joeyharrington82
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- 3y
NicaNica
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- 3y
Healing is a lot of up ad downs, for sure.
honeybee17honeybee17
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- 3y
i am having an obsession right now and i want to do my ritual so bad. but i know if i give in, i will take a giant step back when i’ve been making progress. i feel the way you do of my OCD wanting nothing to do with exposure. i feel more safe and more comfortable when i give in. it’s gotten to the point where it consumes my whole entire day and that’s one of the reasons why i keep exposing myself to my obsessions because that’s a big way of overcoming it. if it starts to affect everyday, that’s a good reason to expose yourself. it’s very hard absolutely, but you can do this!!!!
honeybee17honeybee17
- Date posted
- 3y
try not to give in no matter how bad you want to! resist, resist, resist!
Lms526Lms526
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- 3y
Oh yes! ERP is not fun or easy. But it works. Your OCD will throw a hissy fit and will do anything to convince you not to do ERP. It knows that if you start practicing ERP it will no longer have the upper hand. But do not listen! Decide that you are not going to allow OCD to bully you or steal anymore of your life. Get mad at OCD and channel that into ERP. Once you start doing mid level and high level exposures the urge to do a compulsion will be very strong. But before doing an exposure decide in advance that you are not going to do a compulsion no matter what. If you have a failed exposure, so what? Try again. These are some things that have really helped me. Hope they help you too
Fruitpunch Fruitpunch
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- 3y
This is me right now, I’m having a mental break down right now because of it
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Anonymous 25#
- Date posted
- 20w
When?
Can someone please tell me at what point did you finally accept that it’s OCD? When did the ERP click for you? When did you just stop buying into the lies of OCD and finally let go? Like what does it take. It’s been 2 years of this for me and I’m in ERP currently and it’s just not clicking 😣 is it just me???
Anonymous1990
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- 20w
ERP
I’m starting NOCD. I had several years of cbt as a child (well over 20 years ago) and I see a trauma therapist. But now I’ll be seeking further help for OCD and just really scared. CBT wasn’t helpful for me. How has ERP been helpful for you? Do you feel like you’ll finally get your life back? I’m consumed by my obsessions 😢 Would love others feedback if ERP helped you ❤️
cows12465
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- 20w
suic. ocd advice?
so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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