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- 35w ago
Doing things I don't want to! When I have to do chores I think alot of similar thoughts, "you got this, it's for the better in the long run" etc
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- Date posted
- 35w ago
Love this!!!
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- 35w ago
Sometimes, I have the craziest thoughts that I always pay attention to and using ERP therapy like annihilates the urge to check and ruminate. It’s been a massive help. Been using it for 4 months now
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Congratulations! This is awesome news! ERP was/is a massive help for me as well.
- Date posted
- 35w ago
I have health ocd and my husband got very sick recently and I had constant exposures. I was able to deal using the skills ive learned through NOCD. The support I recieved from my therapist was vital to getting through this.
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Being able to use your skills in real time can help so much in the future!!
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- 35w ago
I use it for my social anxiety even when it doesn’t include ruminations. It is very effective.
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Yes! This is awesome! ERP can be used in a lot of situations, not just for your OCD!!
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Every day anxieties or doubts. The biggest one was when I tried it with a phobia I had as a Guinea pig experiment before diving into it with ocd. It worked and was a big eureka moment
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Applying your ERP skills to every day anxieties or doubts is a fantastic idea.
- Date posted
- 35w ago
👏 ERP, ERP, ERP 👏
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 35w ago
YES!
- Date posted
- 35w ago
ERP doesn’t work for me unfortunately my ocd seems unstoppable only thing that worked were complutions
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- 35w ago
@scutodragon It wasn’t working because you were doing compulsions.
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- 35w ago
@Nica Yeah your right I should’ve committed more also I should try medication maybe it will help god knows I need that right now thanks for replying
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- 35w ago
@scutodragon You can always begin again on your journey!
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- 35w ago
@Nica From my experience at least the easiest way to stop ocd is from the root stopping the compulsion at first when it’s first born as in not to react to it after the relief of finishing the last compulsion then I try to stay in this theme as long as I can trying to ignore and prevent the next compulsion until it eventually happens the problem is sometimes my ocd whining gets to the point where I can’t function sleep or do normal human things how can I broke this cycle
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Believe me I tried but it was never meant to work I was always meant to be with this menace of a disorder While envying the normal trashy lucky people
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 34w ago
I use it in everything.
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- Date posted
- 11w ago
What ERP or other techniques do you use to combat fear of cancelation? Especially curious about those with taboo thoughts, false memory ocd and event ocd based off of real events where the fear of cancellation may actually hold some validity. I once did my own ERP not under a therapist but just on my own I decided to create an anonymous account on Twitter and defend a friend who was receiving online criticism. I knew that this would be semi-controversial so I was expecting backlash and when I recieved troll replies it actually seemed to be a really helpful low-stakes exposure activity. Is this something that others have done? Low stakes online posts etc. that you know will recieve negative responses? I have had severe OCD as a kid as pretty much every subtype under the sun, and as an adult I pretty much have all the types under control except for this real event and false memory and taboo thought OCD. It seems like a different beast since it's somewhat realistic in the camcellation culture today, and it's confusing to address. Ive shut down almost all social accounts and it's keeping me from progressing in a career where I need to have an online presence :/
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- Therapist
- Date posted
- 11w ago
So you got to ask me anything… Now I’d like to ask you something! I’ve heard from Members that they were so scared coming to their first ERP session. They were terrified that I would think they were crazy, that I would tell them their worst fears were true. That I would confirm they are some form of a terrible person or have them hauled off to prison for their thoughts. I’ve also had Members share how they’re very scared to begin ERP treatment because they’ve researched enough to know it means facing the fear, without the compulsions that have kept them feeling safe (but not really safe) this entire time. They struggled to see how they could be capable of doing this, while simultaneously acknowledging that they did not want to live like this anymore. If you have had your first session, what were your thoughts before? Did you have any hesitations or fears going into it? How did it turn out? If you haven’t yet begun to work with an ERP specialist, what is holding you back?
- Date posted
- 10w ago
Can I hear some examples of specific parts of ERP that has helped you? I've been doing talk therapy for a few years and the major issue I have with it is that I already have analyzed all of my problems from every angle, so I'm kind of just sitting there yapping about it for an hour. I need solutions and things that make me feel better.
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