Treatment

Confessing your intrusive thoughts to gain reassurance can bring temporary relief when you have OCD. The only problem is, that it never lasts long.

Can OCD attack your values? Read along to know everything about OCD and how it affects your values and fears.

Regardless of the OCD subtype, or the nature of the intrusive thoughts, all themes of OCD are treatable with ERP therapy.

When you have OCD, it can take a lot away from you, like peace, and time. But there are also other hidden costs related to this debilitating disorder.

Learn how Sarah Stanton spent her whole life using compulsions to try to be someone else and how ERP therapy helped her to recover from OCD.

We all know that OCD and related disorders are no laughing matter - these conditions are considered some of the most debilitating with which to be

Though everyone’s individual personality traits will vary, one that seems to be prevalent for some people with OCD is the desire for “people pleasing.”

One of the hallmark symptoms of OCD is doubt, but the good news is that you can learn to accept uncertainty and live a full life.

One question I often get asked is, “How can my therapist treat my OCD if they do not share my faith?”

The use of creative interventions within exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy can aid treatment for people with OCD.

One of the most difficult parts about recognizing OCD is that it can take on so many forms . It can look very different in each child who develops it.

I hid my OCD symptoms to protect myself, but it backfired. In the end, it would do more harm than good.

When I look back, I can see that I had OCD before I knew what it was. Someone mentioned OCD and I realized: “This is exactly what I'm going through.”

OCD can make people fear “contamination” not only in a physical sense, but also as an inward, emotional, or mental contamination. 

Have you ever heard about the concept of giving your OCD a name? Want to know if it helps to manage your OCD? Read along to find out!

OCD is not that powerful. ERP taught me this. Exposure and response prevention (ERP) gave me the ability to take back my power.

Even for professionals like Kim Nelson-Blackburn, OCD was not well understood, and her family struggled to find the right care for her son.

OCD thoughts are meaningless until you give them meaning. It is you who give your thoughts meaning, and this is what can cause distress.  

What drew me more into wanting to learn more about OCD specifically was seeing the struggles that a loved one of mine had.

When I saw the NOCD job listing, I saw an opportunity to be able to have a solution for this surprisingly common disorder.