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5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life

5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life

by Federico Ferrarese | Mar 17, 2026 | NEWS, OCD

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

by Federico Ferrarese | Mar 13, 2026 | NEWS, OCD

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

Rumination OCD: Why Trying to Figure Out Intrusive Thoughts Makes Them Worse

by Federico Ferrarese | Mar 12, 2026 | NEWS, OCD

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...
Loving Someone with Relationship OCD: 7 Essential Tips

Loving Someone with Relationship OCD: 7 Essential Tips

by Federico Ferrarese | Oct 21, 2025 | NEWS, OCD

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...
Tailoring OCD Treatment for ADHD: Effective Strategies

Tailoring OCD Treatment for ADHD: Effective Strategies

by Federico Ferrarese | Sep 14, 2025 | NEWS, OCD

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....
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