Can someone please advise

[Doc]

I just want an honest opinion from someone 

 

I am trying my utmost best with ERP. My therapist told me I need to be able to cognitively reconstruct my brain which I believe it means to re-train my brain to think normal. 
 

I have been doing my homework, intrusions come all the time, exposure done, thought disappears and then again and again 

How long does this process take to somehow be able to understand? I know each and every individual is different, but how long did it take you guys after ERP? Weeks? Months? Years?

I would highly appreciate if someone can advise

 

thanks 

[PolarBear]

Doing all of the necessary CBT steps, it took me about 18 months to exorcise the OCD demon.

[Doc]

Thanks polarbear. Seems like a long time. But thanks for the answer. 

[PolarBear]

Well, it's not nearly as long as the nearly 40 years I suffered in silence.

[Doc]

I’m 38 and i first had ocd as a child but well controlled. 2013 massive flare up, and then relapse after 7 years. I need to be really focused at work and I don’t have a minute to spare! The anxiety just doesn’t do me good! I will try my best with CBT and I do not want medications! If push comes to shove, then yeah I won’t have any choice! In the meantime I want to try CBT.