5 Reasons Why Ignoring Intrusive Thoughts is Challenging Last Tuesday, I watched a client here in my Edinburgh practice literally hold his head in his hands. "I keep telling myself to just stop thinking about it," he said, exhausted. "But the harder I try to push it...
Federico Ferrarese
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Rumination OCD: Why Trying to Figure Out Intrusive Thoughts Makes Them Worse
10 Insights into Rumination OCD and Intrusive Thoughts Last Tuesday, I watched a client spend forty minutes trying to "solve" a single intrusive thought. She sat in my Edinburgh office, eyes fixed on the floor, mentally replaying the same scenario over and over. "If I...
Is It OCD or Intuition? 14 Inspiring Differences
Is It OCD or Intuition? 14 Inspiring Differences Here's something that stops my clients mid-sentence almost every session: "Federico, is this OCD talking, or is it actually my intuition?" Many clients ask, "Is It OCD or Intuition?" and wonder how to differentiate...



