what is the gist of erp therapy?

The gist of ERP is setting aside time to purposely expose yourself to thoughts or experiences that trigger you and then to not do any compulsions (physical or mental) and simply wait for the anxiety/stress to pass without doing anything. Hence you expose yourself and then prevent your self from having a response to it. To start, it’s usually best to make a list of exposures and list them from least (anxeity etc) to most and work your way from easy to hard. It’s also best to practice everyday

I have found ERP does work. Nathan Peterson posts good videos about ocd. Here is one I found helpful https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UU3ClvnrcrC-3wr27fz_HlIQ&v=ks44nEG6R8Y&feature=youtu.be It takes work but it is worth it. One erp thing for me was when I would park the car and got out I was over concerned my car door hit the car next to me. My erp was to go park next to a car get out and walk to the back of the car then get back in and drive off without seeing if my car door hit the car. I did that again, again and again now it really isn’t nearly an issue as it was before. The anxiety would be there and I would let it go down on its own with doing the compulsion to look if I did hit the car.