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Help me
Anyone got any advice for ERP for POCD? I relapsed after having a child and I’m having a really really bad time, I don’t know what to do anymore
Anyone got any advice for ERP for POCD? I relapsed after having a child and I’m having a really really bad time, I don’t know what to do anymore
As ugly as the thoughts are don’t react to them. I started laughing or giggling at them because in reality I know how RIDICULOUS they are. I do breathing exercises and just try my best to enjoy the moments. I have 2 children. It attacked them big time. But I’m at a place I get an intrusive thought one or two times a day!
@TrinaL Will this work for beating the groina response too??
@Fcukocd That was a nasty trick it threw at me and I continued to laugh at it still. The reaction to the thought is what makes us freak out. I take a deep breath and continue with what I’m doing
@TrinaL Ill try my best to do that, it just happens at the most unexpected times, eg when I’m looking at photos of my baby or just cuddling her
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@hope2 I will, I’ll be the best parent I can be
My best advice is do all the parent things no matter how uncomfortable or distressing it is. Do what you would do as the best version of yourself if you did not have the obstacle of OCD. My POCD hit when my child was 1.5 years. He is 3 now and it is rare for my OCD to flare up around this. Change the diapers, change the clothes, give the baths, the hugs, the snuggles, the affection. Do not refrain from parenting. Show your OCD who is boss!!
@Stay.Fluid I’ll try my best, thank you, it’s just the groinal response is really beating me down at the moment
@Fcukocd I used to get those also. Once I realized how much anxiety generates sensation in your pelvis I started saying maybe it’s just anxiety, maybe it’s not. Don’t give up hope. I have not had the obstacle of Groinals in quite some time. Which means, there is hope for you as well 🙂
@Stay.Fluid I hope so, can I ask you something?
@Fcukocd Yes
@Fcukocd Did u flag my comment :(
@Fcukocd No, I did not flag your comment. I support everyone in this community.
@Stay.Fluid Okay, sorry I just wondered, did you see the question I asked? :(
@Fcukocd I don’t think I saw it
@Stay.Fluid Did you see it this time I reposted it
@Stay.Fluid Can you reply to my latest post about the dream that i had?😔
@Fcukocd I only see your latest post about phone wallpaper
@Stay.Fluid I’ll try repost it as a screenshot
@Stay.Fluid Can you see it now?
@Fcukocd I can see it. That sounds like a very normal sex dream
@Stay.Fluid Okay thanks, did you ever see this comment? :(
@Fcukocd My best advice is to tell yourself to pause every time you try and make meaning of some of the intrusive thoughts your OCD is giving you. Say maybe, maybe not. Shrug your shoulders. You need to take away its power. It’s hard, but you can do it. OCD will throw any thought at you, but more specifically the ones you really don’t want to have. This lessens as you take more power away from your OCD.
Groinal response is called arousal nonconformance.
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