Can my anger issues be resolved with ocd therapy
I have extreme anger issues and it's ruining my life and people around me. Can I address this issue of mine with ERP/ocd therapy?
Possibly but it depends on the issue of why you have anger issues.
I have anger issues too. And since OCD has gotten bad for me, it made my mood worse and promoted anger. (But personally, it's not just OCD that made it worse, but my overall bad life situation -- as well as how people have hurt me recently)
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Possibly. OCD can sometimes make people take out their stress and frustration on other people. When I was in highschool I would blame my triggers on other people when in reality I was the one taking it out on them. A couple years later I realized I was the asshole for making people jump through hoops for my OCD. Especially when I wasn't doing anything about myself. If you have OCD and you realize your hurting your friends and family then YOU have to change something and learn a new way of dealing with your anger and stress. Therapy and treatment can also teach you a lot of tools to make your stress and triggers easier to deal with. I'm sure it's not just you and other people have a part as well in arguments but by working on your self and getting treatment you are going to be able to handle conflict better and stay calmer and probably make them look a lot worse. If you don't go to treatment I would at least maybe buy a couple books on OCD or maybe meditation.
Is it possible for ERP to be too much for people? I am suffering with postpartum ocd among some harm and religious stuff... mostly always geared towards my son. I’m just wondering if there have been other modes of therapy that have been have been found effective and less anxiety inducing inducing. I’m doing ERP, but it’s very hard to just sit with my anxiety when I’m trying to take care of a baby. Thanks for any tips!
My OCD makes me angry at the world. I have been so angry/irritable lately and I can’t seem to control it. Does anyone else struggle with anger and rage due to their OCD?
So, I do have OCD. That’s not a question (Pure O mainly. Compulsions are mental and emotional checking and ruminating and comparing). And my OCD was ramping up pretty bad a while back so I started ERP counseling through NOCD. I learned some basic skills and good ways to respond and not engage to thoughts. But now, I think the therapy just brings things up that didn’t need to be that big. It makes minor things bigger. It brings overwhelm thinking I have all this “work” to do, when I think what I need is to let go. Of course with OCD letting go is not a simple task, but hear me out. I didn’t do therapy for over a month and started feeling better. I used some of the tools I learned a few times and things just seemed more minor and less serious. I’m now postpartum with anxiety panic and ocd so I upped my therapy and I truly think it’s making things worse. Does anyone else share this opinion or experience? I also think back to when OCD was darn near nonexistent and I was not in ERP therapy. I know things come and go but I’m just realizing this.
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