Behavior Therapy
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How much Luvox? Wondering, him
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Annmarie wrote; I started behavior therapy a few months ago and I can’t believe that there is some change in by constant compulsions. Other than the fact that you started BT, I have NO idea what this sentence means (did you mean to write "my" instead of "by"?). Sorry. you wrote:
Any one out there going with this therapy? Please let me know. yes, many of us. I have had limited to good results involving BT/CBT, depending upon the symptom. The shrink also plays a huge role in how effective your therapy is. Tom
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I guess I hit the wrong key. Tom is right, You need a good therapist. I had some bad doctors in the past. Annmarie The brown eyed lady
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>I started behavior therapy a >few months ago and I can’t believe that there is some change in by >constant compulsions. Any one out there going with this therapy?
yes, i am. It’s hard but it’s an incredibly freeing thing once you’re successful at confronting some of the things. Just stay with it. stick with it. FOLLOW THROUGH. at first it’s very easy but some of the assignments getvery difficult. i’m encountering a few tough assignments right now and feelingl a strong, almost overpowering urge not want to do them. but i tell myself if i want to get better i must , and if i cant, I MUST at least BE HONEST and say so. one of the most important things is to tell your BT if you cant follow thru on an assigment, even if it is embarrassing for the 4th or 5gh session to say you havent done an ounce. YOu need to be honest. It might be very tempting to say that you’ll do it and not, and want to say you had even if you hadn’t. If a particular assignment is too hard don’t be afraid to say so, your BT will be able to adjust to your pace….. but it must be steady!!! don’t give up!!! you will feel anxiety, VERY STRONG, at times, and it may take an hour or several days to subside, but belieiive me, it will. — Fly — "The chief reason for failure of behavior therapy is not carrying out exposure treatment with sufficient thoroughness." – Anxiety and Its Treatment ~ Greist, Jefferson, Marks
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another problem i encounter is knowing if it’s ocd or not and not trusting my therapist to know the difference between real danger and false danger. The key is faith. Trust you doctor. He/she WILL NOT give you an assignment if it subjects you to danger. Hold this thought in the beginning…hopefully later on you won’t need it because in time you’ll learn to distinguish your OCD thoughts from your real ones. "OCD mimics real life, but real life never mimics OCD." – (did i quote this right?) from the book Brain Lock. If it feels like ocd then it probably is. — fly — i believe as an ocder my brain is biologically wired to always doubt things. But i must learn to live with that doubt and incorporate it into my lifestyle, NOT deny it. When i do things that are scary (to me) i know there is a certain amount of risk involved. But I must confront this and say to myself "Ok I’m gonna ACCEPT the risk and DO it anyway." There IS risk [however infinitessimal it is] in some of my obsessions. In exposure therapy I can’t deny that. The key to a most complete recovery is learning how to embrace ALL ASPECTS of the exposure, including ALL the dreadful "what-if’" thoughts leading up to it, such as "YES!!!! I may die from touching my computer keys!!! I have it all worked out in my head!!!! Yes!!!! Because of A, B, C, and Z, I WILL DIE!!!!" If I just blindly DO an exercise without exposing myself to the doubts behind it, then, i feel, it is NOT a complete exposure. Pure exposure [without addressing the fact that there IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RISK INVOLVED] is only half the work involved. In the beginning of therapy it helps me to TRUST my doctor and know he won’t be telling me to do something that isn’t risky. KNOWING THAT SOMETHING *ISN’T* RISKY IS ONLY THE TRAINING WHEELS TO GET ME STARTED. AS TIME GOES ON AND I BEGIN TO HEAL I MUST EVENTUALLY COME TO TERMS WITH THAT RISK, THE INEVITABLE UNCERTAINTY. I CANNOT DENY IT. IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. Beyond that…..and this is the hard part…I MUST LEARN TO ACCEPT THAT RISK. THE HORRIBLE THOUGHTS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE….I MUST REMEMBER THAT. HOWEVER…..THE KEY IS IN LEARNING HOW TO LESSEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM IN MY DAILY BEHAVIOR!!!!!!!!!!! hopefully the darn rusty noggin will follow suit
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Hi, I’m new to this site. I have OCD and it is a real hell. I am on Luvox and things have gotten a little better. I still suffer about my health. I run to the doctors all the time. I started behavior therapy a few months ago and I can’t believe that there is some change in by constant compulsions. Any one out there going with this therapy? Please let me know. Merry Christmas to all of you! Annmarie
