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I’m so sorry you are struggling. I have had fears of certain numbers my whole life, it jsut doesn’t feel right when it’s off. You really should seek professional help since it is very severe for you. Exposure therapy is very helpful in the long run. If you’re anxiety is so high then you should work with someone to get it down so you can start to doing exposures that will be easier for you. ERP can be hard, but if you go at your own pace it can really help you heal. 💕
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What does erp do?
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@KayceeyaisSad ERP means exposure response therapy, so basically you will work to face the things you fear slowly. Like for me with contamination fears, I am afraid to eat off a plate someone else touched, so an exposure would be for me to take that plate and eat off it. Exposures vary on the person. It’s really helpful for being able to live with your OCD, and not avoid so much. Hope that explains it!
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@BeachedMermaid Ok thanks :)
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Well I recommend you getting a professional to help on that one, but I can share what I know. I am on ERP and when we start a new exposure we think very small, little steps. For example I have fear of going to school , so to help my first exposure was about imagining myself entering the school for a few minutes, Then as time went by, little longer. Now I’ll walk to school since is very close to my house, just pass through it and go back home. All of this is to prepare myself when school actually starts and you can see how I’m slowly increasing the level. If the number 6 gives you extreme anxiety, try doing a progressive approach like my example. maybe imagining what would be like if you stopped at the number 6 for 10 minutes or so. Then increasingly adding until you get to your goal. You can do it :)
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I want to stop though. But it is giving me anxiety because I should have did a more positive compulsion to stop with. I don't know if should just do the more positive but annoying compulsion and then stop or what? I don't know what to do.
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@Vannafaith The complusions are annoying to me n give me headaches
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@KayceeyaisSad They give me headaches too trust me but I rather block it out with a more positive compulsion than a negative one.
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@Vannafaith Same here... U on meds?
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@KayceeyaisSad I'm on a bunch of meds.
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My ocd is severe... It starts when i wake up till the time i go to bed or sometime in my sleep... Yeah the number 6 can be scary cause 666 is associated with the devil... I hope u get better.
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I am currently attending talk therapy but have never brought up symptoms of OCD. Here are some things that I believe MIGHT be OCD but I’m not sure. - I have a lot of trouble focusing and get distracted by so many things (Constantly wanting to touch things like Buttons, feeling textured things, etc.) - The volume on ANY device can not be at any volume with the number 6 - I can NOT step on cracks - I have to walk an equal amount of steps on both feet or I’ll go crazy - I fear that if I do something I’m not supposed to, something bad is going to happen to me I might sound funny but these things genuinely bother me, your help is appreciated LOL
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So I’m not sure how many/if any of you are Christians, but I’m assuming this can still make sense to some of you. This morning has been rough. I’m constantly thinking, “am I saved? Have I never been saved and I’m tricking myself into thinking I am? When I’m listening to Christian music am I doing for the right reasons? Is it too late for me?”. Things I know the truthful answers to but yet I still think these thoughts. I don’t understand why. Why do I constantly think about these “what if”’s? My heart always feels so heavy and I feel as if I need to talk to God right then and there to make it stop and go away. But then am I talking to the Lord for the wrong reasons? And the cycle repeats. Thankfully, day one of my therapy is tonight and I’m hoping to find at least a little clarity on this stuff. I’ve had OCD for 7 years and I don’t even know how it works. Any advice?
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Hi, I’m new to the app as of today. I’m 20 years old, and wanted to get some stuff off my chest about the types of OCD I’ve been experiencing over the years. I’m not entirely sure how or when my OCD was brought up, but I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. Anywhere and everywhere I go, if I see things placed in an order/angle that my brain doesn’t approve of, next thing I know I’m “fixing” it to be in the placement I feel looks better. I’m not aware of why I feel the need to do that, but until an object is in the “right” placement, I won’t take my eyes off of it. My eye will even twitch. Another form of OCD I have is in relationships. I spend each day overthinking and over-analyzing every one of the relationships that are important to me. Friends, family, significant other. Another one is what’s considered “Pure OCD” . When I get an intrusive thought of something devilish, whether it’s randomly seeing my great aunt naked bc my grandma considers her “fat” even though she’s not, or it’s seeing something demonic and traumatizing, I immediately tell myself, “I don’t wanna see/think about that” over and over and over until the thought is gone. Or I’ll try to replace one mental image with another. One other form of OCD I face every day, is religion. I got baptized for the first time in my life earlier this year in January. I had finally started to repent for my sins, and now I’m constantly feeling afraid that I’m letting God down due to my depression/lack of motivation and vaping/smoking. I also fear excessively that He’ll banish me from His kingdom, or just turn a cold shoulder. I know that what I’ve just typed up is probably all over the place. That is my brain unfortunately. How do you go from being a mentally disorderly and seemingly erratic young woman, to a more well-established, successful woman? I’m all ears!
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