What if ERP feeds my obsession? My mind is like a vacuum that absorbs all the information possible and puts it against me, creating deeper obsessions and more thoughts.

Thanks!!

I've never thought it that way. Thank you very much. It's really hard to ignore them because I feel like I will lose control. I feel like I mean them.

@sophie2020 I know what you're feeling. I've been dealing with this problem since I was a kid and when I became a teenager the whole thing got worse. Suicidal thoughts, pedophiliac, hurting the people I love, childrens, everything you can imagine. Sometimes I tought I were schizophrenic or had any type of psychosis. It's really hard and frustrating. The worst thing is that it makes you doubt yourself. But trust me you can have control over your mind again. It's going to be easy but if you persist and have discipline the victory will come!

@brenosilva It's not going to be**

@brenosilva Thank you very much. I'm sure I'll get better. It will not be easy, but hopefully I'll make it :)

Yes I'm practicing meditation and I love it. I started practicing it a few days ago. I think is helping. Thank you for your advice :)

Oh this really helps me!! Thank you. Do you think that writing my obsessions down would help? I heard that by doing that you put more importance to the thoughts and obsessions rather than making them weaker.

@sophie2020 I’m not sure about if it adds importance or not by writing it, but personally the only time I write down an obsession (and my core fear behind the obsession) is just when I’m writing out a script to then record for my loop tape. I hope this helps!

Oh I do think there is. Lots of people recovered from it.

@sophie2020 Some people not that is not means all

Disagree buddy. Erp is the gold standard for ocd. Many many people who do it consistently fully recover and lead normal happy lives.

@bright I know. But everyone's experience is different. We may recover we may not. You can be happy and have OCD.

@Cameron Even though I haven't done ERP yet, I agree with Cameron.

@bright I’m sorry but this is completely wrong. OCD is DEFF treatable. OCD doesnt have a *cure* but it is VERY treatable. It is said to be one of the most treatable conditions, actually. I have been studying ocd years upon years. ERP is the most effect treatment for ocd, and proven so. Some People who don’t beleive there is treatment for ocd may be because they never been to proper treatment with a specialist or have ever stuck with ERP long enough or done it properly. Treatment does NOT soothe ocd. nothing soothes OCD except compulsions. And soothing your ocd (compulsions) make your ocd worse . ERP is NOT soothing in the least bit, it is painful exposure to your obsessions until that obsession has gone away. I was a severe case. I got treatment, and I’m only one month in, and already a ton of obsessions that were so severe I wanted to die from, have subsided and most have gone away. Please don’t spread discouragement. Everyone should know the most effective ways of treatment are out there.

@Ocdaim Thank you for the info. You are really helping!! :)

@Ocdaim You are talking about erp ..incase of pure OCD erp is not effective frankly. in which OCD don't come in type that specialist can exposure it before patient. ..for medication most of it are helpful for anxiety not for thoughts coming from nowhere. ..I think it's better to be silent for seek of people here

@bright I have pure-o and ERP is for all types of OCD, including pure-o. For Pure-o you listen to ERP scripts on loop tape. You shouldn’t be spreading false information on here.

@bright And For the sake of people here (aka all ocd sufferers) proper information that has been studied and proven should never be silenced here. If you think ERP isn’t for all types of ocd, than you should try to read and research a bit more on pure-o exposures and try and see a specialist on here so they can explain to you what Exposure Response Prevention really is and how it’s used.