Medication POCD

@Anonymous Do you think with enough ERP and medication all this can go away ?

@Anonymous Yeah i know OCD is chronic and there’s no cure for it , i’m just wondering if this certain subtype of ocd (POCD) will go away with time and help from ERP

@Anonymous Okay , Thank you 🙏

@Nin_a I hope you for the best results too 💜 , At the end of the day I really hope it’s just OCD , How do you handle your harm OCD ? because I believe I have it too , but I don’t wanna self diagnose anything yet

@thecurefan Honestly I'm still in the thick of harm ocd. I'm doing ACT and ERP with a therapist. I find that saying maybe or maybe not doesn't work for my harm thoughts. Instead I try to just not engage with the thoughts or do compulsions. I still welcome the thoughts. If something scares me like let's say i get a harm thought of my mom, instead of avoiding her ill go sit with her and talk. I'm just practicing being in the present moment instead of the past or future. I think of my ocd like an unwanted party guest. They can come in and make a scene but I'm not gonna stop the party, I'm gonna continue having fun and engaging in the moment, eventually the party guest will get bored and move on.

@Nin_a I feel like influence plays a big part in Harm OCD , A few weeks ago I decided to watch the tv series “Dexter” but I decided to drop it after 3 episodes and maybe continue it when i’m in a better head space since it made me feel like an actual serial killer or a psycho

@thecurefan Oh absolutely. I often get triggered when i hear about crimes so i started avoiding all of it. Funny enough, a crime is what triggered my harm ocd to start. I used also enjoy watching crime shows and such but since dealing with this I've been avoiding all of that in fears of becoming like them or feeling like it. I did the same when i had pocd, id just avoid anything with kids. I'm hoping to recover to a point where i can watch shows with action or crime without being triggered or obsessing.

@Nin_a The thing with me is that I don’t feel like I avoid kids enough to be satisfied , infact i feel like I don’t try to ignore them at all even when I say I will which makes me feel even more like a weirdo

@thecurefan But it looks like you're hyperaware of that so what you're doing is checking which is a compulsion. You don't have to fully avoid them, everyone has different compulsions. For me personally sometimes when i see a sad situation i started wondering do i feel sad enough, so im checking my emotions which is a compulsion. Have you seen a psychiatrist? I think getting a proper diagnosis would give you more clarity and a little comfort to start your journey into recovery.

@Nin_a I’ve been trying to see one and I have also been trying to get in contact with a OCD specialist to help me out. But I barley got my insurance a couple days ago since I moved towns😭 , I don’t care how many pills I have to take to get rid of this tbh though