Hello beautiful people My theme is emotional Contamination ( I am afraid that I might have an accident and have an injury in my body ) My therapist asked me to say out loud and imagine that I had that accident and get injured, now I say that what if I manifest that as the law of attraction says 😭 My OCD got worse than past
💕 That sounds tough! Youre doing a good job even if things seem harder now I can assure you it will get easier darling !
You have to fully understand the law of attraction and manifestation to realize that that cannot happen. Your therapist has you simply stating what is in your mind, and not necessarily asking for it. This is actually a good technique but it doesn’t manifest anything. We manifest things through saying what we desire and then living like we already have it. What you’re doing is simply acknowledging to yourself what your mind or the OCD voice is doing and saying, but not asking for anything. The act of stating what you observe is to keep you from getting caught up ruminating about it. 2 separate acts with 2 separate expectations.
I am so proud of you for trying this exposure! I like to imagine the ERP journey as riding a bike up a hill. The way up is hard, sweaty, and may include periods of doubt and regret. BUT eventually we reach the top. The top of the hill is exciting and filled with awesome views of what we just conquered. Then my favorite part, we get to ride back down the hill celebrating everything we just accomplished. So, the journey is hard now, but the end will be so worth it! SO glad you are apart of the NOCD community.
Sometimes our mind can get into some tricky business including something called magical thinking. Magical thinking might try to convince us that things we say have special power to make things happen. I think it is great you are recognizing your own patterns of thinking that are challenging and being willing to share your struggle is really brave! I would encourage you to continue to embrace your discomfort and lean into the uncertainty with your therapist. I look forward to seeing your updates. Please let me know if you have any questions.
How can I do ERP with real event OCD? I feel like it doesn't work to say "it could happen" because it already happened! Any suggestions?
I’m not sure if anyone has had this fear, but i’m worried that if i actually get better with erp and face my harm ocd that one day the thought of hurting others won’t scare me anymore. Has anyone else had this fear?
I'm currently experiencing really bad Existential OCD and I'm looking for ways to practice ERP for it. My intrusive thoughts are "What if life isn't real" What if you don't really exist" "What if your family is just imagined" "What if it's all pointless" "What if life is just a dream". I'm horrified of believing these thoughts and I'm afraid ERP will convince me that theyre they're true. I'm reaching out in hopes of tips and possible ideas and scripts for my OCD. Thank you.
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