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- Beachgirl2024
- Date posted
- 41w ago
ERP
I started doing ERP and I absolutely hate it! It feels like I actually like and want the thoughts š
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- GermanCowboyGermanCowboy
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 41w ago
Itās hard at first, but itās not impossible. Youāll get used to it later on. Youāll even learn to like being a better you and so the hope is for you to actively seek exposures on your own. Itās like exercising at the gym.
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- StoicGuyStoicGuy
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 41w ago
You are still missing the point though. Feelings aren't facts. Thoughts aren't facts. One thing that helped me a lot was realizing random thoughts aren't important and we don't have to allow them any importance. You have to retrain your brain to recognize these thoughts as just something that pops up in your head that usually don't have any meaning. You assign a feeling or decide on how to react. OCD of course amplifies these feelings but if you don't place much importance on thoughts then they lose their power.
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- GermanCowboyGermanCowboy
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 41w ago
@StoicGuy Very stoic advice indeed! Iām interested in reading into stoicism, any pointers on where to start? I just got a copy of Marcus Aureliusā Meditations.
- Username
- StoicGuyStoicGuy
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 41w ago
@GermanCowboy Marcus is obviously the best, but it's nice to read different interpretations by modern authors to get different perspectives. Unfortunately stoic philosophers aren't alive anymore so a lot of their advice is open to different interpretations, especially when practiced in a modern world with modern issues. That being said, I don't think it matters who you read as long as you follow the basic foundations of stoicism.
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- olivia.4olivia.4
- Date posted
- 41w ago
youāll get through it!
- Username
- StoicGuyStoicGuy
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 41w ago
I already know your brain will scream " but, what if these thoughts are true?" Well any scary random thought could be true, but having a thought and and associated feeling doesn't actually mean that thought has any truth or relevance. It may be true or it may be nonsense. For OCD recovery you aren't trying to control your thoughts by making them go away, but instead you are learning to not react to them. Notice the thoughts, then say maybe, maybe not it will happen. Then move on to a task that is important to you.
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- Beachgirl2024Beachgirl2024
- Date posted
- 41w ago
@StoicGuy I just donāt want it to be true š
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- Flower152Flower152
- Date posted
- 41w ago
Hey girl Iām starting ERP and I have the exact same issue Iām just terrified and donāt want it to be true because itās so disgusting
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- CorgiLove
- Date posted
- 16w ago
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