OCD Themes
Constantly asking someone if you're okay?
Reassurance OCD
ERP stands for
Exposure Response Prevention
Repetitive behaviors or mental acts done to reduce anxiety.
Compulsions
Worried about germs
Contamination OCD
True or false: ERP means you gradually expose yourself to things you're afraid of while not ruminating or checking.
True
This brain region is heavily involved in threat detection and overactivation in OCD.
Amygdala
Afraid God will be mad
Scurpolisty OCD or religious OCD
What does SUDS mean?
Subjective units of distress
The belief that having a thought says something fundamental about who you are.
Over-identification with thoughts
Perfection/symmetry
What is the fear hierarchy
A list of exposure from 1 to 10
A phrase like “maybe, maybe not” helps build tolerance for this.
What is uncertainty
Persistent need to make sure doors are closed or things switched off.
Responsbility/Checking OCD
What is a correct response when OCD wants me to do something according to ERP
do not respond.
You might have done something terrible and never know for sure
Uncertainty exposure statement