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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be pretty lonely. These OCD quotes will make you feel right at home.
Practicing mindfulness, taking up a new hobby, journaling, challenging negative, obsessive thoughts and speaking to a therapist (or other mental health professional) are all ways to help stop ...
Past memories can hit you like a ton of bricks. To learn more about how to stop past thoughts, researchers looked at three modes of eliminating memories. “Think of old thoughts as used dirty ...
[12] [59] Postpartum OCD occurs mainly in women who may already have OCD, perhaps in a mild or undiagnosed form. Postpartum depression and OCD may be comorbid (often occurring together). And though physicians may focus more on the depressive symptoms, one study found that obsessive thoughts did accompany postpartum depression in 57% of new ...
Similar to other intrusive thoughts or images, some disquieting sexual thoughts are normal at times, but people with OCD may attach extraordinary significance to such thoughts. For example, obsessive fears about sexual orientation can appear to the affected individual, and even to those around them, as a crisis of sexual identity. [53] [54 ...
CBT with exposure and response prevention treats OCD by exposing the patient to feared thoughts or images and challenging maladaptive relationship beliefs (e.g., believing that being in love means being happy all the time) and more common OCD beliefs such as perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty. [27]
[4] [5] In the book Schwartz claims that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a result of a bio-chemical imbalance that "locks" brain functions into an obsessive-compulsive pattern and that OCD can be self-treated by following four steps: [6] [7] Relabel the obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges as obsessions and compulsions, not as real ...
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.