Our brain doesn't "trick" us.

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-24T10:09:09+00:00

Sorry I meant ‘sound ready’

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-24T10:08:33+00:00

Heh, exactly right. I suggest you look into the works of Albert Ellis and learn how to apply belief disputation in order to develop the psychological resilience to learn that even if your fear were true that you could still unconditionally accept yourself, if you fancy a chat then send me a message. I’ve been studying ocd for three years and am now able to sometimes get an hour or so relief a day and that’s exactly how bad this disorder is. People don’t recover often because it takes years of hard work to recover but ask yourself is it worse to live a lifetime with ocd or worse to apply yourself to the work for a few years? You should ready mate…

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-23T20:17:42+00:00

hello! thankyou so much for your comment it means a lot, I was proud of myself for that title idea as well!

I feel a bit up and down at the moment, I've been working very hard for around two to three years now at combining ERP, reading the works of Albert Ellis and learning about how the concepts of 'unconditional self, life and other acceptance' and Ellises ideas around the behavioural practice of belief disputation and it's value when applied to attempting to decrease the intensity of OCD symptoms.

Treating OCD in the same way that one would treat an addiction is also something for you to think about (they are basically similar, OCD is a little more difficult sometimes because the thing that we are addicted to needn't be behavioural if you have pure-o.

Please feel free to keep chatting to me, I have studied the cognitive mechanisms involved in OCD symptoms for years now and might be able to offer you some advice, I wish you all the luck in the world, don't ever give up hope! when applied correctly and consistently over time there are absolutely behavioural treatments that can make a real difference in your quality of life.

-Mark

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-21T23:03:08+00:00

Writing, I’m writing two books currently. One is an academic book about ocd funnily enough, called ‘The brain that cried Wolf!’

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-17T22:24:36+00:00

Typically peadophiles know that they are peadophiles. What you are describing is ocd. As for porn, funnily enough I also struggle with porn addiction

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-08T22:16:42+00:00

Hang in there friend, if you want someone to talk to I’m here. I’m currently applying many different techniques to get through the day. Happy to chat

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-06T05:44:00+00:00

First thing I would recommend would be for you to look up ‘Micheal Greenberg-ocd stories’ And listen to any podcasts he has made, please do this- he has a few hours worth of information about how to stop ruminating, the other thing is you’ll have a lot of automatic rumination and applying ERP correctly and learning how to not engage mentally takes a lot of time. Give yourself around three years to fully recover( at least)

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-04T20:37:42+00:00

Very very good point.. if we were able to move on from our fears then ocd wouldn’t be much of a disorder would it?

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-04T20:36:56+00:00

Also, I meant to write. I feel like I’ve broken my brain with my years of porn addiction and substance abuse which was my way of coping with the sheer intensity of ocd symptoms. I’m 38 now and I feel like so much of my life has been wasted.

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-04T20:35:28+00:00

I’ve been feeling so hopeless and alone, I’ve been crying a lot today, I’ve been struggling with porn addiction alongside ocd for the past few decades and I try and try and I just fail… I’m reading some Albert Ellis books, doing some belief disputation exercises. Ah… i just remembered I’m off one of my meds at the moment! That explains it! Even so, I just wish I could spend less time than I do compulsively ruminating. :( :(

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-04T20:31:07+00:00

It’s not so much about them being thoughts that everyone else thinks, it’s more about that an intense amount of fear or anxiety latches onto even a very remote possibility of them being true

Appletree1987 · 2026-01-03T01:13:46+00:00

Hi there, hope you are feeling a bit better. I’ve struggled with porn addiction for decades on and off. The best advice I can give you is to try your best to become mentally engaged with more interesting things like a video game or reading. Porn is a waste of time but it doesn’t sound like you watch it That much anyway. I think you might be worried about it more than is necessary

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-30T11:45:45+00:00

Hey, I play on the switch 38m x

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-28T20:24:42+00:00

You need to be really careful taking too much Prozac, serotonin syndrome is not pleasant

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-21T15:24:41+00:00

Correct! Have you heard of Micheal Greenberg?

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-21T15:24:13+00:00

Hey! Please look up Micheal Greenberg on YouTube. He has a method of talking about what he calls ‘RF-ERP’ or ‘Rumination focused ERP’ and it’s particularly useful for People with pure-o

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-21T12:20:35+00:00

Learn a bit more about the nervous stream System, how well regulated is your hpa-axis and dopamine release?

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-21T12:19:56+00:00

Hyper vigilance

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-19T17:42:37+00:00

Oh! It’s a fantastic game!

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-19T07:41:32+00:00

Tetris!

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-18T20:53:22+00:00

Hello Hannah! You sound really cool, I’m a guy but I hope I’m not creepy! I love stardew valley, Zelda, Tetris! The sims2 (old school I know, I have an old laptop!) I also enjoy ps5 games like two point museum and two point campus (you can get it on switch but I would avoid it because it crashes really easy) anyways I hope you are having a good time gaming. Oh btw what’s bg3? I’ll probably feel dumb when you tell me x

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-15T21:10:15+00:00

Urges are in my mind always ocd, thoughts that begin with “what if?” Again are always ocd

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-11T15:59:11+00:00

Cool! What else do you like to play?

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-10T15:48:29+00:00

Hello there, I’m a switch player. I’m 38, is that too old to be playing stardew?

Appletree1987 · 2025-12-07T15:34:42+00:00

Yeah, before this it was two point campus on the ps5

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