Guys do you think i could use ERP behaviours to cut down on social media checking? Like constantly checking peoples pages for no good reason (especially those I claim to dislike) multiple times a day? Like I’ll have the urge and the feelings to check. And that’s out of my control. But the checking is in my control. Should I treat that like a compulsion? Even tho idk if it’s ocd related ?

Is it boredom? I find myself closing Instagram just to open right back up again because I don't know what else to do when I have my phone out. I can't tell you what's going on, but maybe thats it? What are you hoping comes from checking? That may help in figuring this out

I think it’s a bit of both. It starts off as boredom and then after 15 minutes I’ll go back and check the page I already checked. Because I can’t tolerate whether they’ve posted or not

I do the same thing. I don’t know if it’s because of my OCD either, but you’re not alone. ❤️‍🩹