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#29 Strategies for Overcoming OCD - Identifying the Mechanisms That Keep OCD Going
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Want to break free from the grips of OCD and manage obsessional thoughts and compulsions more effectively?
In this episode, I dive into the mechanisms that keep OCD going and provide three essential strategies to tackle them. You'll learn about thought action fusion and how it affects your behaviour, the pitfalls of avoidance and how to confront it, and the dangers of reassurance seeking and alternative ways to cope. This episode aims to empower you with clinical insights and actionable steps to manage your OCD symptoms more effectively.
Highlights include:
(01:38) Understanding Thought Action Fusion
(04:21) The Trap of Avoidance
(06:56) The Reassurance Cycle and How to Break It
(09:07) Techniques to Manage Self and Other Reassurance Seeking
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS EPISODE HERE
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1. #29 Strategies for Overcoming OCD - Identifying the Mechanisms That Keep OCD Going (00:00:00)
2. Understanding Thought Action Fusion (00:01:38)
3. The Trap of Avoidance (00:04:21)
4. The Reassurance Cycle and How to Break It (00:06:56)
5. Techniques to Manage Self and Other Reassurance Seeking (00:09:07)
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