Does anyone else feel like their brain is so strong that doing ERP won't work? For example, when I try to stop ruminating with a thought like "maybe, or maybe not", my brain is like "I know what you're doing and it's not going to work". It feels like an entity that is smarter than me that I cannot outplay.

Keep practicing your ERP. I know exactly how you feel. I’ve been doing ERP since June with an NOCD therapist and I hit “rock bottom.” However, I can see now that that is what my brain needed: a hard reset so to speak. Keep at it. You can rewire your brain and this is coming from someone who has had OCD since childhood and I am 42!

Well, the goal of ERP is to expose yourself to your fears without doing compulsions. In your case, you have to expose yourself and not give in to saying your prayers. I highly recommend looking for a therapist to help you. If you cannot get to a therapist, try reading Jonathan Grayson’s book, Freedom From OCD. He gives a lot of great examples on how to do ERP on your own.

Hi, I’m kind of curious about erp. Can u tell me more about it? What do u do? I have religious ocd and I don’t want to pray anymore. However I also have this promblem of promising god random things and I just want to pray anymore to take it back.

What happens if you know that u have ocd and u stop with prayers but u intentionally promised god something and u got to take it back? I been trying to pray but I kept redoing them

I understand where you coming from. I am Catholic and I believe that God that truly see what is in our hearts. I think it is in your best interest to try and cut down on your praying. To me, it sounds like a compulsion and it is only fueling your OCD. You have to choose to take the risk of not knowing whether God will be angry with you or not.

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