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Hello! I hope everyone is well. I have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. Why do people with ocd have such frequent intrusive thought? Recently, a lot of my themes have improved significantly and I've reduced my compulsions drastically. However, I find I still have random intrusive thoughts semi frequently throughout the day and I'm a little confused because I don't think I'm doing compulsions but they keep coming. Can anyone explain to me why I continue to have intrusive thoughts?

Username: Erin P

Date posted: 111d ago

I know that when I’m doing better with certain subtypes OCD ramps things up on other ones or tries a new one. But with ERP I’m able to keep its attempts to move things over to another subtype at bay but I have to done ERP to get there.

Username: OCDdontownme

Date posted: 111d ago

@Erin P This has happened to me too. I think it’s just part of having an OCD brain.

Username: Erin P

Date posted: 111d ago

@OCDdontownme Me too.

Username: SophieSnow

Date posted: 110d ago

@Erin P Yeah I guess what I'm saying is that I don't understand why this cycle continues?

Username: Erin P

Date posted: 110d ago

@SophieSnow I wish I knew other than that it brain chemistry we are fighting and it takes awhile to retrain our brain.

Username: OCDdontownme

Date posted: 110d ago

@Erin P I agree