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@liyah1787g With ocd erp therapy is in my opinion the only way to overcome ocd. Traditional talk therapy can worsen ocd as it can become a compulsion in itself, you tell your therapist about your fears and they reassure you that it’s not true and that it won’t come true, so your ocd will create new scenarios and new thoughts that eventually reassurance will just stop working. With talk therapy they try to get to the “root” of the problem but there is no “root” for the problem, it’s simply ocd. Erp teaches you to expose yourself to these triggers and allow the anxiety, emotions, sensations etc to be there and tolerate them being there. My obsessions and thoughts would be very similar to yours and I’m currently in erp. It’s hard and I’m still struggling but I’m doing a lot better than what I was before hand.

@liyah1787g Definitely look into getting ERP therapy with an OCD specialist! It can give life changing results for ocd just like yours. If NOCD takes your insurance you can get it through here. It may not seem like it, but you can get so much better very quickly! It’s very different from regular talk therapy.

@liyah1787g Good luck!!

@liyah1787g Of course <3