Is the anxiety still meant to be there? I have so much evidence and it feels like no matter how much erp, I can’t get past the facts and evidence I have from my past memories…. This is so scary, erp is so so hard. Reassurance is easier but sitting with the thought makes me feel like it’s real and I get lost in these thoughts and spiral. Isn’t it supposed to go away? This is why I hate erppppp
It feels like I don’t even have thoughts it’s just a feeling or “knowing” I am gay or something and I’m lying to myself. It gives me severe anxiety and I feel like I must not have ocd. How do I even know if I have ocd? What is going on I feel so sick in the head someone please help me!!!
Someone help please I’m so scared I don’t wanna be here anymore
Hey! Take a deep breath! Im also having a hard day… my light bulb moment (my truth) is me realising im actually in denial and gay and I just dont want to accept it and if I stay with my bf I will never know/feel true love. Its sooo hard. How can I help?
I’m sorry I don’t have the answer to your question as I have never been diagnosed but I do hope you get an answer from someone else who has been thru ERP. just know that I am here noticing you. I do understand your feelings as I read that ERP is a hard thing to do. while I may not be useful to help, just know that you’re doing a VERY brave thing by doing this. you have already took the big leap into treatment. you’ve got this!!! it sucks right now but I know you can do it!!! RAHHHHH I BELIEVE IN YOU !!! GO BEAT OCD’S ASS!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Erp is very scary and hard. Do you have a nocd therapist?
For those practicing erp whether it be with a therapist or by yourself, how do you just sit with the anxiety/uncertainty? I've been trying, but it's extremely hard because I know what is true about myself even though my brain is trying to convince me otherwise. How do you guys get through eerp without it just sounding like you're confirming the thoughts?? I'm struggling here.
It feels like I can never even get to be able to get there. It shakes me to my core and writing out my fears, triggers, and compulsions today for my therapist made my OCD finally feel real and that it’s not just my anxiety. Has anyone else struggled with this? Any tips for newbies who are scared 💩less?
I need a different perspective on this. I feel like I'm being run through the ringer. I'm doing what I can to avoid reassurance and not avoid triggers but I get triggered every day. I'm trying so hard to sit with the panic and the horror but it's so hard. It gets to the point I feel physically sick. Is there anything that I can do to help with this? I feel alone. I don't feel strong, I feel like a punching bag. Why is this so hard to master? I really want to know it gets easier. I've been suffering from POCD that has evolved and gotten worse and worse over the past eight months that has been torturing me multiple times on a daily basis and I feel like I'm drowning. I want to run away and hide because my life feel like it's seconds from being ruined. Please, please tell me this gets easier. That this ERP therapy will stop making me feel like I'm dying. The small moments of victory feel so brief only for me to get hit with another wave. There is so much uncertainty over such a horrific thing I feel ill. I feel afraid to be alone with my mind. Please if anyone out there can please give me tips on how to handle ERP. One moment I think I'm finally beating this thing and the next it's got me pinned and I'm terrified my life will be ruined. I want my peace back, I need help and I'm doing everything I can to resist compulsions but I feel so alone and dirty and disgusting. Please help me. Thank you for any advice 💕
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