Dear Reader, When we think about grief, most of us quickly think about the loss of someone or even the loss of a pet. However, in this post, we want to invite you think about grief as a process that refers not only to losing a pet or a person; but a dream, a hope, or...
A Child’s Unseen Battle: The Story of Separation Anxiety Every morning, when the sun spills through the curtains and the house stirs awake, the same dread creeps in. “What if today is the day they don’t come back?” It starts as a whisper in his mind, then grows into a...
Being a parent of a child or teen with emotion dysregulation, debilitating anxieties or OCD can be extremely confusing, scary and lonely. There’s a way to help. Get informed of where your kid’s struggles are coming from and learn how to effectively respond. Take our...
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is seeing as a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) because it’s characterized by intrusive thoughts related to physical appearance, beliefs about others paying particular attention to those...
Are you constantly preoccupied with your body? Do you count calories obsessively, more than others around you? Has your body image kept you from doing things you love? Have you avoided people and situations because of you’re scared of hopefully being judged or...
Somatosensory OCD is a specific type of OCD, also referred as hyperawareness OCD or sensorimotor OCD. This type of OCD includes intrusive obsessions about “involuntarily bodily sensations.” For instance, if you were struggling with this sensory motor OCD you...
