ERP, simplified

It’s like training an over reactive dog, except the dog is your brain.

It’s facing your fears without chickening out of the induced distress.

It’s learning to accept your intrusive thoughts and let them go without avoiding, distracting, or reassuring yourself that they don’t define you.

It’s like jumping out off the edge of a cliff and truly feeling like you’re gonna falling then feeling a safety net catch you. It’s also the most empowering thing I’ve ever done because you literally look your fears dead in the face and don’t cower to them. So hard but it’s changed my life!!!

ERP requires you to confront your obsessions and not try to reassure yourself

You allow intrusive thoughts and uncomfortable feelings to be there and move on with your life doing what you want and value

fear factor lol

OMG! I am LOVING reading your descriptions of ERP therapy!

Lol, if I'm being 100% honest...the BEST technique we have yet discovered for combating OCD, and an amazing way of confronting your fears and reclaiming your life (but one that will probably be considered pretty barbaric and hard-core in 50 years' time when we've discovered gentler quicker methods 😄). On the plus side, succeeding at ERP makes you feel tough as nails and ultra-powerful 😉💪Pretty much everything else in life is comparatively easier, so it doesn't bother you! Whenever I have a difficult life task to complete, like a tricky job interview or a public onstage performance, I just tell myself 'It'll never be as hard as ERP was, so you can totally ace this!' 😄

Gradually facing fears and become more and more comfortable and confident when facing them.

repeatedly triggering yourself to desensitize yourself to your triggers in a therapeutic environment