OCD & Anxiety Treatment: The Lens of Anxiety

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In this episode, I discuss the idea of the “lens of anxiety”. When someone is struggling with anxiety, there is a thin line between the real world and the world they are seeing skewed by anxiety. It’s like you see the world through a set of anxiety goggles or sunglasses....

OCD & Anxiety Treatment: How We Justify Living With Anxiety

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In this episode, I discuss how we often justify living with anxiety. To put simply, when our anxious minds come up with a potential threat and then we engage in a specific behavior in an attempt to neutralize the threat. We form a false connection. If the perceived threat...

OCD & Anxiety Treatment: The Real Problem with Anxiety

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In this episode, I discuss the real problem of living with anxiety and how anxiety is different from fear. A person who is struggling with anxiety will never see anxiety as the real problem because their focus is always drawn to the potential threat their mind has generated. As the...

 Treating Contamination OCD | How to Speed Up Your Recovery Process

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In this episode, I discuss how to speed up the recovery process of someone suffering from Contamination OCD. Contamination OCD is a common form of OCD and is recognized when a person develops a specific fear around germs or contamination. This will lead the person to...

Treating Contamination OCD | Common Contamination OCD Compulsions

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In this episode, I discuss Common Contamination OCD Compulsions. Contamination OCD is a common form of OCD and is recognized when a person develops a specific fear around germs or contamination. This will lead the person to perform various compulsions that primarily include...

Treating Contamination OCD | What is Contamination OCD

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In this episode, I discuss Contamination OCD. Contamination OCD is a common form of OCD and is recognized when a person develops a specific fear around germs or contamination. This will lead the person to perform various compulsions that primarily include washing and cleaning routines. I...

Pedophilia OCD | Overcoming POCD | Intrusive thoughts

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In this episode, I discuss Pedophilia OCD or P OCD. Pedophilia OCD is when a person experiences intrusive thoughts and uncertainty regarding the idea of being a pedophile. This will lead to various compulsions that include analyzing levels of arousal around children and avoiding situations...

Happy New Year - Anxiety Recovery 2020

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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2020. In this episode I offer three practical thoughts on how to make this year your breakthrough year. Enjoy the show!

TRANSCRIPT

00:05 All right, Hey my friends and welcome to this week's episode. And today is exciting because it is the start of a new year in a new decade,...

How To Overcome Homosexual OCD | Intrusive Thoughts

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In this episode, I discuss Homosexual OCD or Sexual Orientation OCD. HOCD is when a person experiences intrusive thoughts and doubt or uncertainty regarding their sexual orientation. This will lead to various compulsions that include analyzing levels of arousal in various situations and avoid...

How to Overcome Relationship OCD | Intrusive Thoughts

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In this episode, I discuss Relationship OCD. When a person has Relationship OCD he or she experiences intrusive thoughts and doubt or uncertainty regarding their romantic partner or their relationship as a whole. In this episode, I talk about examples of relationship OCD, some practical...