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OCD treatment erp is failing
My treatments have failed erp and acceptance therapy have both failed in their own ways erp at first And then acceptance therapy next
My treatments have failed erp and acceptance therapy have both failed in their own ways erp at first And then acceptance therapy next
Had to delay to test due to not being able to function
As usual nothing work god I hate my life all this trying is useless
How long have you been doing this? And are you doing compulsions when you’re not doing therapy?
@Nica I’m trying my best not to the compulsion and ignoring it but it’s growing stronger I can’t seem to ignore the thought I had to delay my test in a few days because it’s clear I didn’t recover fast enough it’s getting to the point where it’s fucking. With my future treatments are making it worse than better I don’t know what to do at this point I’m not from. Western country to treatments are so difficult to find and I’m already failing in self training
@Nica I can’t understand why it’s ALWAYS me with this issues and everyone else is happy and thriving God I hate my life I don’t see the point of it
@scutodragon Stay strong, I’ve felt utterly hopeless because of OCD but it got better. ERP is the gold standard for treatment, medication can help, and there are a lot of resources online about OCD. It took me a lot of hard work and failing to get a hold of my life again. You can do it.
@Lgpuc I’ve been trying for a while now and I’ve been seeing no result it’s been months now and almost no progress
@Lgpuc I don’t know how you did it but when it’s been legit almost a decade and erp keeps failing over the years maybe it’s time to maybe take surgery or try medication I’ve gained so much weight
@scutodragon It’s going to take time; this isn’t a fast or easy process. It took me 6 years of intense therapy to become subclinical/recovered. And it was once a week, sometimes multiple times a week, seeing my therapist for 6 years because I was really deep in my own BS.
@Nica Yeah I see that now how did you manage school/work driving and in general life cause it bothered me that others were enjoying you know while I was suffering
@scutodragon School and work were things to focus on vs. staying home and making everything worse because I’d just stay in my room and cry all day and night. That’s obviously not productive.
@scutodragon You most likely need medication to lower your anxiety so you can then do ERP with a professional. Have you told you therapist all this? Do you have a therapist?
@Nica Relatable tho for me it destroyed my school and work weekend my functioning and focus
@Nica No where I’m from there is very litttle therapy most therapy is over priced and most people don’t know what ocd is
@scutodragon If where you are doesn’t have a psychiatrist then it will be harder but I highly suggest looking into Nathan Peterson’s OCD course for a one time fee. You’ll have to do it on your own but I’ve seen people do it successfully (though it also takes way longer) doing Nathan Peterson’s course, which is why I suggest it.
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@Monster2024 OCD is a disaster my treatments have failed I’m thinking medication
@Monster2024 Anything working so far? Trying so hard to control ocd and I need new ways
I hate my life
I had just posted a summary of ERP for a group member, and I thought it might be useful for everybody. Here it is below (with a little extra added)…. ERP therapy is researched-based. Most other therapies don’t work. There have been people who have been literally stuck in their houses (from their OCD) who gained their lives back through ERP therapy. NOCD does ERP therapy exclusively. You can find it in other places too, but you have to ask around. There are two tenants of ERP therapy: The first one has to do with the repetitive thoughts inside our heads. These thoughts are actually defined as “obsessions”. You are not supposed to do anything with the obsessions. You are supposed to let them run through your head freely, without trying to fix them or stop them. Imagine a tree planted by a river. The leaves fall off and float down the river. You can see the leaves falling, but you don’t try to stop them or pick them up. You don’t try to fix them. You just let them float away. This is really important to do with your obsessive thoughts. The more you try to fight them off, the worse they get. I used to have blasphemous sentences running in my head 24/7. I felt like I had to put a “not” next to each sentence in order to “fix” it. But this just took hours of my time every day, and it was very scary, because I was worried that if I messed up, that I would go to hell. It was very freeing to learn later that I could just let those sentences run freely through my head without trying to fix them. The second part of ERP therapy is all about “denying your compulsions.” Every time OCD tells you that if you don’t do things a certain way that something really bad will happen, that is a compulsion. Once you recognize what your compulsions are, ERP therapy will have you practice stopping doing all of those things. For some people, that will mean stopping washing their hands or touching lights switches or, in my case, putting “fixing” words in their head. Compulsions are safety behaviors. During ERP therapy, you will practice stopping engaging with safety behaviors. All this is very hard to do and scary, so during therapy you will be given tools to help you deal with the fear. Often ERP therapy will take people from being non-functional to functional. I highly recommend it. ————————————————- PITFALL #1: After you have been doing ERP for a while and become somewhat successful, the OCD will try subtle little tricks to bring you down again. The first one is to tell you that your thoughts are REAL and not OCD, and therefore you can’t apply ERP therapy. Don’t fall for this trick! All thoughts are just thoughts. They are all meaningless. Don’t try to figure out what is real and what is OCD. Just treat all thoughts with ERP therapy. PITFALL #2: The second pitfall is that OCD will tell you that you can’t move forward unless you have absolute certainty that you will be safe. Hate to tell you this, folks, but there is no certainty in life. You will never know for SURE that you or your loved ones will be “safe” from the OCD rules. Therefore, you have to move forward in the uncertainty. It’s hard, but it gets easier with time and practice. We got this, guys !!!!!!
Ero doesn't work. I don't understand why people always say use erp use erp. It doesn't work, ever. Sitting with anxiety doesn't work, nothing works. There is no dealing with ocd the only way to deal with it is rumination and getting reassurance. Erp doesn't work because it needs to work immediately. I dint have time to sit with anxiety and living with the thought I need the thoughts gone now. I'm a horrible person, I deserve nothing, I don't deserve friends, I'm awful horrible, I'm terrible. My ocd is right and I need to accept it. It never gets better. I will never recover
Has anyone else had a rough start? I’m 4 sessions in and have had no actual ERP work happen, I have 2 different therapists because none have availability to meet 2 times a week. Both those therapists are not available for the next 2 weeks so now I’m going to see a new 3rd one. Each time I’ve seen a new therapist I feel like the whole first session is spent with them re explaining everything. I’m paying for this out of pocket because they don’t accept Tricare which is my insurance as a Retired Marine. So I’m 960 in, and honestly feel worse than when I started. I get zero suggestions on what to do between sessions and feel so incomplete after my session finishes. I feel like I’ve gotten more help asking chat gpt questions on EPR and how to deal with ROCD than I do in my sessions . Does anyone have any insight or helpful advice here?
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