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 I try to push it...
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 over. "If I...
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 wonder how to differentiate...
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 tell me,...
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 logical when your mind gets...
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 looked at me...