Today I found out something really important, I think, about OCD treatment. Im doing ERP therapy in Spain with a very famous OCD specialist (he's like an angel to me) and I found out that the differences between US ERP and the ERP here are different. I think that US pacients have to write, or listen to obsessions... correct me if Im wrong and a lot of people take medicines. In Spain what we do is that we imagine a situation with the obsession and we dont compulse. Some months later, when the pacient is really better, you do it more directly, for example in harm ocd you do the same but holding a knive. A few people take medication only the very severe cases. This, has shown that the recovery is harder but it takes least time. I have seen so many of the patients that have recovered, they are living their happy lifes and it takes most of the times a year and a half. But to achieve this you have to complete the process... Another example, in latin america they focuse more on medication than in ERP. I think is interesting how is different between countries. HAVE A NICE DAY!!!

Seriously, I get how thats super effective but man that must be really scary to do.

Actually, it is very scary, in my firsts sessions i was suffering so much fear and anxiety that i was feeling paralized and so much fisic symptons but in almost 2 months i have achieve what in other countries take ages. I have harm ocd and another subtypes and there are a lot of hours in a day that i have no obsessions. But to achieve this, you have to be very strong because the fear in ERP is really hard.

@iru1234 Kudos to you and your bravery, seriously. Im glad you're doing better

I had to avoid the compulsions as well

@Anonymous ?

I do one ERP in a day and it takes about 35 minutes (but the days i see the specialist i do my own plus another one with him) But it is so strong that you can feel horrible. Normally in the last minutes you feel calm. After a storm comes the calm.

@iru1234 I feel so horrible right now because I just did some exposures. Trying to not do compulsions. Ocd fears can feel so real and strong.

@Sunflower 1234 Thats not a problem to me anymore. I have felt so much fear in exposures that right now thats not a problem. The problem is the frecuency of the obsessions but not the intensity, and im working on that. I only can tell you that if your US treatment doesnt work, you can find an ocd specialist here doing ERP in skype (mine is OCD specialist alejandro ibarra and i think they have english workers). But keep with your treatment im sure you can do it.

@iru1234 Thank you. That is very kind of you to offer this info. I am always intrigued to learn about how therapy is done in other countries. I am happy for you that you are making good progress.