In this week's episode of the OCD & Anxiety FAQ series, I'll be addressing the question, "What do these intrusive thoughts mean?". I hope you find it enlightening.

Having intrusive thoughts can be really difficult, especially when you're struggling with OCD. In this OCD FAQ episode, I answer one of the most common questions- How do I stop Intrusive Thoughts?

In this episode of our weekly FAQ, I am answering the question, Why do I have "these specific" Intrusive Thoughts?

In this episode, I discuss how shifting into a higher level of consciousness is essential for the recovery process.

In this series, I talk about a high-level approach to overcoming intrusive or unwanted thoughts. In this episode, I discuss why stopping thoughts doesn't work.

In this episode, I want to talk about a high-level approach to overcoming intrusive or unwanted thoughts.

In this episode, I want to talk about the power of acceptance and its role in OCD & Anxiety recovery. The reason we have difficulty with acceptance is that we are often clinging to something. Oftentimes we are clinging to an idea of a past or future that we would prefer. So the first step of acceptance is letting go of our attachment to the alternative. Only then, can we begin to move...

To put very simply, the real problem with OCD and Anxiety is that our primal alarm system is going off when nothing is actually wrong. It is being set off by intrusive thoughts or “what if scenarios” about the past and future. The point being that your alarm system is trying to move you into survival mode when there is no danger. And the harder we try to resolve this possible...

When going through OCD & Anxiety Treatment it is so important to understand how we misinterpret intrusive thoughts and paradoxically give them power over our lives.  When we have intrusive thoughts we often feel compelled to solve them or try to get rid of them. But when we do that we indirectly validate them as a "real" problem which paradoxically makes our brain keep producing them....

When it comes to OCD Treatment one of the things we have to learn to navigate is the voice of the mind. I often like to use the concept of Propaganda with my clients when describing the voice of the mind. The definition of Propaganda is "communication that is primarily used to influence an audience and further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to...