OCD33
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Whyyocd Whyyocd
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GOOD JOB 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
OCD33OCD33
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Thank you 😊
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@OCD33 Do you mind me asking what the exposure was?
OCD33OCD33
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@Fruitsbasket Not at all!! Full on lesbian sex scenes… like 7 of them. I mean I saw it all 😭
heckocdheckocd
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@OCD33 Omg 😳
heckocdheckocd
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@OCD33 Proud of you to survive that. 😳👏
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@OCD33 Omgggg yeah definitely proud of you to survive that!!! I wonder if I’m going to have to do that… or is it different for everyone?
OCD33OCD33
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@Fruitsbasket I think it just depends on what works for you and what you are triggered by ya know? Like me saying I’m a lesbian doesn’t trigger me as much anymore so that exposure doesn’t do much. We had to ramp it up from kissing to this. My biggest triggers are the arousal thing so I guess this is where it got me 😭😂
washie washie
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@OCD33 I got 😳 just reading that, and it's not even my theme😂 Well done :) I'll have to step up my exposures too!
OCD33OCD33
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@washie YOU can do it!! Remember, anxiety can’t stay high forever… it has to come down!! I have waited over a year in ERP to expose myself this hard and I can’t believe how good I feel that i did it.
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@OCD33 Okay thank you!!! And keep pushing through ☺️
washie washie
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😁🏆👍🏻
bteebtee
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Well done!!
☁️ 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 ☁️☁️ 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 ☁️
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if you don’t mind me asking, how does the specific exposure you did help?
OCD33OCD33
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Well any type of sexual interaction between two females have always been triggering to me so I was able to watch it and not do compulsions and I didn’t end up feeling as bad as I thought I would. My anxiety also went down down the longer I watched.
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@OCD33 Have you ever struggled with groinal responses?
OCD33OCD33
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@Fruitsbasket Yes!! I think me checking is one of my biggest compulsions right under rumination
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@OCD33 Literally sameeee
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