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...
5 Eye-Opening Ways OCD and Memory Distrust Affect Your Life You won’t believe this, but one of the biggest misconceptions about OCD is that it ruins your memory. I see clients every week who come into my Edinburgh office convinced their brain is broken. They...
Sometimes OCD Feels Logical: 7 Eye-Opening Realities Here’s what I want you to understand. OCD feels logical because it hijacks your brain’s natural problem-solving abilities. That’s exactly why it’s so hard to dismiss. Sometimes OCD feels...
Moving Toward OCD Subtypes: 7 Precision Psychiatry Insights Here’s something that keeps me up at night. Yesterday, I sat across from Sarah (name changed), a brilliant teacher who’d been through three different SSRI medications and months of therapy. She...
5 Ways to Break Free From Anger-Driven OCD Understanding Anger-Driven OCD is crucial for effective treatment. You won’t believe what happened during one of my sessions last month. A client sat across from me, visibly frustrated, and said, “I’m so...
New Insights on OCD: Discover 5 Key Findings for 2026 What’s Really Happening in OCD Research Right Now Picture this. Five major discoveries about OCD have emerged just this year that are changing how we understand and treat this condition. I’m Federico...
When AI Becomes a Compulsion: The Rise of Reassurance Chatting Picture this. It’s 3 am, and someone is hunched over their phone, typing the same question into ChatGPT for the seventh time tonight. “Is this thought normal?” Delete. Rephrase....
Reassurance Seeking: 5 Scripts to Break the Compulsion You won’t believe this, but last Tuesday, I watched a client ask me the same question seventeen times in one session. Seventeen. I’m Federico Ferrarese, a cognitive behavioural therapist based in...
OCD or Intrusive Thoughts? 12 Key Signs to Differentiate Just last Tuesday, a client sat in my Edinburgh office, looking utterly exhausted. She’d been awake most of the night, tormented by a single thought that kept circling back. “Federico,” she...
Intrusive Thoughts vs Repressed Emotions: 8 Revealing Truths Here’s something that might surprise you. Last week, a client sat across from me in my Edinburgh practice, visibly frustrated. “Federico,” she said, “I keep trying to stop these...
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