After probably a year , my hocd is coming back and I wanna prevent this. I am accepting the thoughts, using the “maybe I am , maybe I’m not “ but my hocd is only getting worse. I have a girlfriend too and now it seems like I don’t love her, I’m just being with her for the sake of it. Help me recover please
You did it one time, I'm sure you'll make it even now! Keep using the "maybe/maybe not" and if you can, do erp
@gre-gre The first time It went away, I didn’t do anything tbh. I got into a relationship and I felt infatuation with my gf. I didn’t have the hocd thoughts after that. But it’s back now
@raj123 Maybe it's that the problem. You solved the problem in the surface, for a short time, but you didn't really arrived to the roots of the problem, so you are more exposed to it returning in your life. I think erp will make the difference!
@gre-gre How do I do erp? Like nothing triggers me. I just have thoughts about it. I see men and I get thoughts that what if I find him attractive. Then i purposely look at him even if I get anxiety. This is erp right ? If this is erp, it’s not helping me tbh 😭
@raj123 It would be better to do erp with a therapist, but you can try it by yourself (that's what I want to do, because I can't go to a therapist right now). Search jenna overbaugh on instagram, there was a post in which she gave some advices for doing erp on your own. Also on this erp there are some free exercises that you can try (ex. writing your fears, recording them and then listening to them whitout engaging in compulsions)
@raj123 Also I'm not sure what you're doing is erp😕 i think you should just use response prevention (maybe i found him attractive/maybe not) and just let the anxiety be present. You don't have to force yourself to look at him more. At least I think so, but I'm sure the exercises will be more helpful!
@gre-gre Sorry, in the first message i missed: *on this app (that's were you fino the exercises)
Get yourself some ERP therapy 😊 you recognise what it is so that's good. OCD will lay dormant as it's chronic, and you have a better chance of keeping it at bay if you try and tackle it head on. You've got this.
