Most kids with OCD know their thoughts or compulsions might not make sense.They get it, but they’re stuck. When we try to explain why their fears are irrational – like why something isn’t dirty – it doesn’t help. It might even make them feel worse, like they’re being told the...
People with OCD who fear dirt and germs are encouraged to get their hands dirty and wait increasing amounts of time before washing them. The therapist helps the person cope with the anxiety that waiting produces; after the exercise has been repeated a number of times, the anxiety diminishes. ...
It’s a great excuse to write about love and relationships, which I do every year. This year, I want to look at how we are making Cupid’s job way too hard because of our zeal for using clinical terms and diagnoses to explain every interaction and person in our lives. Wh...
So, the mistake that some guys make in these moments is to say,“Oh, I know what you need to do to fix the problem”and then explain exactly how to fix it. He’s hoping that she will be impressed by helpful and smart he is. Yet, that’s not what she’s looking to experience ...
everything from, “Finish your dinner to get dessert,” to “No video games until your homework is done,” but this isn’t done with aggressive intent, but to encourage children to do the right thing. It’s far different if anarcissistic parentmanipulates to belittle or undermine a child....
I rereadBreaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCDby Eli Lebowitz. It’s a terrific book if you have a child who struggles with these issues. It’s also a wonderful parenting book in general, because it gets into the concept of parental accommodations. Understanding this idea is key to addressi...
How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy help OCD? What are the psychological, cognitive, and/or physical impacts of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on a child? What therapeutic alternatives would you use to help a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder? What is compulsive eating disorder...
Medication to help reduce the urges and impulses to eat nonfood items Is Pica a Form of OCD? Obessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) behavior patterns don't explain all types and cases of pica disorder. However, OCD has been associated with pica symptoms, sometimes leading to an OCD diagnosis.6...
As hard as it is to believe, humans can smell fear. According to astudy by Rice University, we can smell when others are afraid,much like animals. Anotherstudy by Utrecht University in the Netherlandsalso claims fear is contagious. This may explain why being in a large group of people run...
It has been said many times before and no doubt will be sais many times again: scientists are brainless idiots, OCD bell ends who are so obsessed with science they seldom waste a secon's thought on what the consequences might be for the world of their great schemes to save the planet /...