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314 The 6 most important turning points of OCD Recovery (with Micah Howe) Your anxiety toolkit

The 6 Most Important Turning Points Of OCD Recovery (With Micah Howe) | Ep. 314

SUMMARY: 

In this podcast, Micah Howe addressed his expereince with intensive OCD treatment and the 6 most important turning points of OCD Recovery

  1. Compulsions keep OCD going, 
  2. I can control my reaction to OCD
  3. Worrying is a false sense of control and is not productive
  4. Anxiety does not mean something needs solving
  5. Find an OCD community
  6. Self-compassion helps manage uncertainty

Micah also addressed how to know you are ready for intensive ocd treatment and how he managed his OCD grief. 

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OCD and Depression: Are They Related?

OCD is a common mental illness affecting up to 2% of the world’s population. What many people don’t know, is that it is not unusual to live with OCD and other related disorders simultaneously.  OCD and depression are two mental health conditions that often go hand in hand.

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312 Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD (with Amy Mariaskin PhD) Your anxiety toolkit

Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD (with Amy Mariaskin PhD) | Ep. 312

In This Episode:

  • Amy Mariaskin, PhD shares her new book, Thriving in relationships when you have ocd
  • What is Family accommodation and how does it apply to ocd
  • Ocd family accommodation vs family support, 
  • What is OCD reassurance and how it can creep into one’s relationship
  • Relationship ocd, also known as rOCD
  • Relationship issues with ocd and how to manage them
  • Sexual orientation OCD, Gender related OCD, and Harm OCD and the impact this has on relationships
  • Attachment styles in ocd and how to understand them to help you navigate communication. 
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OCD and Reassurance Seeking: Everything You Need to Know

Reassurance is defined as words or advice of comfort intended to make someone feel less worried, according to the Cambridge Dictionary. It is common for us as humans to seek reassurance from one another as a way to navigate and relieve the anxiety that arises in times of uncertainty and doubt.

Because of this, it makes complete sense that OCD and reassurance-seeking often come hand in hand. 

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Rumination in OCD: What is it and how to stop it?

Rumination is a core feature of OCD that causes the sufferer to spend excessive time and effort trying to figure out, analyze, fix, clarify, or gain control over a particular obsession or theme.

Rumination is not a subtype of OCD in and of itself.

It is a compulsion that occurs within all OCD subtypes and is a key contributing factor to maintaining the OCD cycle.

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Checking OCD: Symptom & Subtype Explained

People with checking OCD tend to fear that something terrible may happen to themselves or others if they don’t check. These fears (obsessions) trigger an intense feeling of anxiety and uncertainty that can be incredibly distressing.

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309 What if my obsessions don't fit into a typical OCD subtype Your anxiety toolkit

Ep. 309: What if I Don’t Fit into a Typical OCD Subtype?

SUMMARY:

  • Not having a subtype makes it hard to get diagnosed with OCD 
  • Not fitting into a subtype can make you doubt having OCD. 
  • When you don’t see other examples, you can feel like an outsider in the OCD community. 
  • All the subtypes seem to have their “people.”  
  • The doubt can make you feel that it really is about the content, not OCD. 
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