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i think its a big ocd trap, i feel this to and is one of the most scariest thing ever
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too*
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@gigigoode13 Yes it’s worst feel like hell
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Oh dude same. All the time. Join the reassurance streak and try to not do compulsions!
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Ok I’ll try and hope you can to
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I have the same problem! Wondering if you want to do it is actually a compulsion which you need to resist! I’m struggling with it but I’m definitely learning at the same time. Just let the thoughts flow - don’t try to control them.
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Hi Gabe was wondering how you were feeling today. I struggle with the same exact thing. I think StephRose is correct cause answering that question has led me down a spiraling rabbit hole. I didn’t realize it was a compulsion
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Try to be uncertain bro but it’s so hard somtime if feels so real but it was ok not good not bad how your day going bro everything ok
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Yes it is difficult!
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Hey bro! Just wanted to say hello and I was thinking about ya! Hope things are going well man!
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It’s been a shity dad bro just has horrible thought of what if I like these thought and what if I don’t want them to go away freak me out bro but how your day going bro
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Man I had a bad ERP exercise a month ago. (Did too much too early) So I been reeling from that. Just so you know I’ve had the same thoughts. I stopped paying attention to them and they went away.
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I’ll keep that in mind bro and what do you do in erp
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Well at the time I was reading a triggering article. I just wasn’t mentally prepared. Hey I do have a good exercise that’s really easy and good for starting out. Just make you a simple word list that has some mildly triggering words. You can read them or record them on your phone and listen to them. Do that all the time for a week then you can graduate to writing a script. Important thing is go at your pace and what you feel comfortable with.
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Oh my god that would be helpful thank you bro
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Absolutely dude!
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Have you got any tips when you duot yourself
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Yes…so for ERP to work properly you have to sit with the anxiety. For example as you repeatedly read your word list you have to sit with any anxiety you may get. Don’t do any compulsions or tell yourself anything to calm yourself down. The idea is eventually over time your brain gets bored with it and learns it doesn’t bother you. But like I said start out small then build up. This is called building your hierarchy. As a matter of fact this app has a tool that will help you build your hierarchy. It also gives you some other ERP tools.
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You need to do ERP for a couple of hours per day. ALSO, this is important. Since you have Pure-O you can do ERP with your bad thoughts/feelings. The thought itself is the exposure. Your job is the Respone Prevention. This means NO REASSURANCE, NO MENTAL CHECKING, NO GOOGLING, & NO RUMINATING! It’s difficult bruh!
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Sound like hell
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I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.
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That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
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so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
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