Introducing my new blog, FredTalks, where the goal is to help you tame OCD and reclaim your life! This blog is different from my Aha! Moments and Beyond the Doubt Psychology Today blogs, in that the posts are:
- Shorter so you can read them in a few minutes
- Action-focused on tips & tricks you can try to help you tame your OCD
- Based on stories from Is Fred in the Refrigerator? Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life, and for each post, I’ll identify the pages in Fred where you can read a story illustrating the concept and/or where you can check out Dr. Reid Wilson’s expert guidance on the topic in Fred’s Afterword.
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Here’s to taming OCD and reclaiming your life!
Avoid the pitfalls that can sabotage your OCD recovery
A round-up of pitfalls that can sabotage your OCD recovery and how you can address them.
How micro-monitoring OCD symptoms can keep you from getting better
Micro-monitoring your OCD symptoms in hopes that you can finally eliminate them all often backfires, and here's why.
Why talk therapy can make OCD worse
Because our executive reasoning capabilities go offline when we're in the throes of OCD, talking about the content of obsessions tends to make OCD worse.
Keeping your OCD recovery strong: the ERP lifestyle
What I've learned in the almost 15 years of my OCD recovery is the more I live a lifestyle of ERP and the less I interact with OCD either physically or mentally, the fewer intrusive thoughts I have, and the more my life stays my own.