This is the second part of my writing about Intrusive Thought OCD (here is the link to the first part). In this post I want to address an important question about intrusive harming and sexual thoughts that
Read MoreOCD has many tricks, maneuvers and distortions that keep you repeating your compulsions over and over, and one of the subtler ones is that the minute you don’t want a thought/feeling/urge then, guess what, you have that thought/feeling/urge! This is especially relevant when the type of OCD is the
Read MoreWe now come to what is a lesser known type of OCD and though all forms of OCD are painful, I believe this is one of the most painful types. Most people are aware of at least the first two types - Contamination and Checking,
Read MoreJust Right OCD is probably the most difficult version of OCD to define because it presents itself in so many different ways. The basic theme, of course, is that something just doesn’t feel right, but that can be almost anything. A classic example of this type of OCD is
Read MoreBesides contamination, checking is probably one of the most recognizable versions of OCD. Though there are many versions of checking, one common example of things that individuals with this kind of OCD frequently check
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