Diego
- Date posted
- 5y
EstridEstrid
- Date posted
- 5y
You shall write scripts in first person "I....", with details, and touching the,wors case scenarios or maybe, maybe not statements. After a while it gets boring, but that's no problem.
DiegoDiego
- Date posted
- 5y
Ok Thanks for the tips
NickerinoNickerino
- Date posted
- 5y
I'm actually going through the same thing! The visual exposures were causing much more anxiety, but the imaginal script I had to do this week, not so much. I did a visual exposure yesterday instead of the script reading because of this. It's weird because the script was scary when I was writing it with my therapist, but now it's not very effective. I found that articulating exactly what was scaring me in the form of a script was actually quite difficult!
DiegoDiego
- Date posted
- 5y
Yeah I think imagining the situation gives me more anxiety than reading the script But I think if the script is not effective , as @Estrid said your brain probably got bored of it.
_esary__esary_
- Date posted
- 5y
If you aren’t feeling anxious in response to exposure script then either you have read it enough times that you are desensitized- this is good, it means it is working- or you have not included enough details for it to scare you. Remember to just write whatever makes you the most upset and triggers your thoughts. If you are desensitized to it but you still are bothered by the theme that it is about, you can make a new script to replace it that has different wording and different content in order to keep exposing yourself.
FatherIimaginedyoutallerFatherIimagi...
- Date posted
- 5y
No, it's ERP, of course you're getting anxious
DiegoDiego
- Date posted
- 5y
But I'm not getting anxious That's the thing,I don't know if I'm doing right
WeCanDoThisWeCanDoThis
- Date posted
- 5y
When you’re anxious about not being anxious by something that USED to make you anxious, it’s called the “backdoor spike.” It means you’re on your way to recovery. You may question what it means about you (what if I like the thoughts/script because I’m not getting anxious? etc.) but the goal isn’t to figure that out, it’s to accept and move on. Hope this helps. ❤️
DiegoDiego
- Date posted
- 5y
Oh Thank you so much❤ You motivated me rn
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 23w
Advice plz! No anxiety
I feel intrusive thoughts Without anxiety but thoughts disturbing (after 5,6 months harm ocd) Why that feel without anxiety? It's common, progress or any other issue? Anyone have same situation?
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 21w
Need advice plz ❤️
So for as long as I’ve been alive I’ve loved horror/ thriller movies and books. I really only enjoy reading thriller books. Since my harm ocd hit I have slowly started back reading thriller again, but I have to check for triggers before each one I read. There’s been a few books that I was really loving that I had to stop reading because something that would trigger my ocd would come up ( my theme is going crazy becoming dangerous , schizophrenia etc ) so if a character in a book starts hearing voices or something, I get so anxious. I want to be able to read and watch horror / thrillers again. Do I simply need to just continue reading / watching and sit with the anxiety?
please44I
- Date posted
- 21w
Pocd
Why am I not anxious? Like at all anymore? Is it because I'm really avoiding and trying not to think of the consequences that come from possibly being a pdfile? Is the only thing that is worrying me about it is the consequences then does it mean that I really am one? But I never masturbated to the thought of a child and actively seeked it. It came as intrusive thoughts while I was doing it yes I've had them when I see kids yes and I question and check a lot if I'm attracted to them and its just confusing me, I know I'll never do anything to hurt a child and I don't even like the idea of becoming a pdfile then why am I not anxious enough about it? The thoughts are just distressing obsessive I feel disgusting and Id say I still do compulsions but I don't know something just doesn't feel right. I don't feel anything and no real attraction to anyone or anything anymore. I just feel so disgusting and I just want to be normal but then again I pretty much did this to myself. It's weird to me I know there isn't a real indication I'm a pdfile and past experiences pretty much prove that and I've always been attracted to older guys so why is this happening now? Why am I getting these thoughts now especially right after I was trying to fix this sexual obsession/tension I had for older guys. Is my brain just leaving one thing to love and be obsessed about and going to the other? I'm really really just confused. Not anxious just distressed confused and uncomfortable. Like I want to throw up but I don't feel intense anxiety in my chest it feels like maybe I haven't processed what's going on properly. I'm genuinely so confused and I don't want to have this stay in my mind. Sometimes I just miss my ex so much because at the time I've felt something I felt so much things even though I had really bad rocd. I just miss loving people again and being alive again. I'm so scared and confused right now can anyone explain to me what is this? I genuinely just want to understand what I'm feeling or thinking because its not making sense to me
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