POCD

Same😫😫 and same theme

honestly my ocd gets worse with the winter seasons

@r0s1e Do u take meds?

@kd88 yeah i do, im on escilatopram which is lexapro i believe

@r0s1e I think I’m in the same boat…

@r0s1e Do u feel like it helps u?

@ThatGirl98 I know it really sucks😫

@kd88 yeah it helped me a lot!

I’ve struggled with this as well with the same theme. It’s so terrifying. You are definitely not alone I promise. It’s absolute torture

@Mikeneko 🧡 How do you deal with it?

@kd88 I do ERP with my therapist that’s through NOCD and whenever I get a intrusive thought I let it be there and say to myself or in my head “maybe, maybe not but I don’t need to figure it out right now. You can be as loud in my head as you want but I’m going to continue on with what I am doing.” And it helps because whenever I dwell on it and react, the thoughts get so much stronger and they don’t go away as quickly but the point of ERP is to expose yourself to the thought and to just let it be without acknowledging it or talking about it which is something else I’ve struggled with is confessing and feeling the need to talk about it which is a compulsion. Avoid doing compulsions and take the necessary steps with ERP and I promise eventually it will get better