How do you stop????

[Madchoc]

Hi everybody, I hope you’re all well, I suffer from contamination OCD, I’m really trying to stop my compulsions, I am really struggling but determined. How do you not do your compulsions when you feel so bad xx

 

[PolarBear]

There are three ways.

Stop. This is cold Turkey.

Reduce. Reduce either the frequency or duration or combination thereof of a compulsion and keep doing it at that level until it doesn't bother you, then reduce again, etc., until you no longer do the compulsion.

Delay. Delay doing a compulsion for, say, 15 minutes. Slowly, over time, increase the length of delay until you no longer do the compulsion. 

[Madchoc]

Thanks Polarbear for your advice, Take care.x