ERP

I like the analogy of OCD being like a “noisy grandfather clock”. At first the sound of the ticking drives you bonkers but after awhile you no longer notice it. ERP doesn’t get rid of the thoughts. ERP just makes it so they no longer drive you nuts. The noise is still there but you no longer give it the attention.

It takes time, but it does get better!! For me it took a long time, but I am okay now, and it will be okay for you too eventually! You got this and hang in there

It takes a while. My SOOCD did really well after three months but my ROCD is really sticking around 😅

yeah sorry it takes a while. mine is improving gradually as I've worked on it more and more over the past year and a half. it got noticably better in less than a month, but by no means completely better. That's just me; I'm sure it varies widely

yes, its never linear either. the first few weeks were absolutely brutal for me, i continued and felt so much better for months and had a really bad down turn recently. its so important to stick with it, i am losing hope but i’m not going to stop ERP because of a spiral when i see the improvement i had made before

Great question. I'm about a month into erp now too and struggling with it. I have so many different compulsions and its so hard to change things like all the things I wash my hands for. I keep hoping things will magically just become easy, but all these quirks developed over time, and its probably going to take a little time to work them back.

Just under 3 months for me. But I went way beyond what the therapist was asking of me. Wayyyy beyond

well mine is pure O so yeah ... need it to stop