The ERP difference

It tackles my symptoms directly. CBT is helpful with certain aspects of anxiety and negative thought partners, but ERP has gotten right to the source of my struggles and gave me a way to deal with them.

Having tools to face things, response prevention instead of avoidance.

Once you get comfortable with embracing ERP, it starts to become a habit you can employ on the go. It has enabled me to learn to deal with intrusive thoughts relatively quickly, where as before I would have had that thought stuck in my head all day ! And would have until I sought reassurance, only to have it come back even stronger. It’s a constant work to keep it up, but it has enabled me to even taper down off my meds

Lasting results

Accepting the discomfort and learning to live with it, generally gets easier each time

The inner voice and critic is less loud and has lost some power

ERP makes you become a much more resilient person! Facing your fears is such hard work, but when you keep up with it, those fears don’t have much power over you anymore. And you don’t have as much of a fear response when new intrusive thoughts/ feelings/ urges/ images come up! 😊

dealing with a problem head on instead of finding ways to rationalize something and avoid it under the guise of working with it

Definitely actual results instead of useless talk therapy

It actually works

ERP is like a removing a very painful big mantel sprinter. It is very hard and stressful and feels like you are torturing yourself. But it works and the relief you get afterwards as you’re ocd is no longer torturing you very minute of the day,I have not word that could describe how much better my life is after treating my ocd. ERP is worth it, it is hard but it works. I would recommend ERP to others with ocd.

ERP has not only helped my OCD, but my depression and anxiety as well. I have been able to apply the ERP concepts to other parts of my life and I have seen an overall wellness in my mental health, not just OCD. I am much more mindful and aware.

Things I’ve done: CBT therapy 12 step programs Coping skills (that turned into compulsions) : gratitude journaling, prayer, meditation, running (big time). Quit caffeine entirely, became a vegetarian- you name it, ive tried it in the name of “getting better”. I really thought that if I just kept at these things every single day I’d start to get better. In three months of ERP, I feel like a different person. Things are still hard, and I still feel like a piece of shit human being most of the time- but it’s getting easier

Doesnt make my ocd worse like talk therapy.

ERP provides a structured and targeted approach to my intrusive thoughts and a gradual, effective approach to stopping compulsions. It counters the smoke and mirrors of OCD’s entanglement with the simple, grounded wisdom of face your fears and learn you can handle discomfort. I’m very grateful for it and this community

Understanding and acceptance of triggers, even if they sound like something someone can easily move on from.

I'm genuinely very excited for you! 💪🏻

What exactly does ERP consist of ?

Whoever flagged/deleted my comment because I used the word “demonic” — I hope you’re proud of yourself. I have since deleted all comments from this thread because I don’t appreciate censorship and I said people with demonic thoughts

It addresses the anxiety/scary feeling part.