- Username
- katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- 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.
- Username
- 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 ?
- Username
- 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
- Username
- 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
- Username
- 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 :)
- Username
- 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
- Username
- katia katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Lollol
- Username
- 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 :)
- Username
- katia katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
U did erp therapy?
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- Username
- katia
- Date posted
- 5y ago
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT DO COMPULSIONS ANYMORE? OR THINK OF IT ANYMORE? OR BE SCARED OF IT ANYMORE? BUT YOU STILL FEEL LIKE SHIT AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOURE IN AN OCD PRISON ,LIKE U DONT FEEL WELL, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW? IM GOING CRAZY CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ME PLZ I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON ANYMORE DID I JUST RECOVERED FROM OCD ? HOW? I DONT FEEL GOOD WTFFFF HELP
- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’m worried about ERP. I don’t have any physical compulsions, and struggle to see any mental ones either. I don’t feel scared about anything and uncertainty doesn’t bother me (I’ve accepted that if my relationship ends it’ll suck but I’d be ok) so if ERP is the best treatment for this- how will I ever get better? Does that mean it’s not OCD? I feel like I’m literally going insane!!!!
- Username
- Anonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
How do you know if ERP works?
I had the worse harm ocd and suicidal ocd couple years ago. And I remember I would get these horrifying thoughts in public that I would immediately wanna go home. Magically it went away after 4 years but during my healing phase I still randomly had those thoughts and it did not bother me so I was like oh my brain now knows. I’m having a horrifying flare up and now these thoughts bother me?? I feel dark and scary. So what if I do ERP and get used to it and think I’m recovered and have another flare up?? How does that make sense
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