Short YouTube monologue (by Danielle Jhiani) addressing common reasons people avoid or quit ERP therapy: (1) intrusive doubts/negative thoughts, (2) fear-driven avoidance, and (3) perfectionism leading to quitting when progress isn't immediate. Speaker encourages perseverance and reports personal long-term improvement from ERP, framing recovery as attainable.
Do you doubt starting ERP or quit using the ERP that you've learned? One reason why is OCD is giving you doubts and negative thoughts. These are intrusive thoughts that are keeping you from either starting or continuing erp, which is keeping you stuck. Number two Fear. OCD is fear based. What we need to do is stop listening to fear. And number three perfection. If things aren't going perfectly, if we're not understanding it right away, if OCD isn't going away completely, your brain wants to avoid that discomfort. These are ways OCD sabotages you and gets you to quit uncomfortable things. What I can tell you as someone who's gone through erp, it led to more and more and more improvement and growth in my recovery journey. You can get to that lifetime recovery stage.
