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Wish u the best on this long journey
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Also id highly recommend u to check out the youtube channel Katie d'Ath. She specializes in treating OCD and she has really good resources (like yours) when compulsions arent physical, just manifest mentally
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By ignoring them, doing CBT/ERP, and mindfulness meditation IMHO.
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No no plz don't do that. Try instead sleeping with a knife nearby or holding a knife near your brother (don't look like your going to stab him tho)
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ERT (exposure response therapy) So exposure: Imagine youself killing your brother This will be EXCEPTIONALLY distressing but thats ok. You need to sit with this anxiety and resist all your compulsions- all of them. Eventually you'll notice that this anxiety will drop. Get on with your day afterwards :-) Rinse and repeat around 3 times a week. Its a lot easier of you get a book ( i like Katie d'Ath OCD for dummies) This basically works by saying "hey thoughts youre extremely distressing but you mean nothing" absolutely nothing. Remember: you are a nice and caring human. Stay strong
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awesome that helps! what r some examples of mental/physical compulsions i should resist?
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Loads :-) Asking for reaasurance eg: "Am i a bad person?" And asking people that Rationalizing: "im not going to kill him as X Y Z" This would work for generalized anxiety disorder but as OCD is illogical this will never work. Blocking these thoughts: eg: "GO AWAY THOUGHTS!!!" Checking: " Do i have these thoughts?" You cant control thoughts just the way you react to them :-) Oh and changing thoughts "Im going to replace the knife with a huge big fluffy unicorn" And replacing these thoughts "These thoughts are bad- i need to replace them with happy ones" this will never work as you arent tackling the root of the problems Thats all i can name off hand and one more thing- make sure ERT is done in a safe place
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Does it help if I tell you I have harm thoughts to. And your not the only one ! Also my thought have calmed down a lot a lot. Because I am facing my fear. I’m not holding back because of my thoughts. Wen they come I just kinda say whatever and move on with whatever I was doing. It help a lot. Get out of the house go outside and do somthing. Sitting alone makes your mind think
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Oh sure go ahead then
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cool i will check that out! thanks a lot!!
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Ha no problem! Wish you the best on fighting it. Just fight as hard as you possibly can and if you mess up one day. Its just one day! Move on :-) Honestly its a long journey and i wish you the best. Id like to hear how you get on :-)
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cool!
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after watching a video of hers she says to do the opposite of what i want in order to trigger the initial anxiety. so i am afraid of stabbing my brother to death. so is it okay to look up videos on how to stab someone as a means of triggering that anxiety?
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it does help and ur right but i am wondering about my question above ^^
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ok i can do that
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my question still is why is it bad to look up more triggering related content if the goal is to decrease anxiety? isnt the goal to maximize the anxiety and reduce compulsions?
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No it just might affect you if your sensitive to that sort of thing. If you dont mind and can stomach that kind of thing go ahead. I was just concerned that you might get a little scarred
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no it doesnt scare me, i think i need that kind of exposure to beat this
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