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Suicidal Intrusive Thoughts: I’m afraid I’m going to take my own life

Suicidal intrusive thoughts can be incredibly distressing for the person experiencing them. They are unwanted, repetitive thoughts (or images) around the fear of taking your own life. These occur in a person’s mind despite not wanting or intending to have them which is why they feel so alarming. 

They are a type of intrusive thought, which are often alarming and highly disturbing thoughts or images that involuntarily pop up in a person’s mind seemingly out of nowhere.

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337 How to be happy (when you have anxiety)

How to be Happy (When You Have Anxiety) | Ep.337

Hello and welcome back, everybody. We have an amazing guest today. This is actually somebody I have followed, sort of half known for a long time through a very, very close friend, Shala Nicely, who’s been on the show quite a few times, and she connected me with Dr. Ashley Smith. Today, we are talking about happiness and what makes a “good life” regardless of anxiety or of challenges you may be going through. 

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Intrusive Thoughts in OCD: Everything You Need To Know

Within OCD, intrusive thoughts fall under the category of obsessions. Those who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, are plagued by unrelenting and highly distressing intrusive thoughts that play on their fears.

These unwanted thoughts are experienced by everyone, including non-OCD sufferers.

But when these invasive and repetitive thoughts take over and begin to limit our ability to enjoy and experience day-to-day life to the fullest, this is when they become a problem.

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336 How to Handle 1010 Anxiety

How to handle 10/10 Anxiety | Ep. 336

Hello and welcome back, everybody. I’m so happy to be here with you. This is not the normal format in which we do Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast, but I wanted to really address a question that came up in ERP School about how to manage 10 out of 10 anxiety. 

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What is Retroactive Jealousy OCD? An In-depth Guide

Those with retroactive jealousy OCD suffer from an immense fixation on their partner’s previous relationships that cause a painful level of jealousy, anxiety, and insecurity.

Retroactive jealousy within a relationship is actually fairly common.

We have all had momentary emotional blips where we find ourselves strangely curious about our partner’s past relationship. However, it’s when this curiosity grows into a relentless sense of jealousy, anxiety, and fixation that it can become destructive and negatively impact our relationships.

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335 PMS and Anxiety

PMS + Anxiety + PMDD | Ep 335

Welcome back, everyone. I am so happy to do the final episode of our Sexual Health and Anxiety Series. It has been so rewarding. Not only has it been so rewarding, I actually have learned more in these last five weeks than I have learned in a long time. I have found that this series has opened me up to really understanding the depth of the struggles that happen for people with anxiety and how it does impact our sexual health, our reproductive health, our overall well-being. I just have so much gratitude for everyone who came on as guests and for you guys, how amazing you’ve been at giving me feedback on what was helpful, how it was helpful, what you learn, and so forth. 

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False Memory OCD: How do I know what’s real?

False Memory OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) is a subtype of OCD that involves recurrent, persistent, and intrusive thoughts or doubts about past events or experiences. 

These thoughts or doubts are often accompanied by strong feelings of guilt, shame, and anxiety about the experience, even when the person with OCD cannot be sure that the thoughts are rational or true.

In False Memory OCD, a person may obsess over a memory or a thought that they believe is a true event from their past, but in reality, the memory is false or distorted. 

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What is Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD)? Everything You Need To Know

Sexual orientation OCD (SO-OCD) is an OCD subtype that is characterized by immense fears about an individual’s sexual orientation.

This subtype was originally referred to as HOCD (homosexual OCD), but SO-OCD affects people of all sexual orientations. HOCD is now only used to describe those who very specifically struggle with homosexual obsessions.

Those with SO-OCD are plagued with highly distressing intrusive thoughts and urges that make them doubt their true sexual orientation.

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333 Sexual Intrusive Thoughts

Sexual Intrusive Thoughts | Ep.333

Welcome. This is Week 4 of the Sexual Health and Anxiety Series. I have loved your feedback about this so far. I have loved hearing what is right for you, what is not right for you, getting your perspective on what can be so helpful. A lot of people are saying that they really are grateful that we are covering sexual health and anxiety because it’s a topic that we really don’t talk enough about. I think there’s so much shame in it, and I think that that’s something we hopefully can break through today by bringing it into the sunlight and bringing it out into the open and just talking about it as it is, which is just all good and all neutral, and we don’t need to judge.

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