Xxara
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Lms526Lms526
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You need to find a therapist that understands OCD and specializes on ERP. Normal talk therapy will just trigger you even more and make things even worse. Before realizing that I probably have OCD, I did years of therapy. I would share, do the homework, and never see any improvement. I tried several different counselors.
XxaraXxara
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so if i have a therapist that focuses on CBT would i see at least some improvement? my fear is explaining this thought and then thinking i genuinely want to do this when i rlly don’t
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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@Xxara Get erp therapy through here. They have a lot of good therapist in this app
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XxaraXxara
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i’m the same! i’m outside and i’ll try to be arguing with the thought or telling it to shut up and it just makes it worse and i know that i never want to do this to anyone so idk why i keep getting these thoughts
Lms526Lms526
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@Xxara You are getting these thoughts due to a malfunction in your brain. It is not because you are sick, not because you are a bad person. It is no different than if you had diabetes or a thyroid problem or some other physical ailments. Mental illnesses, including OCD are medical illnesses
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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That’s how I feel I get the same thoughts about rape. It’s literally my biggest fear rape and for some reason I think about doing it to others and it really freaks me out because I know I could never. It’s so hard. I feel like every other word in my head goes to rape and I don’t understand why. I feel like I want to think about that word but that word is so disgusting and I hate that it’s in my mind. I also hate that the thoughts that I get are command thoughts of rape and I get them around family or people in general and it’s really scary. It just makes me want to be home all the time. It’s like a constant in my mind
XxaraXxara
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i experience the exact same thing like exactly, then i start having a back and forth with my mind abt it where i say that i don’t but then my mind hits back that i do want to do it and it becomes a big rumination fest bc the thoughts get worse the more i argue
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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@Xxara I don’t argue you anymore I just kinda let the thoughts be but sometimes it does get frustrating and scary and than I come in here to distract. Nothing helps distract me no more. I’ve never been like this before
XxaraXxara
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@Anonymous i’m the same but i have difficulty not arguing bc that’s my assurance yk? and nothing distracts me bc thoughts are like constant like i cannot escape them everything becomes tainted like it’s so horrifying
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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@Xxara I’m going through the same thing and I’m hoping when I get diagnosed today I’ll get answers
XxaraXxara
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@Anonymous good luck! my psych appointment is in a few weeks but still good luck!
Lms526Lms526
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@Anonymous Same.
NicaNica
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Stop arguing with your thoughts. You’ll just makes the OCD worse.
XxaraXxara
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ur right i’ve just been trying so hard and when i don’t argue i get more distraught bc my only assurance that i don’t like these thoughts is my arguing with it which only makes my ocd hit back with more vengeance
Jeffrey Jeffrey
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I am not a professional but I do know from my ocd that arguing with it will strenghten the ocd. Do you have a therapist specializing in ERP?
XxaraXxara
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nope not yet i just got a therapist i’m a little unsure if she does ERP
XxaraXxara
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my anxiety keeps fluctuating i want to let this thought go but i keep ruminating
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