- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 29w ago
What is ERP?
Can someone tell me how ERP works and give a particular example of an exposure and how its carried out? i need to know if its in addition to CBT or a part of it or something.
- Username
- FantasodaFantasoda
- Date posted
- 29w ago
It’s kinda like a facing your fears typa deal. For example if knives were the exsposure, I’d hold one and attempt to refrain from any compulsions. Or if it’s mental, you’d try to allow thoughts to be there without mentally reviewing it. In the end it’s learning that your greatest fears are least likely to happen, & ERP is used to support that.
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- SomaticSun🌤️SomaticSun🌤️
- Date posted
- 29w ago
@Pepsicola Mental compulsions are tough as hell to deal with. They can be so automatic. Then you do ERP to just allow them to be there without responding, and that in itself becomes another compulsion, trying to NOT engage. You can hyper-fixated on that too. How do you win? I don’t know
- Username
- NicaNica
- Date posted
- 29w ago
-What is ERP therapy: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/erp/ -What’s An OCD Trigger? https://psychcentral.com/ocd/what-is-an-ocd- -What’s Pure O OCD? https://www.verywellmind.com/pure-o-primarily-obsessional-ocd-4159144 -OCD vs. GAD Differences: https://ocdla.com/ocd-vs-gad-7071
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- Username
- mikeb31978
- Date posted
- 23w ago
ERP Concerns
How do you go about your life when ERP therapy is so stressful. I have harm ocd and by making me watch horror movies etc . is just making it worse. I'm really worried I'm being brainwashed into being what I dont want to be . Does this mean ERP is not for me? I also have no compulsions just pure O .
- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Can ERP exacerbate obsessions?
I was wondering if this is a thing. Like, say, especially if you are in the process of getting better. Doesn't doing ERP every day keep reminding you of your obsessions? Is there a point where you should do it less often? Or how does this work?
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