OCD and Feeling Unreal: 10 Key Facts You Should Know Imagine waking in the night, heart racing, convinced you hadn’t locked the front door. You check, walk away, but you know that nagging thought will creep back. Then you notice the walls seem “off”—everything feels...
Federico Ferrarese
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Tailoring OCD Treatment for ADHD: Effective Strategies
Tailoring OCD Treatment for ADHD: Effective Strategies Introduction A couple of years ago, I was working with Liam, 22, who lived in Edinburgh and was doing his best to get through uni. But every evening he’d be stuck, compulsively checking door locks, taps, windows....
Effective OCD Treatment: Managing TIBs for Better Outcomes
Effective OCD Treatment: Managing TIBs for Better Outcomes Introduction: the moment things finally clicked I’m thinking of a woman I’ll call Emma. She arrived in my Edinburgh office drained, polite, and quietly frustrated. She’d “done CBT,” tried exposure and response...



