My fear of going psychotic or manic troubles me daily. I had to do a job at a party and I was so scared and in constant anxiety of what if I get psychosis at the party and hurt someone. I will be all over the news, all my family and friends will see my mugshot. Its a big rabbit hole. Anyways I went and worked and I actually zoned in and did what I needed to. Small win over my constant fears today.
we are together in this! i visited my grandma and we where together for 3 days even when i feared acting on my thoughts, im rly proud of us :)
Yessss! Congratulations! The more we act in opposition to what OCD says we need to do to keep everything under control, the better we get at it. Keep going!
Massive congratulations on this win! Don’t look at it as small! This was a huge deal for you and it caused you a lot of anxiety yet you still were able to push forward! Seriously congrats 😄
@Sarah155 Thank you so much
Amazing job! I’m so proud of you for pulling through! 🥳
@blazed Thank you
Not small at all! That is a big deal! Congratulations 🥰
Those of you who have overcome at least a bit, if not all, of your OCD. When you went through the CBT and ERP, did it feel like the end of the world? And how did you face the fact that your fears and uncertainties might actually come to life?
What ERP or other techniques do you use to combat fear of cancelation? Especially curious about those with taboo thoughts, false memory ocd and event ocd based off of real events where the fear of cancellation may actually hold some validity. I once did my own ERP not under a therapist but just on my own I decided to create an anonymous account on Twitter and defend a friend who was receiving online criticism. I knew that this would be semi-controversial so I was expecting backlash and when I recieved troll replies it actually seemed to be a really helpful low-stakes exposure activity. Is this something that others have done? Low stakes online posts etc. that you know will recieve negative responses? I have had severe OCD as a kid as pretty much every subtype under the sun, and as an adult I pretty much have all the types under control except for this real event and false memory and taboo thought OCD. It seems like a different beast since it's somewhat realistic in the camcellation culture today, and it's confusing to address. Ive shut down almost all social accounts and it's keeping me from progressing in a career where I need to have an online presence :/
So you got to ask me anything… Now I’d like to ask you something! I’ve heard from Members that they were so scared coming to their first ERP session. They were terrified that I would think they were crazy, that I would tell them their worst fears were true. That I would confirm they are some form of a terrible person or have them hauled off to prison for their thoughts. I’ve also had Members share how they’re very scared to begin ERP treatment because they’ve researched enough to know it means facing the fear, without the compulsions that have kept them feeling safe (but not really safe) this entire time. They struggled to see how they could be capable of doing this, while simultaneously acknowledging that they did not want to live like this anymore. If you have had your first session, what were your thoughts before? Did you have any hesitations or fears going into it? How did it turn out? If you haven’t yet begun to work with an ERP specialist, what is holding you back?
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