Lou and Lewis, new thread guys ?

Thanks man! Lou I’m happy to hear the ERP is going well for you. I hope it will work for me, will see how it goes tomorrow. Have a good day guys

Good luck tomorrow Lewis, it's hard to begin with, but it works.

Yay found it!! Let us know how you get on Lewis xx

I’m not afraid of feeling like ****. Been putting up with it for so long, it’s kinda ‘normal’ now. Will do, thanks guys

Right, so I went to the therapist. She said to go home and write down, then record my worst fear/scenario. Then listen to it Lou/Garrett any tips for this? Not saying my Therapist isn’t useful, we just didn’t do it in the session?

Well Lou might be better to advise you on this Lewis, but I do know, be careful not to include any reassurance in it.

I’ve found examples online, but will wait for Lou to get back to me ? Have you done an ERP script?

Hi Lewis. Well, yes that is a start. But really she should have gone through it in the session possible. If you write it down on your own you are more likely to give yourself reassurance without sometimes even knowing it. Or you could write it down and let her read it first. I actually record all of my sessions on my phone so I did my erp with my therapist and recorded it with him. Have a go at it though Lewis. You can always email it to me and I can take a look. And trust me I have had the WORST thoughts EVER and nothing would bother me! Xx

Hi guys how are we doing? I had a slight wobble today as I haven't listened to the erp for about 5 days and hadn't been out jogging.....so started again today! How are you guys getting on now? X

Yeah keep at it Lou . Finished with my therapist today as he felt I could become reliant on therapy sessions. Hoping I'll manage without that safety net, but sure can only try.

Yep I will keep at it Garrett! Yes I thought I was becoming reliant on my therapist too. I am okay just need to keep at the erp.....trouble is with me once i feel better I don't carry on with the things I should do and come complacent! Xx

Hey guys ,how are you both doing. Therapist told me ,only come back if strategies aren't working. If I'm not applying strategies, then I should know what I need to do. Feels hard and not a great day, but it's down to anxiety about dealing with it without that help. Fingers crossed things 'll be ok.

Hi Garrett. How are you? X

Hi nocd. I'm a little confused why my post was deleted! Sorry!

Hi Lou, what happened there, didn't see the post

Yeah one of my messages was deleted too

Not sure really! There was nothing bad in it! How are you? I'm having another session with my therapist today. Like I said I didn't listen to the erp for about a week and have started again this week. The OCD has crept back doubting if it is OCD again as it is taking longer to go than ithasnin the past but then again this had been the longest bout I have everbhad I suppose! I felt great last week and the weather was lovely which really helped. Just hope I can get back on track again. X

You will Lou, just stick with it. Just remember, to refuse to interact with the thoughts outside of the ERP. I was told ,to stick with it, until it just bores you.

Yes same here. I know I will really laugh about this one when it has fully gone! I do laugh at it when I am listening to it sometimes!

Hi Garrett and Lewis......hope you are okay Lewis...you have probably been told to keep away from sites like this bit Garrett and me are her to encourage tour recovery as I hope you guys are xx

Hi Garrett....how are you doing? X