Not sure if this is normal, but all of a sudden, like within days, it seems as though my OCD is completely gone and I’m really confused. Any advice or experience with this would be great. Thanks

Thank you so so much. I think your right though that I have accepted it and that has seem to be what made it go away. I have just recently started, like 2 months ago, ERP and it seems that when I try to make myself anxious to expose myself and resist I end up not anxious and don’t get anywhere, but when I’m not trying it’ll pop up. Thank you again though I really appreciate your advice.

Talk to your therapist about this! Sometimes people struggle to feel anxious in therapy. Being in the one place you actually want to feel anxious so you can get help can make your brain shut it right off. It’s the paradox of anxiety and ocd all over again. A huge driver for anxiety is trying NOT to be anxious. Sometimes the moment we actually allow it, if not encourage it, with ERP, it goes away. That doesn’t mean the work you’re doing in therapy is pointless or not helping though! Keep going! You’re still learning invaluable skills for handling anxiety in the future. And right now, this is all new still. Once you’re not in a place where you’ve accepted the anxiety, it could come back.

I get that too after some things, i also do erp, but it almost seems as though after certain things ive done certain days makes me less anxious right after even for a few hours after, ive been exercising lately and been eating better than i have in the past, so i dont know if that could be making it better i could see it helping, and lately ive been doing my erp because i normally am not able to everyday like i should, but yeah i just get no ocd or anxiety at times after that.

I have also started exercising more lately as I have started taking ballet classes for conditioning. I have seen some improvement from that too. Good luck with your ERP

I just did some research on it and it actually says that it helps with improving anxiety, so no wonder i felt better, will definitely be keeping it up along with erp.

Thank you @syd123

^things that used to cause me so much anxiety, and obsessions leading to compulsions, don’t seem to anymore. I will forget to worry and then afterwards I remember, oh yeah that should have made me anxious. The things my therapist give me to do also don’t cause me any anxiety and I’m kinda worried, that I’m not anxious because I have been since I was at least 7 years old and it’s all I’ve ever known, so now that I’m not anxious it’s making me really worried. Sorry that was so long