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Just remember that your end goal is not to remove the thoughts, but to be able to acknowledge that they are just thoughts and not be bothered by them - which incidentally does not mean becoming okay with the nature of the thoughts, eg, if you are scared you will murder someone, accepting the intrusive thought will NOT make you a murderer or make you okay with murder - it just means you aren’t attaching meaning or anxiety to your thoughts. Hope that made sense ?
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Don’t listen to the above. You do get over HOCD, but it’s more about overcoming than “getting over”. For me I just let every thought go into my head as if they were normal thoughts. Like if I thought about my daily life. And if I’m anxious I try and go about my day or if I’m home I lie down and try and calm down or I just play fortnite or something or watch YouTube. So far I’ve gotten a lot of intense feelings of attraction for men that come in for awhile and then out again. But that in itself is progress and all I need.
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You get over it by ERP
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Tons of people have gotten over it, and you can too. The best thing you can do right now is aggressively look for an ERP specialist
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