So I’m trying ERP and as a result I’m not able to function eat sleep properly should I back down to my ocd and just do as it wishes Or keep up with this ERP which has been failing for the last 3 months
Are you doing erp with a therapist?
If you feel comfortable, can you describe what you’re doing for ERP at all? Even in vague detail? Maybe there’s something going wrong with it that might be seen by a fresh set of eyes
@Soup Time 🥫 I legit Can’t function so if you have anything you use to limit your ocd feel free to share my brain is collapsing and it needs all the help it can get
If it’s this difficult, is there a chance you could meet with a psychiatrist and try medication? It really helped me
@Soup Time 🥫 How on earth can you manage this disorder
@scutodragon You can do it. I know you can
It’s not easy. Nothing worthwhile is easy, but yes medication can help. It can make the ERP go smoother. I’m sorry things are so hard. It’s rough that no one gets it
It seems like it’s getting REALLY hard. Have you tried calling an emergency number or going to the hospital?
No just self practice also no meditation was involved
@scutodragon Medication
Technology and its nature triggers my Ocd and does more Damage than good that’s why I couldn’t do zoom therapy and there are no therapists where I’m from
Doing what my ocd hates most I love feeling blank things on my fourms on websites I left it blank and as a result I can’t function Also my ocd hates when there is 2 things blank meaning more work and it’s harder to remember So now it’s been 3 months and I have zero progress lack of sleep Barley functional at all This ocd is a nightmare
As much as I hate to say it in my whole life the only way my ocd got over something is what I did exactly what is want the other treatments just don’t work at least for my ocd
I’m just going to find a way to get the staff on those websites to help me fill the voids i give up with erp it’s a lost case
Like pills?
I kind of want to give up sometimes this disorder is too much to bare
Nobody understands everyone just judged me this life is too hard to fix it was really meant to be this way
I know this sounds silly but I would like to share it So there is something called Minecraft schematics and I accidentally made something called a schematic group that was not deletable my ocd really wanted it to be deleted but my amazing luck the only person that could wasn’t available so I grew impatient and got banned from that place and they won’t give me a second chance and say I’m unfit to play on there because I have ocd and they gave other people second chances I reported the server to mojang but they did nothing people hate me I’m sure if it was the other way around I would have lost my access I just hate this life with ocd so so much
They don’t understand that I don’t want to do this my ocd makes me I can’t control my ocd I HATE having it SO much I hate being the outcast the one starting trouble the One in chaos the one who can’t function while seeing everyone else thrive
If I had the chance to just end it all I really would I really would trust me I don’t want to do it anymore
It’s almost 4 am and ocd isn’t letting me sleep because of the website
Where I’m from hospitals are only equipped to handle physical injury not not something mental and I don’t know what’s an emergency number or how it can help someone
I just feel like I spent so much time bowing down to this disorder and other people who were blessed with a normal perfect brain used that to their advantage And about medicine for ocd I would do it but I can’t swollow a pill
I would trade ocd for having autism adhd diabetes or even being in a wheelchair
My medication is in liquid form!
I highly recommend it!
Can I ask the name of it
And if there’s any side effects
My psychiatrist recommended me Zoloft and I had diarrhea for a little less than a week at the beginning
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 ❤️
In ERP, but have made no progress. I’m also on medication for ocd. I actually feel like I’ve resorted back to when I was at my worst. Is this normal? I feel ERP helps everyone and not me. It actually makes me more anxious and want to stop, esp because my ocd is on something physical (imperfections/hair color) I’m not giving up & going to continue through this journey regardless. I long for mental stability 😭
What would I do for ERP if my OCD says because I didn’t do something correctly or remember something I will have panic attacks that don’t end?
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