JesseJ1982
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- 2y
Billy 1Billy 1
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Hey there, it sure can feel never ending and so exhausting can’t it !!!! Please know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. At the beginning of this year I was nearly house bound, riddled with obsessions and rumination’s 24hrs a day ! I can say, through the help of ERP I’m now in control of my OCD and it doesn’t control me anymore. I wake each morning and smile with no compulsions running through my mind! Exposure is key here, sitting with the anxiety and thoughts and not completing any compulsions/ rumination’s allows your brain to realise there is no danger and completing the OCD cycle doesn’t work and only gives temporary relief and then returns. OCD loves certainty and will seek 100000% certainty. Even if we can give it 1000000000% certainty it would still need even more! There is amazing support you can get here via NOCD, I will attach a link for a free 15 minute consultation as well as some stories around recovery. I find reading these can help and give hope. Your strong, you can control this my friend. OCD journey stories to recovery- https://www.treatmyocd.com/my-ocd-journey 15 min consultation https://www.treatmyocd.com/calendar?src=homepage&_gl=1*dpgbx1*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2MzY2NTk5MTQuQ2p3S0NBaUFtN09NQmhBUUVpd0FydkdpM0QwaEhYczN1Q0ZabWhVRUF4RndaaDJoa3AxbTRnek9TRWQweUJ4U3pqeU1SRU9FNGVwZkFSb0NNY0VRQXZEX0J3RQ.. What is ERP https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/what-is-exposure-and-response-prevention-therapy
Billy 1Billy 1
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@JFtheoverthinker_ Hey, so it can be one thing saying it but then another thing following through with it. So resisting the urge to complete the compulsions/ rumination’s after saying it. Does this makes sense ? Maybe write down your obsessions and rank them out of severity. I did this by rating the anxiety from 0-10. Maybe start with some of the obsessions/ anxieties that are below 5, expose yourself to them. In ERP there are some amazing tools you learn of how to do this. I would write down exactly what was happening in my head and the whole story right from the beginning all the way to to the end where I would write about me dying alone with no one around me as this was my biggest fear for that specific obsession…. Then read this over and over again until your anxiety decreases and you see it as what it is….. a story you’ve created in your mind. Again, I would recommend all of this being done with the support of an OCD specialist but there some small exposures I did like the one above whilst waiting for my ERP therapy as I was aware of some of the theory behind ERP through researching.
Billy 1Billy 1
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
So with false memories it’s around accepting that uncertainty if maybe you did ! That’s where the great saying of “maybe I did, maybe I don’t” Comes in to it. It’s when we accept that uncertainty that our OCD starts to have less power. This can be super hard so please don’t push yourself too hard without the support of a therapist as you need to feel supported when doing this.
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