Hi there, Huddlers. Great week. This week, we’ll discuss Strategies Module 5: Mental compulsions function like behavior. Once they learn about cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), most people can immediately tell that how they think impacts how they feel, how they feel impacts how they behave, and how they behave impacts how they think. OCD treatment, in particular, has a heavy emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP). The goal of ERP is to expose you to anxiety-provoking stimuli and get you to refrain from doing anything to manage the anxiety. Instead, you wait for the anxiety to pass. That moment of ERP is uncomfortable, but in the future you will get relief. You, Huddlers, know this and have already worked on it with physical compulsions. Let’s talk more about this so you understand how to use the same technique for your mental compulsions.
Mental compulsions function like behavior
Mental compulsions function like behavior
Mental compulsions function like behavior
Hi there, Huddlers. Great week. This week, we’ll discuss Strategies Module 5: Mental compulsions function like behavior. Once they learn about cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), most people can immediately tell that how they think impacts how they feel, how they feel impacts how they behave, and how they behave impacts how they think. OCD treatment, in particular, has a heavy emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP). The goal of ERP is to expose you to anxiety-provoking stimuli and get you to refrain from doing anything to manage the anxiety. Instead, you wait for the anxiety to pass. That moment of ERP is uncomfortable, but in the future you will get relief. You, Huddlers, know this and have already worked on it with physical compulsions. Let’s talk more about this so you understand how to use the same technique for your mental compulsions.