- Username
- ocdwr
- Date posted
- 11d ago
Newbie question
New to this app. Do members find it helps, I'm worried I will start obsessing over things I hadn't thought about before when I read other people's OCD triggers...
- Username
- Coco2025Coco2025
- Date posted
- 11d ago
Newbie here too and I find it has its ups and downs but definitely found some triggering. Usually it will say trigger warning but honestly anything can trigger me. I think overtime we get better with ERP. I just started but I’m excited to see how well it works. I’ve always been triggered so easy on things I read like “what if” that’s me 😫
- Username
- ocdwrocdwr
- Date posted
- 11d ago
Thanks for replying are you doing ERP through the app?
- Username
- JazzyJez86JazzyJez86
- Date posted
- 10d ago
One of my exposures in ERP is to look at the community page, as it can be very triggering to me. One of my main obsessions is the fear of getting a new OCD subtype and having new intrusive thoughts. I started my own exposure as looking through for 5 minutes and not reassuring myself or doing any mental compulsions, and now I’m up to 10 minutes. It’s finally getting to where I don’t care that much about seeing all of the posts and different themes. Sometimes I still get the physical feeling of anxiety and I know my OCD is trying to tell me, “what if you get that subtype?” But I have to say, “maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I’m going to accept not knowing and I’m choosing to live in the discomfort.” Eventually it gets better, but if you find it too triggering and you’re not using it in ERP, I’d say it’s okay to limit your time on here. Hope that helps!
- Username
- Coco2025Coco2025
- Date posted
- 10d ago
@JazzyJez86 Oh that makes sense! I’m just starting ERP so I’ll mention that to my therapist. Shows, news etc trigger me!
- Username
- mw mw
- Date posted
- 11d ago
Same here but in the long term I think it will help to know that I’m not alone!
- Username
- Emma34Emma34
- Date posted
- 11d ago
For me the core fears I have are from within due to my personal experience in life so I don’t get triggered and pick up themes (by the grace of God) BUT if I see someone who talks about a theme I used to have, I do tend to start thinking about it temporarily until the theme that causes me the most distress at the moment takes over again. What you can do is post your experience and search others who have your experience in the search bar and not scroll through everyone’s posts.
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