Exposure therapy needs a rebrand. A lot of people hear “exposure therapy” and think it means forcing yourself to suffer or “torture” yourself in order to eventually get better. That framing is not only inaccurate, it actually pushes people away from something that can really help.

A better way to understand it is courage therapy. The goal isn’t to hurt yourself — it’s to strengthen your ability to live in alignment with what is real, true, and meaningful to you. Yes, there is fear involved, and I don’t want to minimize that. But every time you choose not to listen to the OCD voice, you’re strengthening a deeper, wiser voice inside of you that knows how you actually want to live.

If you’re doing ERP, you’re not torturing yourself — you’re building courage. And that gets stronger over time.

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