Can anyone share a good erp for health ocd?! Please and thank u 🙏 😊

Hi. Thank you both so much @bk @rohan kulkarni My primary concern is heart health and yes I’ve had cardio workups stress test..I am ok by those standards and able to work out vigorously everyday but take Lipitor for cholesterol. I get burning in my chest which is acid reflux most likely but it gets my ocd hungry for more. So should I read about heart attacks??? I was able not to Google today even though I wanted to badly. And also I should read symptoms about random symptoms ? Please and thank you again By the way @bk. Nice job last night and best to you both

health OCD is one of my main themes. i often would try to purposefully read articles of severe illnesses. sometimes i would go on reddit and look up weird things that put people in the hospital or illnesses they missed that became super serious. also when i have health issues myself (i have an autoimmune disease and digestive issues) - when my symptoms start to flare up and trigger my anxiety, i try to sit with them and not feel the urge to act on compulsions - such as trying to convince my dad that i need a trip to the hospital or i am dying lol. hope this helps!

It depends on what ur health ocd is about. Like the first thing u should do is stop the compulsions. Don’t google, or pay attention to those “symptoms.” Or rationalize.

Hi vgb, like Rohan said, it depends on the themes of your health OCD. Perhaps you could try reading an article or watching a show about an illness or someone with an illness that you are worried about (or have never heard of) and then resisting as long as possible the compulsion to google or check yourself to see if you have those symptoms. You can repeat with a different (or same illness) and try to stretch that time period out before giving into your compulsion over time until you perhaps don’t feel the need to check anymore at all.