ERP is still not working

@Thatoneunhingedfae Welll my situation is terrible medication and therapy aren’t really available or exist where I’m from I can’t wait for ERP BECUASE this is an eventful time in my life with a lot of tests and shit coming up I simply connot afford ocd but it chooses to remain with every attempt to destroy it making it stronger

@scutodragon Yikes. So sorry, I'm not entirely sure what to tell you. OCD doesn't really have a quick fix cure. I don't know where your from or your circumstances. But depending on your tests. You may be able to get accommodations. People with mental illnesses can often get accommodations in school-especially for things like ADHD or OCD. Extra time on tests, that sort of thing. Hang in there. I hope your day gets better. 💛

@Thatoneunhingedfae It just sucks because I get the same results as people with good brains who don’t try what bothers me is that my ocd brain destroys whatever I try to do all the time Yeah your right I need to get accommodations

@scutodragon Well you are right about that. OCD absolutely sucks. In school, and all other areas of life. My mom also has OCD, she told me recently "I feel like for every 1 round other people are doing, I'm doing two." I think it's important to remind ourselves, how much we kick arse. School is hard, work is hard, life is hard. And we do all those things with a broken brain. We're frickin superheros. 🩵✨️

@Thatoneunhingedfae Nothing is working lately I’m losing hair and expolding on everyone left and right

@Thatoneunhingedfae How did you manage to control your ocd

@scutodragon Meds and therapy mostly. We all have our weak and strong days. On my weak days I feel like I'm drowning. But on my strong ones I have the courage to say 'No, I'm not going to do that today. This is my brain-my rules. And you are not winning today!" I went through a losing hair thing myself. I had to learn to replace my unhealthy coping with other things. You might try a fidget or a calm down technique for when your particularly stressed. Forgive yourself for your weak days. I worked through a bunch of OCD books as a kid. They compared OCD to a tantruming child. You have to learn to tell it "No" even when it makes it yell louder. You've got this. I believe in you.

@Thatoneunhingedfae My ocd thought are very hard to deprove for example I lost a charger and I find it I KNOW it’s the same one but my ocd just does not want to believe that and says it is somehow a different one and lost items drive me CRAZY. My brain stppped working I hate being the mental one it’s draining me out

@Thatoneunhingedfae The last thing you said tho wow so true it’s amazing to talk to someone with ocd becuase normal people don’t get it and that just makes the one with ocd more isolated and angry you know

@scutodragon Hey if your mental then we're all mental. But seriously your not alone. OCD does not always care about logic. (Unfortunately) I wish I could just Spock away all my intrusive thoughts sometimes. Take care of yourself. It can be hard to feel like the one in charge with OCD. But we are in charge even when we don't feel like it.

@scutodragon Isolation is OCDs biggest tool. It tries to say "your the only one whose like this." It's a lie. We're not-this community is living proof.

@Thatoneunhingedfae Yeah it’s so hard because I’m the only one with ocd within my siblings and it’s hard being the one without a mind half the time Also you said about accommodations and I might have to look into that but it’s really hard to get diagnosed here mental health awareness is 20 years behind what it is in a western country and that creates problems for someone like me

@Thatoneunhingedfae My ocd biggest fear is losing items lost items just drive me to a new zenith of craziness

@scutodragon Oof. I'm so sorry. Like I said my mom has OCD. She has told me about what it was like for her as a kid when no one really knew what OCD was. I feel for you. Hold on. 🩵

@Thatoneunhingedfae Oh I get that I know how your mom felt but she likely had it worse as I got better when I met people online that prob didn’t exist back in the day What is your ocd about is you mind sharing Mije is about losing items mainly sometimes stuff happens out of your control

@scutodragon Mine was about contamination as a kid. (Like to a ridiculous extent) Some of that has stuck around. When I was teen it started drifting to other things, especially religious stuff. (Which I didn't realize was OCD for the longest time. Bless my mother who recognized it for what it was when I finally broke down about it) Losing stuff huh, so do you like worry that you won't find it. Or is it like a need to have everything where it should be.

@Thatoneunhingedfae No my ocd likes to play annoying games like I find the item itself but my ocd says this is somehow another item even tho it looks EXACTLY the same and to look again

@scutodragon Oh my gosh...that sounds so annoying. I'm so sorry. I hate doing things over and over. Spirals are awful. "We should do that compulsion again...." "We just did it three times, let it go." *sigh*

@Thatoneunhingedfae Yeah it’s so annoying it would never recognize that the item is in fact the same one I lost so I was forced to do erp in a sence

@Thatoneunhingedfae Yeah nothing is good enough for ocd ever I get that

@scutodragon - if systems are interfering that much with your goals, you may need to prioritize treatment before some other competing things in your life. Even school. That's what people sometimes have to do when health conditions must be prioritized. Mental health is just as significant. Not something to be ashamed of dealing with first, when necessary.

@AntoniOcd It’s been so long and nothing is coming out of erp i don’t see the point

@scutodragon Like 2 weeks

@scutodragon Just started erp as well but my therapist told me it can take several months of erp before you start having noticable improvement. So don't give up now.

@Anonymous What if I don’t have that time

@scutodragon - I think 2 weeks is a very short time to expect results from therapy. I'd encourage you to try being more patient with yourself before quitting the most reliable treatment for this life-long disorder.