OCD1994
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CesarCesar
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What proved to be best for me was ignoring the thought and moving on with my life and resisting compulsions, dare yourself to have faith and just choose to not listen to ocd, compulsions make ocd worst, retrain your brain to act differently to these ocd scare tactics, you’re in control
MM
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You do what you can at the time. If you’re in the space to do a more intense exposure, great but generally in life, ya gotta live so #1 is going to be your main approach.
DianaaaDianaaa
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Notice it. Be like "that's my theme! cool." And then feel it wash over you, and the feeling behind it if there is one, (because thoughts have feelings that follow them), and then refocus on the present moment. don't analyze or overf-focus! As well don't obsess or try to perfect the perfect way to deal with an intrusive thought. there is no "wrong" way
EstridEstrid
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There isn't one perfect way to recovery, you are trying to find certainty about therapy, there isn't. Everything is about challenge the fear and not letting crazy thoughts decide what we do or not.
OCD1994OCD1994
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I don't think there's a perfect way to recover either. I do need some way to manage this illness though.
EstridEstrid
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@OCD1994 Yes, absolutely. Maybe you should choose one way to manage and stick with it for a while?
OCD1994OCD1994
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@Estrid I want to do response prevention because I've found that has helped me more than anything with past OCD themes. This doesn't feel possible though because I'd be leaving out the exposure part and that is important too. And it's why I'm so confused.
EstridEstrid
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@OCD1994 Maybe if you just take one tiny little drop of soap...
OCD1994OCD1994
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@Estrid Maybe so.
EstridEstrid
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@OCD1994 I do hate OCD, and guess you're doing too. But lets never give up!! We will find a way.
Madison the ERP NinjaMadison the ...
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Oh my gosh, SAME. I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this... I’ve been doing what you’re calling overcorrection exposures, going above and beyond and agreeing with the fears, and it’s making it so much harder and making life less enjoyable than #1 where I’d accept uncertainty and move on with life...
MaximusVMaximusV
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https://drmichaeljgreenberg.com/how-to-stop-ruminating/ It’s not that you need to do something. It’s that you need to do nothing.
OCD1994OCD1994
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This is how I want to look at it too, I guess I'm confused why therapists want patients to do something
MaximusVMaximusV
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@OCD1994 I’d highly suggest the other articles on there. It says that there are things you need to do, but mostly, it’s about knowing what you need STOP doing since is issue is compulsions, not the thoughts. It recommends not doing erp initially too.
OCD1994OCD1994
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@bluetree So then ERP really isn't the most recommended treatment for OCD. Ignoring the intrusive thoughts, not solving & ruminating, and moving on with life is. Why is ERP so recommended?
MaximusVMaximusV
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@OCD1994 No erp is still used. Article just recommends you tackle rumination first.
OCD1994OCD1994
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@bluetree Oh , okay. I see. Thanks. The exposure part of ERP just confuses me
OCD1994OCD1994
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Thanks. I guess I'm confused because it seems like we're supposed to do exposures, but at the same time, ignore the intrusive thoughts, don't do compulsions and live life anyway.
CesarCesar
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Well doing nothing means doing something haha it’s tricky at first, you avoiding a choice is making a choice, ignoring the thought is doing something about the thought, you’re ignoring it but erp also teaches your brain to not be triggered and eventually you lose the fear to whatever your obsession is, trust the therapist and ask questions but remember it’s your therapy you’re in control if the therapist isn’t helping you then it’s time to pick another one but make sure you listen to their instructions and always be honest about what you feel, they can’t know how you feel unless you tell them
CesarCesar
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Erp is the best choice because it includes all of that you just mentioned, when you expose to the trigger you ignore the intrusive thoughts and ruminating, you resist any kind of response and retrain the amygdala to not be triggered, life comes and presents triggers randomly so erp trains you for those moments, erp worked for ne
CesarCesar
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