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.
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Psychology Today Blog Posts
These posts were published on Psychology Today as part of the long-running blog Beyond the Doubt, which was created by fellow OCD advocate Jeff Bell and later became a joint project. The posts featured here are ones I’ve written since 2017. They offer an inside perspective on living with OCD, learning to tolerate uncertainty, and […]
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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.
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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.