H_G_F
- Date posted
- 2y ago
erp stories
Can anyone share how much erp therapy has Helped. I started it but only for 2 weeks and want to start again because I see that medication doesn’t help all the way
NicaNica
- Date posted
- 2y ago
ERP helped me heal and recover from OCD. But what you need to know is that it takes a lot of hard work and effort and you can’t not do the assignments or homework because it’s scary or uncomfortable.
gracefullgracefull
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
ERP has helped me recover so much and i’ll give you an example. I had an obsession with numbers. 5 was good. 6 was bad. I avoided 6 and especially 666. When I saw it I immediately thought whatever thought I had when I saw it was bad even if it was like going to my moms house after work…I would question going. In ERP maybe 6 months ago, my therapist had me write 6s and purposely wrote 666 and resist attaching meaning and doing compulsions. I am proud to say that when I see 666 I don’t flinch. I don’t add numbers or count to make decisions. I feel like I have so much freedom and that is just one tiny example of my ERP growth. I hope this helped. ❤️
hellopeoplehellopeople
- User type
- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@thereserose Wow! That’s amazing!!!!
NandwenNandwen
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Erp has helped me alot through time. I also am on medications for about a year now. For me also acceptance and mindfulness helped alot (at first I didn't belive in it and all the therapists I went to recomended it to me). I know its probably really hard for you right now but I had severe ocd and its getting better and better there are most days now that I forget that I even have ocd. Keep trying and give yourself alot of self compassion and love❤
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CorgiLove
- Date posted
- 25w ago
ERP Newb
Happy Tuesday friends. Question for you all: I have recently started ERP therapy (about one month ago) and I feel in a way it has helped. But I also notice that I feel the thoughts I do have are SO intense that I feel like I’m gonna explode and then I’ll cry and get upset but then feel better after having a “freak out”. Does this happen to any of you guys? Also, I told my therapist yesterday some of the exposures we had been doing made me uncomfortable. Like really really uncomfortable. She made me feel a little bad about not doing it and stated this would prolong my progress if I didn’t do it. I’m not sure if I should push my self to do this exposure because she told me to or to stick up for myself and move at my own pace. Thanks everyone.
meglucy
- Date posted
- 21w ago
Started therapy & unsure 😔 ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT!!
I feel like my therapist knows my issues well enough by now, why haven’t we started erp or why hasn’t she given me any strategies to help when I’m triggered? I’ve had 4 sessions. She just says we have to stick to the method that she works by, but if I don’t know when we will start the work that actually helps me, how can I feel confident in sticking with the therapy? I am so unsure. I keep asking her but she never gives me an answer. It’s not too much to ask to know when the help will actually start is it?! If the next couple of sessions go by and we still haven’t talked about strategies or erp, I will get so anxious because I can only afford 12 sessions 😔 I don’t know what to do. People are saying to be patient and go with it, but I can’t trust it. I would have expected to start some sort of erp plan. If in the next couple of sessions we haven’t started it, what should I do? (I get really triggered by phrases like red flags or that doesn’t sound good in the comments, just objective advice would be so appreciated 🙏🏻)
Sosa2loud
- Date posted
- 4w ago
Kind of Spiraling
Hi guys! I’m new to the community and I’ve recently received my OCD diagnosis (tho I’ve known about it since childhood). I’ve been somewhat spiraling lately as I wait for my first ERP session (hooray!) I was just wondering if any of you guys have received ERP for existential OCD and if it was successful? My existential OCD compulsions are more so mental and have been affecting me in the sense of dream/memory flashbacks and giving me a sort of “uncanny” feeling about everything around me. Any advice is appreciated! Thank you❤️
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