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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 38w ago
ROCD
Any success stories with ROCD and ERP? Would love some encouragement❤️
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 38w ago
well i struggle really badly w ROCD specifically with confession ocd. (i also have false memory) sometimes i confess things i recently started making myself think “what if i did that? maybe i did maybe i didn’t” and sit with that. it’s SO hard but sometimes it made me realize, ‘hey my brain right now is telling me that i actually DONT think that way’ and i tried to listen to that. another thing my therapist had me do was write my confessions down. (these confessions were typical ROCD things like intrusive thoughts ab other ppl, dreams, thoughts that are “bad”, etc) this was super hard for me because it made it “real” but i’m happy to say i’ve been writing down so so much and it GENUINELY has given me some clarity. i went from no joke 15/20+ confessions a day to 1-2. it was SO HARD at first and don’t get me wrong i’m still in the process of healing. but whenever i have a thought that i “shouldn’t have” in my relationship i just try and sit with it and think that same thing “what if i thought that? okay it’s just a thought. and maybe i didn’t”
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 38w ago
Hi, I am new to ROCD myself as I only recently started dating but the best advice that i got was if your not ready to leave stay and this was helpful because I often would overthink and would be confused about my feeling like if I loved them or not.
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