OCD and Your Period: Understanding the Connection
OCD and Your Period: Understanding the Connection Clinical Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute clinical advice. If you are experiencing distress, please consult a qualified mental health professional or your GP. Quick...
Why Do I Feel Like a Bad Person? (OCD Explained)
Why Do I Feel Like a Bad Person? (OCD Explained) Just last week, a client sat across from me in my Edinburgh office, tears streaming down her face. “I keep having these awful thoughts,” she whispered. “What kind of person thinks about hurting someone...
5 Key Insights into OCD: Understanding a Friend’s Struggles
5 Key Insights into OCD: Understanding a Friend’s Struggles Last week, one of my clients sat across from me in my Edinburgh office, visibly frustrated. “My flatmate keeps saying she’s ‘so organised’ about keeping the kitchen tidy,”...
AI for OCD Support: Start Without Triggering Compulsions
AI for OCD Support: Start Without Triggering Compulsions What You Need to Know Right Away Here’s what I’ve learned working with clients who want to use AI for their OCD recovery. It can be brilliant when you set the right boundaries, but it can also become...
5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life
5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life Picture this. A few weeks ago, one of my clients sat in my Edinburgh office, absolutely shattered. She’d spent three hours the night before checking every single electrical outlet in her house. Not once, not...
5 Reasons Why Ignoring Intrusive Thoughts is Challenging
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...
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...
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...
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