Treatment
Exposure
intentionally placing yourself into a situation where you are likely to feel vulnerable to a perceived threat.
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Neutralizer
any behavior (or mental act) that is used to defend against or prevent a perceived threat.
Reassurance
trying to convince someone that everything is okay.
Response Prevention
engaging in an exposure with absolutely no neutralizing behaviors.
IOP
Intensive Outpatient Program
Obsession
recurrent thoughts that are experienced as intrusive, unwanted, and distressing.
Validation
acknowledging someone else’s blunt reality (especially someone else’s feelings).
Habituation
the natural reduction of distress over time with exposure to a perceived threat.
ERP
Exposure Response Prevention
Compulsion
behaviors or mental acts that try to neutralize a perceived threat.
Invalidation
acknowledging someone else’s blunt reality (especially someone else’s feelings).
Approach Behavior/Signals
subtle body language that sends the message to your brain and body that you have decided to approach a situation as if it were safe (even when it doesn’t feel safe).
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Radical Acceptance
an acknowledgment of the blunt reality, even when that reality is painful.
Accommodation
adjusting your own behavior in a way that assists someone in performing neutralizing behaviors (e.g., doing things that allow someone to avoid a distressing situation, doing neutralizing behaviors for/with someone, or doing things that provide opportunities for someone to do neutralizing behaviors).
Effective
something that works and gets you closer to your goals
SUDS
Subjective Units of Distress Scale
Values
ideals that represent the way you want to live and what anxiety/OCD is keeping you from expressing.
DEARMAN
Describe-- Express-- Assert-- Reinforce-- Mindfully-- Appear confident-- Negotiate