Vomiting from OCD Anxiety
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i'm a long term sufferer from OCD and am starting ERP therapy soon for my intrusive thought. part of erp is going to be exposing myself to my triggers and i'm in extreme anxiety about it. my thoughts keep urging me to expose myself to my triggers since i'm going to be doing it in therapy anyways but i only want to do it in a professional environment at a gradual pace not at home on a whim! the internal struggle to keep myself from taking my therapy into my own hands and the fear of having to confront my fears are causing me lots of panic attacks and vomiting, does anyone know how to calm this and prevent me from throwing up my food everytime i eat because of anxiety?
thank you
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jan34534 aly123
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is there anyway you could do this in a professional setting?
ChrisLancs83 aly123
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Nausea is part and parcel of overwhelming anxiety/panic. Try and separate your ERP therapy that is due to start with what you are doing at present. If possible, try and say to yourself that you do not need to worry because the ERP therapy session is not happening today, at least this way you will you may be able to calm yourself down enough to eat food and keep it down.
The whole point about ERP is overcoming phobias, it will not be easy, BUT its not happening right now, so you don't have to worry about it right now. Don't worry about tomorrow, just focus on dealing with today.