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Removing Privileges as a Parent to a Child with OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parent series: OCD

As a parent to a teen with OCD, are you often asking yourself, “What can I be doing to get my teen to stop doing these compulsions?” Removing privileges is NOT helpful to your teenager’s ability to manage their OCD, mental health, or treatment...

Social Anxiety & OCD

Behavior change, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Stephanie is a 16 year old girl struggling with both Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Social Anxiety. In regard to social anxiety, Stephanie worries that people will judge her for the way that she eats, so she skips eating lunch at school or orders simple...

Superthinkers: How laughter can help you better understand yourself (1 min read)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Pure is a comedy drama fictional adaptation of Rose Cartwright’s memoirs about experiencing obsessive compulsive disorder. The show follows 24-year old, Marnie, who in the beginning feels isolated for having very strange sexual thoughts. She then discovers that...

Superthinkers:Take a glimpse at what life is like with Pure O (2 min read)

Empirically supported treatments, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Emily DiNuzzo reports accounts of individuals with OCD and Pure O. Samantha Jean describes “I remember one of my therapists said you might not always be afraid of germs but [OCD] will always be there and it’ll come back in different ways,” Jean says. “The obsessions...

Superthinkers: See how your OCD is tricking you (2 min read)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Veronica is a participant in Young Faces of Mental Illness, a collaboration with SANE and batyr supporting young adults to share their stories, here she shares 5 lies her OCD tells her. Your thoughts are dangerous: Your OCD may tell you that your thoughts are...

Superthinkers and superfeelers: Do you avoid your emotions? (1 min read)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

This comic from the Awkward Yeti seems to capture so much about how superfeelers and superthinkers might interact with difficult feelings, and use technology and social media. Who can relate to going on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat as soon as something...