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White-Knuckling: Doing Exposures Without Response Prevention | Emetophobia & OCD Recovery

Exposure therapy is often misunderstood—and when it’s done without response prevention, it can actually make anxiety and emetophobia stronger, not weaker. In this video, I talk about why white-knuckling through exposures (forcing yourself through something while panicking, reassuring, bracing, or mentally escaping) doesn’t teach the brain that you’re safe. Instead, it can reinforce the belief that the situation was dangerous—and that you only survived because you endured it or controlled it “just enough.” True exposure isn’t about suffering until it’s over. It’s about changing the relationship you have with fear. I explain: • The difference between doing an exposure and doing ERP • Why grit, force, and “just get through it” can backfire • How safety behaviors (even mental ones) keep fear alive • What the brain actually learns during white-knuckled exposures • How willingness, openness, and response prevention allow anxiety to rise and fall on its own • Why the goal isn’t feeling better—it’s learning that you can handle discomfort without control This video is especially for anyone who has said: “I did the exposure… but I don’t feel any better.” “I forced myself through it and now I’m more scared.” “Why isn’t this working for me?” You’re not failing. You’re just being asked to do something different than what anxiety demands. If you’re navigating emetophobia, OCD, or anxiety recovery, my hope is that this video helps you stop fighting fear—and start teaching your nervous system that you don’t need to be protected from it. You don’t need to be braver. You don’t need to push harder. You need a different response. #vomit #anxiety #ocd #emetophobia #ocdrecovery