ERP Therapy Sucks
a day ago
- #Mental Health
- #OCD
- #ERP Therapy
- The author was recently diagnosed with OCD but is more focused on treatment than labels.
- Started NOCD's program, which uses Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) therapy, involving facing fears directly.
- ERP therapy involves provoking fear/anxiety without using usual coping mechanisms to show the brain the futility of rituals.
- ERP is described as valuable beyond OCD, suggesting most people could benefit from systematically tackling fears.
- Large Language Models (LLMs) can reduce the effort and cost of therapy experiments, with a suggested ERP prompt provided.
- Despite ERP being challenging ('sucks'), the author encourages trying it, possibly with a licensed professional.