tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post5351506444585387411..comments2023-04-02T04:00:46.893-07:00Comments on Exposing OCD: The Lonely Pilgrim: The Isolation of Relationship OCDexpwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-5816692224312955262014-01-21T09:33:22.967-08:002014-01-21T09:33:22.967-08:00Welcome Anon and Anon. Yes, ERP can help with ROC...Welcome Anon and Anon. Yes, ERP can help with ROCD. Please check out the list of resources on my sidebar, especially the International OCD Foundation for a list of therapists trained in ERP, and OCD support groups. OCD often latches onto what is important to a person, and exposure for ROCD thoughts could be making a recording of the thoughts and feared consequences and listening to it until it doesn't freak you out anymore. Having a therapist or group to help is very important for encouragement. expwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-50330144915413845832014-01-13T14:11:19.913-08:002014-01-13T14:11:19.913-08:00I just found your blog and don't really know w...I just found your blog and don't really know where to begin or what to say. Right now, I'll just say that I'm extremely grateful for finding it. I want to get help and want to reclaim my life. I want my life back. How did you use ERP to help with ROCD? Is it possible? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-51976023345035804152013-12-17T19:36:14.762-08:002013-12-17T19:36:14.762-08:00Rocd has ruined our relationship. The doubt is ove...Rocd has ruined our relationship. The doubt is overwhelming to the point that he thinks we are incompatable and says he dont trust me. He stopped calling and wont answer me. He is thinking of us I know it and I can feel it every minute of the day even without talking to him-my heart tells me so.He has asked me not to contact him as he is so sick. I am dying from longin to see him and comfort him. It seems the more I love him the more he pushes me away. The more he pushes me away the more I try to reach him which has never been my style. I am so confused as to what to do with this. I love him and have read everything about this illness so I can put myself in his place -so I can see this disease through his experience-so I can be part of his life. I want him to be happy so badly but he just backs up and pulls me back and forth-now he has just gone covert and hides. I know he misses me and is very lonely. I wonder if he feels better not having to worry so much about loving me -if he feels relief or deep sorrow over this sad ending. God we all need an answer. What can I do to make him trust himself and trust me? I want to see him finally happy knowing that he may always have some issues but there is "me" that understans and still loves him deeply without judgement - just acceptence for the wonderful man he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-250436279302357632010-09-08T12:36:38.735-07:002010-09-08T12:36:38.735-07:00I appreciate the additional songs to add to my ocd...I appreciate the additional songs to add to my ocd soundtrack. . .I really like the "The remedy is the experience"--that sums up Exposure Therapy for me--doing what I fear rather than avoiding it and worrying my life away.expwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-31103078797483931372010-09-03T20:31:14.232-07:002010-09-03T20:31:14.232-07:00I like Jason Mraz's "The Remedy"
I ...I like Jason Mraz's "The Remedy"<br /><br />I said something on the surface <br />Well it kind of makes me nervous <br />Who says that you deserve this<br />And what kind of god would serve this? <br />We will cure this dirty old disease<br />If you've got the poison I've got the remedy<br /><br /><br />The remedy is the experience. <br />This is a dangerous liaison<br />I say the comedy is that it's serious. <br />This is a strange enough new play on words<br />I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend <br />The rest of your nights with the light on<br />So shine the light on all of your friends <br />When it all amounts to nothing in the end.<br /><br /><br />I won't worry my life away.<br /><br />I won't worry my life away.<br /><br />It's kinda my theme song.Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114223183259204143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-48461132007251350472010-08-30T06:17:43.726-07:002010-08-30T06:17:43.726-07:00I was thinking of this the other day. Great topic...I was thinking of this the other day. Great topic. For some reason the beginning of KC and the Sunshine band's I'm your Boogie man comes to mind<br /><br />I'm your boogie man that's what I am<br />I'm here to do whatever I can<br />Be it early mornin' late afternoon<br />Or at midnight it's never too soon <br /><br />That is what I think of when I think of OCD!The Doubterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600301150546762407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-47781161966054284982010-08-29T20:12:41.252-07:002010-08-29T20:12:41.252-07:00Actually yes! I am generally terrible with rememb...Actually yes! I am generally terrible with remembering songs and their lyrics, even the ones that I really like, but there is a song that always made me think of something that I now recognize as part of my struggle with OCD. Amidst the angry man-hating lyrics of old Alanis Morissette were a few in the song titled "All I Really Want" that made me go, "Hey! That's exactly how I feel!" They were...<br /><br />"Why are you so petrified of silence<br />Here can you handle this? Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines<br />Or when you think you're gonna die<br />Or did you long for the next distraction?"<br /><br />When I was a kid (9-11ish) I struggled a lot with constantly thinking about death and dying, and I had a lot of intrusive thoughts surrounding this topic. I also fought with a lot of magical thinking, thought-action-fusion sort of stuff, believing that if I thought about death or about someone dying, it might happen. I spent a lot of time trying to block out these thoughts or neutralizing them...especially when I was alone. I really was afraid of the silence, of having to listen to my thoughts. Being alone with my mind was terrifying sometimes, and well, this song just seemed to capture that perfectly...I was terrified of silence and always looking for a distraction because when there was nothing to take my mind off things, my fears of death would just bear down on me, and the endless rumination and ritualizing would begin.Fellow OCD Suffererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157849944445411960noreply@blogger.com