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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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Thank you ? I appreciate your support
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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 ?
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That’s exactly what it is.
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How do people start practicing erp on their own? Because I tried yesterday, and it helped for like two hours, but it always comes back and scares me. I don’t think i can practice it the right way without help.
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I need advice for intrusive thoughts. I used to feel like I could handle them. They weren’t nearly as bad as the things that related to my actual life. But now, I’m suffering. I haven’t had a sexual experience in over a year that didn’t involve constant intrusive thoughts. Most are somehow related to kids and I keep chasing off the thoughts but it’s so bad. I know you’re supposed to ignore them but I don’t know how I can just ignore that and continue what I’m doing. But they’re coming on stronger. I had one earlier I could not get rid of just as things finished so the thought came on strongly just before my orgasm hit and now I feel absolutely disgusting. I hated the thought and I know it’s not me and it was not enjoyable but it still feels like I was getting off to it. I feel sick. I’m so fucking tired of these thoughts. They’re in my every day life too and it’s all the time. I just want it to stop but ignoring it feels so wrong. What should I do?
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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
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