Those with pure o, how many X a day do you do erp?

I’ve been recovered for 3 years and I do it every single day, multiple times a day Basically, I never let OCD alter my behavior. So, anything it doesn’t like, I’ll do it or if it wants me to, let’s say, wash my hands 5 times, I’ll only wash my hands once. Those count as exposures. Every time you let the thoughts be there without fighting back and don’t give into OCD is a mini ERP session.

@Nica You’re absolutely right!! I was thinking the same thing. Appreciate you :)

@Nica How do you apply that to ROCD/SOOCD?

@jag92 You’ll have to give me an example.

@Nica I just mean exposures

@jag92 You need to be specific on what you’re talking about though.

@Nica Sorry it’s just the my brain convincing me I’m a lesbian and that it’s not ocd it’s just denial….I was doing some ERP with my therapist but what was working more was doing RP at stuff I see day to day but I need some more formal ideas of ERP to do on my own :/ when I’m feeling ok I can’t bring myself to do them but every few days I seem to feel worse again maybe as I’m accidently seeking reassurance I don’t know but every few days the thoughts come back and I go oh yeah see I am really in denial it’s not the same as all these other people …and I shouldn’t be with my fiancé ….you’ve been in recovery for 3 years? Are you feeling ok generally now?

@jag92 It’s oh damn one you’re ruminating too much, which holds back on your progress. If you do the given assignments and do other things you need to do to get better, then why wouldn’t you do them—especially when they make you feel even worse due to guilt of not doing what needs to be done? And it’s good you can do exposures with your therapist, but whether you’re feeling good or bad, you need to take control of the situation and do the assignments given to you by your therapist. I don’t know the details, but if you’re starting out with 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week, then that’s what you do. If that’s too much for you, then tell your therapist that and see what they say because they know you better than me.