- Date posted
- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
Seeking reassurance makes you feel worse
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Reassurance will make you feel worse in the end. It is a temporary fix to a long term condition. Response prevention is the way to address ocd. Saying maybe maybe not to intrusive thoughts is my go to response.
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- 3y
I just want to know for sure.
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- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 14w
I thankfully conquered harm ocd but I’m going through a flare up with relationship OCD, which I never got over. I know how bad reassurance seeking is but I can’t seem to quit. I ask my mom the same question countless times and it never helps. I feel bad because she tries to help and prevent me from seeking reassurance but I drive her crazy because I keep asking anyways. And if I don’t ask her, I reassure myself in my head. How are we supposed to resist these compulsions fully if we’re so scared? It feels as if I’ll never be confident enough to trust my own beliefs, even when I recover in the future with ERP
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 11w
I find while doing exposures, rarely does my anxiety lessen. It usually amps up and stays that way for the remainder of the day. I could be having a fairly decent day, but dutifully do my exposures and then the rest of my day is anxiety filled. I guess that’s just how it is now? Also, I’m wondering if my therapist even believes I have OCD. I totally understand my therapist cannot provide reassurance. But it’s to the point it seems my therapist acts like I actually did the thing I fear. I feel so isolated.
- Date posted
- 8w
I'm struggling. Not going to seek the reassurance I feel I NEED.
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