that we will overcome this!

“I can move forward”

“Maybe, maybe not.”

"I'll ruminate later" Postponing compulsions help reduce the urge, later on, you'll realize you didn't need to do it at all "It's somewhat possible" Accepting the uncertainty "Yeah, I totally am a ___" Used to make fun of my HOCD thoughts and draining their power

"it's somewhat possible" is a scary but really good one! I'm using that next time ocd comes at me ^^

No, OCD!

Another thing that has helped me is doing the opposite of what my OCD tells me. For example, if I am watching or listening something and my OCD tells me to turn it off, intentionally keep watching.

i've tried that before but i always end up ruminating in the process, how do you avoid doing mental compulsions while purposely watching something that triggers your ocd? ~

@✧ ˙｡⋆ Bee ⋆ ｡˙✧ Practice not giving in. Do the exposure repetitively and keep trying until you succeed.

@✧ ˙｡⋆ Bee ⋆ ｡˙✧ You will probably have to do the exposure more than once. I typically had to do planned exposures 3 or 4 times before my anxiety got low enough.

@PolarisJoy @Lms526 thank you both! i'll try doing the exposures more than once instead of just giving up right away

Bee-Not to be mean, but it sounds like you have a lot of excuses in terms of why you don't want to or can't recover. Only you can decide if you are ready for recovery. But know that the longer you go untreated, the worse your OCD will get. It will not just go away on its own. Reaching recovery requires time and hard work.

i work on not doing compulsions but i procracinate when it comes down to planned and consistent erp since im scared of doing it wrong/making my ocd worse :(.. but you're right i have to just hop in and try my best since it won't go away by itself, thank you for the advice! ~

What about my case? I don't do ERP because I don't know how exactly. But I'm always praticing to not do my compulsions whenever I have a intrusive thought. Is recovery possible thru that?