Best Way To Manage OCD: Exposure & Response Prevention-ERP

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective way to treat OCD. ERP worksheet and related videos in my Free Self Help Course for OCD at shtoons.com/erp and to support my channel please see the links below 👇
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0:00 About OCD
0:40 ERP for Contamination
1:39 Responsibility for Harm & Checking
2:23 Symmetry and Order
3:16 Taboo Thoughts
4:09 ERP Intro
4:44 ERP Example 1
10:39 ERP "Pure O" Example
References:
Abramowitz, J. S., Deacon, B. J., & Whiteside, S. P. H. (2019). Exposure Therapy for Anxiety: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.
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[@SelfHelpToons]

ERP worksheet and related videos in my Free Self Help Course for OCD at shtoons.com/erp

[@paulusmartin464]

thank you so o o ... much for your video. Many ADHD, autistics persons have such problems and you help us so o o...much with your very useful videos. So thank you so o o ... much indeed from germany.

[@prashantajmera8738]

nicely explained all the aspects of erp in a well designed easily understandeable graphical video presentation, salute to this extraordinary work

[@SelfHelpToons]

Glad you liked it!

[@diatribe5]

The Covid-19 agenda in 2020 made me that way. I didn’t use hand sanitizer, but I was washing my hands so often that I ran out of lotion and my hands got dry.
Maybe I could pretend I live in the first half of the 20th century, when wearing gloves was very common.

[@ArshakAndriasov]

Understanding that "The misfortune of an individual is not that he was deceived, but in that he deceived himself" provides a call to introspection and honesty with oneself.

[@elenabukreeva1061]

I hope that the example of not washing hands during the whole day are purely educational. I cannot imagine myself spending the whole day in public places and then not washing hands after coming home, especially before cooking and eating!It is a part of my culture- wash hands when you come home, and just a good hygiene habit.
Another example I strongly disagree with is putting my bag on the public restroom floor. Then I will bring the bag home and there will be public restroom in my home, eww. I felt uncomfortable when you were explaining those examples, sorry, doctor.

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks for your comment. Your reaction is common. These are specific exercises to help treat contamination based OCD and are designed to create discomfort. In order for ERP to be effective, the exposure exercises need to provoke a feeling of contamination. If there's no discomfort then there's no learning from the exercise that can help reduce OCD.
Regular handwashing before eating is good hygiene. However, if someone washes their hands excessively whenever they touch something and feels extreme anxiety if they can't wash them, learning that skipping handwashing won't cause harm can effectively reduce fear of contamination and help stop compulsive handwashing.