looping thoughts

I am diagnosed with pure ocd and i started taking sertraline for it a few days ago, i'm really hoping it will help. Honestly ocd is the hardest things i've ever dealt with and i'm still actively dealing with it does anyone know how to help with obsessive thoughts or anything i could be doing along with the medication to help with this? The thoughts completely control my everyday life and it's hard to maintain my relationships or even function.

OCD newbies
Young adults with OCD
Relationship OCD
"Pure" OCD

luciahasrocd

Date posted: 2y

Hey, ERP (exposure response prevention) therapy is the gold standard for OCD. Ocd is really hard but this therapy has a super high success rate and people (myself included) start seeing results after a few sessions. My best suggestion is to look for an ocd therapists that works with ERP and stick with it knowing it does get better. Sending loads of hugs.

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