katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
It is a sign of recovery and that can happen without erp. That is how I got over some obsessions. They just went away and didn't bother me anymore and I never even been to therapy for OCD. You questioning and doubting your recovery is where OCD attacked again.
SpiralSpiral
- Date posted
- 5y ago
You're now anxious about "not being anxious enough"! That's called a backdoor spike; your OCD isn't allowing you to feel better. When you're anxious about the thought, that isn't good. When you're not anxious about it, that is good. But somehow you've got anxious about that too ? You worry it's true even when you do feel bothered by the thought. And you worry it's true when you don't feel bothered by it. That's the paradox of your OCD ?
xMariaxxMariax
- Date posted
- 5y ago
This is happening to me! today I woke up fine and Im not scared of my thoughts but Im scared that that means I dont love my boyfriend anymore
xMariaxxMariax
- Date posted
- 5y ago
And the things is I have never done ERP,I only tried it once last week but never again and I today just feel a little better. I have not gone to a professional either so it scares me that I have accepted this as my reality
daenerysdaenerys
- Date posted
- 5y ago
This just means those thoughts no longer have power over you. This is a win. Soon your brain will stop sending them to you :)
katia katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Guys are u sure about this cuz yes ik the thoughts are no more bothering me but I don’t feel like before I feel like I’m still in the ocd
katia katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Lollol
allgoodallgood
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Ive experienced this whilst recovering, I started to obsess over not being bothered about my past obsessions and what that might mean but as said above it is just ocd trying to worm its way back in because you've already made a victory. Obsessions lose their power when we confront them or accept them and accept the uncertainty of them coming true. Maybe u did this subconsciously who knows but either way, if a thought no longer bothers you - that sounds gd and like progress to me :)
katia katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
U did erp therapy?
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- 18w ago
I'm sorry if I keep posting I'm just scared..
Like I'm not even scared I feel numb and ever since that night I've completely went down hill Idk what to do the feeling i felt this time genuily felt like i liked it and i didnt even have anxiety at that moment and now I'm panicking I really hope this is still OCD like I'm sorry if I'm still asking for reassurance but im really worried like it felt good in that moment I don't understand what's going on like I hope it was a false feeling and not something real.....like this has happened before but Idk 😭😭😭😭 I really don't know what to I don't want to turn into a p word I don't this I've been sleeping all day I still do compulsions a little to get rid of the thoughts but I've been getting sexual thoughts too and I don't want them but I feel like I do I don't understand I though I was getting better but I guess every time I get better everything gets worse..
Anonymousssssss
- Date posted
- 16w ago
Do you have to do erp?
I’ve noticed that I’m somewhat happier also ignoring my thoughts than I am instead of doing compulsions (I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired atp) but I’ve heard you’re technically supposed to do erp rather than pushing under the rug. But idk if I have a thought I just refuse to think about it again and im fine even if I want to do compulsions
Mika05
- Date posted
- 14w ago
Worried about not being anxious?
These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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