OCD Themes: Navigating Change and Finding Hope in Recovery

OCD Themes: Navigating Change and Finding Hope in Recovery

OCD Themes: Navigating Change and Finding Hope in Recovery Picture this. Just last week, a client sat in my Edinburgh office, utterly bewildered. For months, we’d worked together to tackle her contamination fears. She was finally touching door handles without...
Master Intrusive Thought Hits in Just 120 Seconds

Master Intrusive Thought Hits in Just 120 Seconds

Master Intrusive Thought Hits in Just 120 Seconds Introduction Picture this: you’re walking through Edinburgh’s Old Town, the chilly air on your cheeks, a cup of coffee in hand. You hear a footstep behind you and suddenly a thought zips into your mind:...
Discover 18 Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts (You’re Not Alone)

Discover 18 Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts (You’re Not Alone)

Discover 18 Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts (You’re Not Alone) Picture this. You’re standing on a busy train platform when suddenly your mind flashes an image of pushing a stranger onto the tracks. Or maybe you’re driving along, perfectly calm, when your brain...
OCD in the Digital Age: 5 Hidden Traps of Scrolling

OCD in the Digital Age: 5 Hidden Traps of Scrolling

OCD in the Digital Age: 5 Hidden Traps of Scrolling Last week, a client sat across from me in my Edinburgh office, phone clutched in her hands like a lifeline. “I can’t stop checking,” she whispered. “Instagram, Facebook, TikTok. I scroll for...
10 Little-Known Types of OCD You May Not Recognise

10 Little-Known Types of OCD You May Not Recognise

10 Little-Known Types of OCD You May Not Recognise Last month, I sat across from Sarah (name changed), a brilliant lawyer who’d been seeing therapists for fifteen years. Depression, they said. Anxiety disorder, said another. One even suggested she had borderline...