AI for OCD Support: Start Without Triggering Compulsions
AI for OCD Support: Start Without Triggering Compulsions What You Need to Know Right Away Here’s what I’ve learned working with clients who want to use AI for their OCD recovery. It can be brilliant when you set the right boundaries, but it can also become...
5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life
5 Ways Hyper-Responsibility OCD Affects Your Life Picture this. A few weeks ago, one of my clients sat in my Edinburgh office, absolutely shattered. She’d spent three hours the night before checking every single electrical outlet in her house. Not once, not...
5 Reasons Why Ignoring Intrusive Thoughts is Challenging
5 Reasons Why Ignoring Intrusive Thoughts is Challenging Last Tuesday, I watched a client here in my Edinburgh practice literally hold his head in his hands. “I keep telling myself to just stop thinking about it,” he said, exhausted. “But the harder...
Rumination OCD: Why Trying to Figure Out Intrusive Thoughts Makes Them Worse
10 Insights into Rumination OCD and Intrusive Thoughts Last Tuesday, I watched a client spend forty minutes trying to “solve” a single intrusive thought. She sat in my Edinburgh office, eyes fixed on the floor, mentally replaying the same scenario over and...
Is It OCD or Intuition? 14 Inspiring Differences
Is It OCD or Intuition? 14 Inspiring Differences Here’s something that stops my clients mid-sentence almost every session: “Federico, is this OCD talking, or is it actually my intuition?” Many clients ask, “Is It OCD or Intuition?” and...
5 Eye-Opening Ways OCD and Memory Distrust Affect Your Life
5 Eye-Opening Ways OCD and Memory Distrust Affect Your Life You won’t believe this, but one of the biggest misconceptions about OCD is that it ruins your memory. I see clients every week who come into my Edinburgh office convinced their brain is broken. They...
Sometimes OCD Feels Logical: 7 Eye-Opening Realities
Sometimes OCD Feels Logical: 7 Eye-Opening Realities Here’s what I want you to understand. OCD feels logical because it hijacks your brain’s natural problem-solving abilities. That’s exactly why it’s so hard to dismiss. Sometimes OCD feels...
Moving Toward OCD Subtypes: 7 Precision Psychiatry Insights
Moving Toward OCD Subtypes: 7 Precision Psychiatry Insights Here’s something that keeps me up at night. Yesterday, I sat across from Sarah (name changed), a brilliant teacher who’d been through three different SSRI medications and months of therapy. She...
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