- Username
- Vannafaith
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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. 💕
What does erp do?
@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!
@BeachedMermaid Ok thanks :)
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 :)
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.
@Vannafaith The complusions are annoying to me n give me headaches
@KayceeyaisSad They give me headaches too trust me but I rather block it out with a more positive compulsion than a negative one.
@Vannafaith Same here... U on meds?
@KayceeyaisSad I'm on a bunch of meds.
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.
I have a really weird OCD problem. My brain doesn’t ‘like’ or has a fear of the number 6,9, and 12. When I see them or do something this amount of times it just feels ‘off’. I have to make a constant effort everyday to avoid seeing these numbers or doing something the amount of times as these numbers. I know it’s weird and ridiculous but I don’t know what to do.
Hello! I have a phobia of a particular number which I associate with Satan and it gives me severe stress and anxiety. It causes me to have to do hours of rituals to feel “okay” again, and I try to avoid it at all costs. Today, as I was driving (which is also an ocd trigger for me) I saw a license plate with that number. I freaked out and have been in crisis mode for the past couple hours. I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to move forward after being at a high anxiety state for so long. Numbers are unavoidable and I was wondering if people had tips or tricks for coping? Thank you
Hiya, I'm new here. I really need help with my OCD, it's gotten extremely out of control since Covid started. One of my biggest fears is pregnancy, which is absolutely wild because I'm a virgin. I've tried ignoring it on my own, but it causes me extreme distress and I start crying. It gives me physical pain in my stomach until I give into the compulsions. Every time I ignore it it feels like giving into my fate of the nonexistent baby. It's stupid and I'm sick of it. It controls most of the things I do, like I can't have anything to do with the number 9 because of it (pregnancy being 9 months) 5 too, for some reason I'm not really sure of. I've given a lot of things in my life a number. My number is 4 so I can't stand seeing numbers like 45, 49, or 54. The compulsions (if you don't do or do _______ you'll be pregnant) happens almost every time I do ANYTHING. I don't know how to ignore it without causing a mental break down every single time. I need help, please.
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