I developed a new theme recently where I feel very afraid to read text messages because I worry that I’ll have to re-read them over and over again. I typically have reading ocd but on a smaller scale(doesn’t affect me as much as my other themes) so I don’t know why this texting theme has all of a sudden taken over my life. I feel like i can’t even interact with people properly anymore. How do I get over this theme?

Lol I know ERP is the way forward, it’s just so hard. Sometimes it feels almost impossible not to re-read. Like it feels almost LITERALLY impossible, like my anxiety would eat me up if I didn’t do the compulsion

@Earlymockingjay Hmm, perhaps there's a way you could do the erp in smaller steps, maybe refrain from rereading for a longer period of time than you usually do. Start with a reasonable challenge, then work your way up to a harder one.