What are common ERP exercises for Health OCD? I just feel exhausted and I know I need help... My compulsion is going to an urgent care. I also google my symptoms. Going to the urgent care all the time cost so much money. :( And of course google makes things so much worse because everything is deadly according to google. This past month I’ve convinced myself I had pancreatic cancer, brain cancer, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and colon cancer. I’m exhausted and just want this to stop.

Sorry to hear you are suffering right now :( About googling compulsively, a good exposure would be to force yourself not to google while reminding you why are not giving in, aka giving priority to your life, goals and values (I am rephrasing what a NOCDAdvocate wrote just a few minutes ago about a similar question that was posted today, maybe you can check the thread out :) ). Could delay going to the hospital help you? I noticed that sometimes I pay a lot of attention to some symptoms and once I tell myself that I'll do something in a week if it's still going bad and let some days pass, sometimes I realize that anxiety was heightening my body sensations and that I was actually okay :) Hope you'll find a way to feel a little but better soon, take care ♡

my biggest compulsion for both my suicidal and health ocd is googling so i completely understand where you’re coming from. i know it stems from avoidance but something i’ve been practicing is either waiting to google til a certain time or just placing a time blocker on my google so it double checks that i want to. i know it’s super hard but i promise we can get through this. mine is exasturbated by the fact i’ve been researching possible hypermobility conditions i could have with my doctor which is triggering me at the moment

Thank you so much!