- Date posted
- 45w
How do you not "have" or "do" a pure OCD compulsion? - it's a thought !
Hi folks, can someone please point me at resources for challenging/accepting etc pure OCD? I have had ACT and ERP therapy but it only worked partially and OCD still decimates my life. My main question is as follows: in ERP, if you have hand washing compulsions, you gradually go longer and longer without washing your hands (this is just an example). But with my pure OCD, the cognitive compulsions happen instantaneously after the triggering cognition and then submerge me like a tsunami. so how do I not "do" a thought that is instantaneous? I can't distance myself from the sink, or go for a walk right (as one might if one were employing ERP for hand washing)? How do I not have the compulsive thoughts? BTW I'm aware of acceptance and (ACT) concepts such of "buying into" a thought etc so please use ACT, ERP, CBT or even REBT language and metaphors as you see fit! Many thanks and best wishes to you all 🙏