Betterdays_ontheway 🙂
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Any wins?
Any wins in your ERP today? Please share.
Jib.exeJib.exe
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Yes! For me I was scared of a pair of shoes my girlfriend bought me. I seen them as contaminated. I wanted to clean them off and put them on using gloves. But I just jumped up and said “I’m tired of being controlled” in my head. I grabbed the shoes, fixed them, put them on. Then I went around doing some more stuff that I was afraid of. One being eating something. My adrenaline rush was so intense that I did this all without thinking.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
That must of been really tough. Congrats on ignoring the thoughts! Have an amazing day.
messengervlmessengervl
- Date posted
- 1y ago
We got a flat tire and I was able to handle helping use the reinflation kit, touching things, etc without gloves or hand washing.
Ashren:3Ashren:3
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I can watch people vomit and not be distressed anymore 😁
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I can now slightly sing in the shower. I used to think an angry spirit would pop up in the mirror and kill me in my sleep if I even made a peep or talked in the shower. I thought that was just my imagination until I got diagnosed. For ERP, the first time I hummed, it was extremely distressing and I literally sat down in the shower and curled into a ball. After a while of humming, the thoughts are still there but definitely not as bad as they were before.
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