mikeb31978
- Date posted
- 52w ago
ERP
Is it normal to be a month into ERP and still obsessing. On average how long before it makes it go away. I feel like its making it worse.
ctmontctmont
- Date posted
- 52w ago
I like the analogy of OCD being like a “noisy grandfather clock”. At first the sound of the ticking drives you bonkers but after awhile you no longer notice it. ERP doesn’t get rid of the thoughts. ERP just makes it so they no longer drive you nuts. The noise is still there but you no longer give it the attention.
Grace MarceilleGrace Marceille
- Date posted
- 52w ago
It takes time, but it does get better!! For me it took a long time, but I am okay now, and it will be okay for you too eventually! You got this and hang in there
Honeyshark Honeyshark
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 52w ago
It takes a while. My SOOCD did really well after three months but my ROCD is really sticking around 😅
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 52w ago
yeah sorry it takes a while. mine is improving gradually as I've worked on it more and more over the past year and a half. it got noticably better in less than a month, but by no means completely better. That's just me; I'm sure it varies widely
mikeb31978mikeb31978
- Date posted
- 52w ago
@Anonymous feels like its always in the background even though im continuing my life
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 51w ago
@mikeb31978 I hope it fades further and further into the background until it stops taking up your time and energy
Quinty8*Quinty8*
- Date posted
- 52w ago
yes, its never linear either. the first few weeks were absolutely brutal for me, i continued and felt so much better for months and had a really bad down turn recently. its so important to stick with it, i am losing hope but i’m not going to stop ERP because of a spiral when i see the improvement i had made before
Stuck@theSinkStuck@theSink
- Date posted
- 52w ago
Great question. I'm about a month into erp now too and struggling with it. I have so many different compulsions and its so hard to change things like all the things I wash my hands for. I keep hoping things will magically just become easy, but all these quirks developed over time, and its probably going to take a little time to work them back.
Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 52w ago
Just under 3 months for me. But I went way beyond what the therapist was asking of me. Wayyyy beyond
mikeb31978mikeb31978
- Date posted
- 52w ago
well mine is pure O so yeah ... need it to stop
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 21w ago
disliking ERP
I just started working on my first exposure today with my therapist after screening and creating the lists for several weeks now. We did an exposure together and now I feel 100x worse than I did coming in. I won’t go too into detail but it involved looking at a VERY gory image that had to do with my fear of natural disasters. I called my mom and talked with her and she was shocked and wondered how in the hell that would help me! I agree. Did any of y’all feel this way when you first started or is this just not the right kind of therapy for me?
Freddy327
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Waiting for therapy
Hi everyone. I'm feeling kinda scared because I have to wait a whole month to start ERP therapy, but I feel like I need to start doing exposures now because the longer I wait, the more anxiety I get. It just feels like the OCD monster is getting worse. One thing that helps me is asking one person about an obsession I have...asking a person that I trust, and then doing an exposure after I get the "ok" to do it. I feel like I do need 1 reassurance and then I can go ahead and do it. I know i'm not supposed to ask for reassurance at all, but i dont think you're supposed to do ERP on your own right? Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do while waiting for therapy? PS-the reason there is a wait is bc she's on vacation. After she's back we will meet regularly.
Anonymous 25#
- Date posted
- 4w ago
When?
Can someone please tell me at what point did you finally accept that it’s OCD? When did the ERP click for you? When did you just stop buying into the lies of OCD and finally let go? Like what does it take. It’s been 2 years of this for me and I’m in ERP currently and it’s just not clicking 😣 is it just me???
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