Hi Everyone! I live in a country where OCD-specialized therapists are basically non-existent. I’ve tried to sign up for NOCD therapy, but turns out it isn’t available where I live, which was quite a bummer. Ive come across ERP School by Kimberly Quinlan, she provides a self-led online ERP course. Does anyone here recommend it? Or can someone give me advice on what to do in my case? I’m desperate for ERP! I really want to start my journey in recovery. 17 years of untreated OCD is enough 😞😖

Really? How? Even if I’m not in North America or UK ? I’m in the Middle East

@Farah Naser There’s a buttons called tools on at the bottom it will talk you through it

@Overcomer That’s helpful! Thanks 🙏🏼 I will try it , although I was hoping for the therapist-led kind of thing. But something is better than nothing :-)

@Farah Naser A lot of time your therapist doesn’t lead you anyways.they will tell you what to do and then you do it on your own time

@Farah Naser If you understand spoken English I recommend the YouTube channel too!

@Justmesadly Ohh okay, interesting. I have a question about the (trigger) part. It says you can come up with a scenario or script or even a thought relating to the obsession, but I find that it’s hard to feel the same level of anxiety as when the actual thing happens when ur not doing ERP, as if my mind knows that the trigger right now is fake so it barely makes me anxious! Does that make sense? What do you do in this case ?

@Justmesadly I will check it out, thanks 🙏🏼

@Farah Naser Yesss!!! I had this exact problem! I don’t know your theme but for me I have to do those things that trigger. For me I have pocd, real event and hocd. My brain know when it’s fake too. so for hocd when I go to the store I will be triggered by girls looking at me or think that men don’t talk to me bc they think I’m lesbian so I’ll go to the store and sit with the anxiety. Or tv shows with a couple that gets divorced or breaks up bc someone discovers their sexuality so I watch that. Etc so if it’s pocd then I nanny as my job and sit with it. Some people take care of their kids on their own without their spouse etc. I hope this helps

@Justmesadly It does 🙏🏼 thank you so much for sharing! The theme I’m having now is Relationship OCD (partner-focused). I understood the concept of ERP for quite a while but this is my first time actually trying it. I found it so interesting that one of the methods is writing scripts and saying them out loud even, again and again to increase anxiety 🤔 I hope I can have the strength to handle the anxiety when a trigger actually happens outside an exercise! It’s always easier said than done 😣 how’s your experience going with it? Have you seen progress? And are you doing it through a therapist or self led?

@Farah Naser Yes I can seee how that is difficult with the theme of Rocd with erp not working great unless it’s actually happening. Scripts did nothing for me for any of my themes. I know that you can have the strength, it takes time so practice being patient with yourself. My experience is getting better. I had about 15 months of not knowing what was happening and then once I got help it took about 3 months to start working. I have seen huge amount of progress on my own but I couldn’t get to the point of full recovery on my own which is why I started NOCD therapy

@Justmesadly Yeah I’m sure it was confusing at first! It’s great that’s you’re seeing progress 🙏🏼