OCD in the Digital Age: 5 Hidden Traps of Scrolling Last week, a client sat across from me in my Edinburgh office, phone clutched in her hands like a lifeline. "I can't stop checking," she whispered. "Instagram, Facebook, TikTok. I scroll for hours, but it just makes...
10 Little-Known Types of OCD You May Not Recognise Last month, I sat across from Sarah (name changed), a brilliant lawyer who'd been seeing therapists for fifteen years. Depression, they said. Anxiety disorder, said another. One even suggested she had borderline...
Living with Somatic OCD: 2 Inspiring Recovery Stories Picture this. A young man sits across from me in my Edinburgh clinic, visibly exhausted. "Federico," he whispers, "I can't stop thinking about my breathing. Every single breath feels like I'm doing it wrong." His...
Loving Someone with Relationship OCD: 10 Essential Tips Last week, a woman sat in my Edinburgh office, tears streaming down her face. "He keeps asking if I really love him," she whispered. "But Federico, he asks me this twenty times a day. I tell him yes, I show him...
OCD Relief in 15 Minutes: Understanding the Wait Strategy Last week, a client sat in my Edinburgh office and said something that stopped me in my tracks. "Federico, I just need fifteen minutes of peace from these thoughts. Just fifteen minutes where I don't have to...
Groinal Responses in OCD: Understanding Brain Mechanisms Picture this. A client sits across from me in my Edinburgh clinic, visibly distressed. "Federico," they say, "my body is betraying me. I'm feeling things I don't want to feel, and it's terrifying me." Sound...