laussspam
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- 6y
decs00046decs00046
- Date posted
- 6y
Have you considered if there's any secondary gains to your OCD? I know I've tried lots in the past to no avail, but have recently been exploring the possibility that I might be clinging to my OCD because it benefits me in some strange twisted way, and if you can find the secondary gain you can work to mitigate it. If you haven't already done so I'd recommend doing a bit of googling around secondary gains to see if anything resonates with you. If not then sometimes it can just be a case of finding the right therapist
Doubts123Doubts123
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- 6y
ERP is the gold standard to treat ocd. Traditional talk therapy will not fix OCD. Act, DBT, and some cbt skills can be helpful additions but exposure therapy (ERP) is what will treat ocd.
laussspamlaussspam
- Date posted
- 6y
See, I’ve done all of that in my CBT rounds. And nothing has worked. I’ve started like other stuff and nothing worked
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Interesting! Did it work at all like any improvements? I'm doing ERP now and have been for awhile. My OCD is still pretty bad but definitely better than it was starting.
laussspamlaussspam
- Date posted
- 6y
Nope nothing has worked. The specialist clinic in the UK has given up on me
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Question, did you do the exposures but weren't able to stop doing compulsions outside of exposure work?
laussspamlaussspam
- Date posted
- 6y
I did the exposures all the time, my anxiety never went down. I didn’t do compulsions but my anxiety was so bad I’d have panic attacks and stuff
Doubts123Doubts123
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- 6y
Were you still ruminating when doing the exposures? Rumination is like a mental compulsion. I hope I'm not coming across harsh I'm genuinely interested.
David LebowitzDavid Lebowitz
- Date posted
- 6y
Sometimes it doesn't work because the exposures aren't designed correctly to target your obsessions. Other times it could be that you are engaging in mental compulsions that you aren't aware are even compulsions and that is the hang-up. But for a minority of people, they won't improve significantly even with a properly designed ERP program that they are doing correctly. Have you also tried medication and deep TMS? There are also second and third line medications that are helpful to some. Those options could offer some symptom reduction. There are also variants of psychosurgery that have benefited people who did not get relief from ERP, medications, and deep TMS.
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Could you share more about deep TMS? I have not heard of it before.
David LebowitzDavid Lebowitz
- Date posted
- 6y
Search for Brainsway. They have videos and more on their website explaining it. It's a very non-invasive treatment with virtually no side effect potential, but it is newer so it isn't widely covered by insurance yet. I don't know what the situation is where you live.
Doubts123Doubts123
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- 6y
Great thanks I'll look it up
laussspamlaussspam
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you so much guys, I wasn’t expecting the replies!! ❤️
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- 20w
ERP
I’m starting NOCD. I had several years of cbt as a child (well over 20 years ago) and I see a trauma therapist. But now I’ll be seeking further help for OCD and just really scared. CBT wasn’t helpful for me. How has ERP been helpful for you? Do you feel like you’ll finally get your life back? I’m consumed by my obsessions 😢 Would love others feedback if ERP helped you ❤️
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- 19w
Decades of OCD..confused about my next steps!!!
I have had ocd for decades! Could I still be cured???? (Of you can call it that?) I have seen different therapists but it never had fully left me...not by any stretch of the imagination. I do want to be free of this ocd and its power over me and all the bad that it brought into my life!!! Some days I am strong and feel like I am fighting it put other days...many days...I don't get things done or if I do I take a long time to-do the things I need to get done. I feel like I know this is just then ocd stopping me and that these are just thoughts but nobody in my family understands and though they have shared my journey and hated it a I do.....it just feels like I want so bad to be the best person I coukd be but I avoid places, people, things, that have any reminder of my ocd.......and so it restricts me from getting better and completing tasks the way I used to. Now UI might go and make 2-3 trips cuz I am worried to shop at a place and therefore it takes my time up. The avoidance I do is bad! When I actually don't listen to my ocd and don't avoid something...I feel great! ,However, it happens so rarely!!! I.dont know how finding a therapist through NOCD will help me. It is not in person and two be honest I almost think I need medicine to push me along. I don't have anybsteady and consistent improvements. However, I don't think I want to be on medication for the rest of my life! I am very confused!
Dude01
- Date posted
- 15w
It's about the Themes, you can't convince me otherwise
"The themes don't matter, it's the OCD that's the real culprit!" I don't buy that. How's that? I didn't have this crap until the real event themes came along. I wasn't born with OCD, I didn't have it from a young age, etc. This was learned, this was real event theme triggered, this was a bad habit that kept on on going and never died, the frequency just picked up and now it's a daily hell. This wasn't happening before the actual themes. Which makes sense. It's a result of being "stuck" in a cycle of guilt, shame, and constant cognitive challenges to "deal" with past deeds. I've very skeptical of any future solution. The fact that there doesn't seem to be any permanent solution for real event OCD is defeating and depressing. I don't know how people "beat OCD" without some level of delusion mindset or baked out of their mind in medication. Doesn't seem to be a holistic or real solution to this. Just more of the same hellish routines. I'm just very pessimistic, it's been years. Where is the hope. Sick of being stuck like this.
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