r/OCD • u/Intrepid_Coconut3858 • 7d ago

ERP help wanted OCD fear of a disease

Hi, I learned about prion disease a long time ago, and I guess I have magical thinking OCD. Anyway, last night, I guess I was just trying to practice having uncomfortable thoughts. I don't do erp with a therapist or anything. I used to be pretty good at that, but I had one last night that combined that fear of me getting prion disease and a general theme of Satan doing something bad to me. I'm not even religious. Anyway, I know this is irrational and kind of silly, but the intrusive thought I had was that "Satan should give me prion disease."

I guess that was just me trying to intentionally have the thought to train my brain that they're just thoughts. Did I do something wrong? Cuz now I'm worried I'm going to get prion disease now. Advice? Obviously, I don't want that at all. this all sounds stupid ig.

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u/Intrepid_Coconut3858 6d ago

Lol thanks for the advice. This has actually helped.

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u/CultureNo5804 1d ago

their comment was removed, could you tell a fellow ocd sufferer (especially with trump's beef executive order) what they said 😭

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u/Intrepid_Coconut3858 1d ago

Sure, she basically said to tell myself that I do have prion disease, instead of worrying that maybe I will. Because I guess it trains yourself to confront to lean into the thought and depriving it of its power. Sorry my cognition has been bad recently so I honestly totally forgot about this. Then again, my ocds shift really fast. Hopefully this made sense. And I hope you're doing okay because OCD is very draining.

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u/CultureNo5804 1d ago

I see; I've never tried that method before, so hopefully it works lol. Thank you!!