I have harm ocd and I have found the exposures like just literally sitting with uncertainty is soooo uncomfortable! Anyone else deal with this?! Will it ever get more comfortable to sit with these awful feelings?
I am dealing with this too whenever I sit with the uncertainty, my ocd likes to turn it into something bad which makes the emotions stronger and it's so hard to ignore :(
@vicki5621 Isn’t it the worst! It’s like sitting with your worst fear happening and suppose to be ok with it if it happens!
I feel the same way same boat
@Vidi Awful feeling right!?
me too. sometimes it feels like it doesn't help me, i don't know. i keep exposing myself to what im scared of but my mind just assumes i got lucky that time and that it doesn't mean it won't happen the next. it proves nothing to me it seems /:
@pinkpuff Omg same!
@pinkpuff Mine does that tooooo
@pinkpuff What is your fear if you don’t mind me asking?
@Stacey353 i have a lot, some are contamination like being afraid to eat anything w imperfections out of fear of diseases, or also being afraid i ran someone or something over/damaged something without knowing. i have tons more but those are two examples that bother me a lot
@pinkpuff Yah ditto I have a bunch!
Me too
Shit sucksssss @Stacey353
@Vidi It’s a nightmare!!
Me too. But we have to be strong because it’s the only way through but it is so hard
Stick with it!! I had it terribly, now its just a distant memory, ERP really works..Just keep on keepin on, and know in your heart, its opposite of what you would ever do!
@WorriedMamasita Thank you so much!
@WorriedMamasita He can you do erp for harm OCD?
@Stacey353 Well, the way I did it was writing out the scenario I was afraid would happen happen, very realistically, then reading it out loud and recording it and listening to it over and over and over again
For months
You become habituated to it and your mind and body no longer spark that fear response eventually
I also, lived with the person I had harm fears about so I was day in and day out being exposed and did not do any compulsions or avoidance...I just say there with the discomfort and said, yeah maybe this will happen, maybe ill do it, who knows, but im going to just have to take the risk..after a while you begin to realize that its not truly a risk..and its a made up scenario about your WORST fear...
@WorriedMamasita Your situation is 100% identical to mine!!! Thank you for the insight!
@WorriedMamasita I do avoidance and I hate it I have so much guilt!!
@Stacey353 Listen, the guilt will eat you alive, try to not avoid at all, the more avoiding the worse it gets, the reason why you have those fear is because you have ocd and that person is who you love and care about most..I dont want to give reassurance but...you will Never harm them..xoxo
@WorriedMamasita Thank you this means the world to me
@WorriedMamasita You really don’t know how much I needed to hear that… seriously
@WorriedMamasita Butnwhst about the urges I get I mean they feel so real and so bad
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