Florida
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- 5y
Carl CornettCarl Cornett
- Date posted
- 5y
Well, that’s a key distinction. ERP’s objective isn’t to make the thoughts go away or stop. It’s about changing your relationship to your thoughts. When you’re working through recovery, you’ll notice that the thoughts might still be present. But it’s about living your life and doing what you want to do anyway. Over time, because you’re not reacting to the thoughts in the same way, you may notice that they decrease over time.
OCD OvercomerOCD Overcomer
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- 5y
Can you “acknowledge” they are there, but not “welcome” them? For example, “I’m having an intrusive thought, but I’m going to continue doing this activity.” Or, “OCD, you are still talking, but I’m going to keep doing XYZ activity.”
SuperNova22SuperNova22
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- 5y
I watched this one video that helped me. This woman said that if you walked by a house, you may have a thought that the house is ugly. But you don’t have any attachment to that thought, so it goes away and it doesn’t bother you, you may not even remember having it. When you have an intrusive thought, like “that house is ugly”, you’re acknowledging the thought. So whatever intrusive thought you’re having, it will pop into uour mind, but try not to get any emotional attachment to the thought. Then you’ll forget the thought is there. Obviously that’s much easier said than done, but that was the example I heard
mayflewawaymayflewaway
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- 5y
I struggle with it beyond my understanding. But from what I do understand, it’s about fighting it without thinking about the fight. And continuing to do your regular activities that you originally wanted to do. The tv that’s on the Frits inside you will slowly fade out. Like. You’ll soon be back to how you were. It’s a struggle but the outcome. Getting over that bump in the road. Is worth it. Just can’t think about it. For us there can’t be a try, only do ?? Hope this made sense or helped a little at least
Florida Florida
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- 5y
Thank you ? I appreciate your support
CinestergCinesterg
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- 5y
I'm having a set back currently but what I do is "Nope this is an OCD thought whatever I'm moving on" this what I usually do and go on doing the activity I have been doing ?
mayflewawaymayflewaway
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- 5y
That’s exactly what it is.
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Anonymous
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- 24w
religious OCD
Please help. I have felt so off/wrong all day. I constantly worry that the “bad guy” is going to get me. I have awful thoughts and I constantly want God to know that I don’t mean these thoughts. I am at a point in my therapy where I need to choose to use my ERP but it feels too scary. I then do compulsions, which makes the OCD worse, which makes me want to use ERP less. And the cycle goes on. I am currently sitting in my car crying because I feel so lost and exhausted. I’m not supposed to figure out my thoughts, but today I just went into a spiral of sadness and depression, thinking that I will always feel like this. When my thoughts got really bad at the end of the day, I tried to use ERP even though I was shaking and not believing my responses and I ended up feeling like I missed something and that I gave into the “bad guy.” I have no one to talk when I’m not doing therapy twice a week. I am alone and have no one to talk to when I am like this… please help
Nicole B
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w
Help! Fear of negative thoughts never going away
I feel horrible! My anxiety over my obsessive thoughts is 10/10 right now and no matter what I try, I cannot seem to relax my body and mind. I had my 2nd therapy apt this morning. I watched a support group this evening, took a walk, did a 20 minute Prgressive muscle relaxation video, sat in the hottub, nothing is making my thoughts less intense. My stomach has been in knots for days and it’s only been getting worse. I have been trying to accept my anxiety and reason and let my thoughts stay all day they still have me super wound up.
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 16w
Need help right now
So been trying to do erp with my therapist for a while now, and tis really hard and feels like it's not working. Il get this weird sensation or feeling that makes me feel"gay" or as if I'm attracted to someone, and I know my therapist keeps telling me" you don't have to put meaning into the thoughts or feelings" but that seems impossible to do because and I'm sorry to say, it makes me feel that specific way. And I'll use the Erp quotes, "maybe maybe not" or"the more I struggle, the worse it gets" or"these feelings and thoughts are here, but I'm choosing to let them be" and I'll do nothing and try to let it be here but it's so distracting and feels very real, and it's like this sensation, small or big and it last all day, and even just sitting with it isn't working. And my therapist will tell me"you don't have to believe in it" and I'm sorry I feel like if it were that easy, OCD would have never been a problem in the first place, or live with uncertainty, however it doesn't feel like uncertainty, but feels very truthful or valid. Idk what I'm doing wrong tho
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