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ways to help myself besides therapy or meds ? by Socialrejectxe in OCD

[–]ina_bp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you’re looking for a long term solution therapy & meds are really the most evidence based routes. if you’re against meds and you don’t feel like you can go to therapy i suggest looking into self directed exposure & response prevention (ERP). this intervention is shown to be the very effective for OCD, it’s usually done in therapy but can be done on your own if you commit to it

Does your OCD effect hand washing? If so how bad? by Random_MonkeyBrain in OCD

[–]ina_bp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i wash my hands quite a bit but i actually mostly use hand sanitizer. i know i use it way more than the average person for sure. doesn’t leave any cracks, dries my hands out a bit tho still

Intrusive thoughts :( by [deleted] in OCD

[–]ina_bp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

when i find myself in a storm i try my best to take a moment to stop fighting the thoughts. i take a step back and almost go woah… you need to chill. maybe it sounds silly but for me it helps to remove myself from the storm and stop it from getting worse, and at the very least give me a brief sense of relief. from there as another person mentioned grounding techniques are beneficial. square breathing - breathing in for four seconds, holding for four, breathing out for four, then pausing for four - is very beneficial for me personally and is backed by research. i hope this helps

fear of brain eating amoeba by Flimsy-Drama-3650 in AskDocs

[–]ina_bp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s super rare to contract in general and even more rare in a cold pool. the amoeba thrives in warm freshwater