Accepting Uncertainty (Part 1):
Accepting Uncertainty is an absolutely crucial tool to have when it comes to recovering from OCD. This is because OCD demands certainty, and thrives off of your need for it. In fact it demands absolute certainty.
Key Reads
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Exposure & Response Prevention, (Part 1):
Before I begin, I would like to link some resources about Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP). The reason for this is because, as I have said before, I am not a medical professional, or anything of the sort, Therefore I think it is best that I link to other sources, as providing guidance on what Exposure & Response Prevention Therapy is, would be beyond my remit, so to speak. The…
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Reacting to OCD Thoughts (Part 1):
In a previous article, I introduced the idea that responding to OCD thoughts is a mistake. As I am unable to reliably tell which thoughts are caused by my OCD, and which thoughts are ‘natural’, this means that any of my thoughts could be an OCD thought, and should be treated as such. In the first part, I will talk about how I was reacting to OCD thoughts, what is…
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How OCD Twists the mind: When your thoughts can no longer be trusted
my judgement and emotional reaction to these thoughts cannot be trusted
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An Introduction to Me & My Blog about my experiences with OCD
When I found out what OCD really was, it was a huge relief. So many things felt like they suddenly made sense. I could begin to understand why I was experiencing the things that I was. That my thoughts didn’t have to mean that I was broken. That maybe it wasn’t my fault that I was having them. That I wasn’t alone in having them.