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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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- Staff
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- 1y
Love this!!!
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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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Congratulations! This is awesome news! ERP was/is a massive help for me as well.
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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
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- 1y
Being able to use your skills in real time can help so much in the future!!
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I use it for my social anxiety even when it doesn’t include ruminations. It is very effective.
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- Staff
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- 1y
Yes! This is awesome! ERP can be used in a lot of situations, not just for your OCD!!
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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
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- 1y
Applying your ERP skills to every day anxieties or doubts is a fantastic idea.
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👏 ERP, ERP, ERP 👏
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- Staff
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- 1y
YES!
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ERP doesn’t work for me unfortunately my ocd seems unstoppable only thing that worked were complutions
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@scutodragon It wasn’t working because you were doing compulsions.
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@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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@scutodragon You can always begin again on your journey!
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@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
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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
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I use it in everything.
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- Therapist
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- 25w
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is one of the hardest but most effective treatments for OCD. If you’ve started ERP, what has been the biggest challenge in resisting compulsions?
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 24w
I used to get caught in a loop with existential thoughts very frequently. Every question made my stomach drop: (TW: existential questions) … … ... "Why does anything exist at all? What will death be like? Is anything even real? Is there any meaning to this? Is the universe infinitely big, and if not, what's beyond it? Are there multiverses? Has the universe been around forever? Will the universe end for good, or will it keep going forever? What is forever like? What even IS reality?" It would get so overwhelming that I remember lying on the floor in a fetal position for hours because I felt like there was no escape. I spent most of my days reading articles and watching videos about theoretical astrophysics and philosophy in a desperate attempt to "figure it all out." Of course that only made me more anxious, raised more questions, and kept me trapped in the cycle. Things started to improve once I learned to turn TOWARD reality, rather than away from it, and ERP really helped me do that. I learned that these questions weren't the problem. I learned that I can actually handle the anxiety that arises when exposed to these ideas and concepts. I don't have to figure anything out to make the anxiety go away; it arises and passes away on its own. Ironically, bringing myself into the present moment and becoming more aware of reality helped me escape the cycle of existential dread. Because of that, this topic no longer takes over my life. If I'm triggered by something I see, hear, or think, I may still feel a little twang of anxiety, but then it just goes away. "Maybe, maybe not" has been the single most useful phrase of my life. Do you ever get trapped in a cycle of existential questions? Are you worried that the ERP approach would be too scary to handle? If so, I'm happy to give my advice.
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- 24w
ERP helping people as opposed to turning them into the bad thing doesn't make sense to me. How is fixating on the uncomfortable thought not going to turn you into a criminal minds episode?
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