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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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Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
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I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
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I'll start by saying, I have not been clinically diagnosed, as I do not have the funds to see therapists or psychiatrists in my current situation. Once I'm in a better spot, I very much intend to. That to say; after months and months of having issues with anxiety, specifically health related, my partner was the one that mentioned OCD. I did have some somewhat OCD related behaviors in my youth, though those likely could be explained by potentially undiagnosed ASD (as my mother is on the spectrum as well as a sibling, both diagnosed.) But I never considered OCD taking form in a health sense. I posted earlier about how I've had 4 days of pretty minimal anxiety and intrusive thoughts, and it has led me to doubt the OCD label I've been working at treating? I don't want to be the person that identifies themselves with a disorder they don't have, which is why I hesitate to self diagnose with OCD or ASD or anything else. At the same time, I've read that a lot of even clinically diagnosed people with OCD doubt their diagnosis. It makes me wonder if I will always have this doubt, and if that means it is worth it or not to get tested? I know that if I do, they can actually do ERP (whereas I've been self taught and self guided so far) so that would be worth it...
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