This time I really am sick
The jury is still deliberating whether health-related OCD obsessions are a sub-set of OCD or whether they are a separate condition entirely
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India Haylor
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
OCD & Love
Don't believe the movies, love is never a simple concept. Neither is OCD and the combination of both can be messy and unwieldy.
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India Haylor
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Pure OCD: when pure isn't necessarily better
It is widely known that OCD consists of obsessions and compulsions. In more cases than not, obsessions are mental and covert (hidden)...
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India Haylor
- Dec 25, 2020
- 4 min
We are what we (continually) commit to do
Managing OCD, like love or physical fitness, is most certainly a verb and a commitment to do something, day-in and day-out. I don’t believe
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India Haylor
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
OCD Walking Rituals
Having dealt with this symptom ourselves, we have personal experience around this particularly frustrating aspect of OCD. Ugh, even when...
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
The absurdity of certainty!
When my clients first arrive for therapy I’m under no illusion. What they'd like from me is certainty.
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 4 min
CBT (or REBT) with ERP is key to treat OCD!
Psychotherapy can seem nebulous at the best of times....
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 6 min
My OCD road well travelled...
I am the founder of OCD Excellence and I have OCD.
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
OCD's favourite tools
OCD as a condition is very manipulative and darkly seductive. It draws clients inwards to focus on thoughts, feelings and emotions
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
What makes OCD unique (and not in a good way)?
All mental health disorders and conditions have a multitude of negative aspects. All of them are tough, with no quick fix, despite what phar
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
OCD is nothing to be ashamed of....
Have you been embarrassed about having OCD? Attitudes and awareness regarding OCD are certainly better than 10 years ago.
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India Haylor
- Oct 2, 2019
- 2 min
Categorizing OCD into sub-types is interesting, but...............
HOCD, ROCD, POCD......I thought I’d discuss the issue of OCD sub-types since for most people, it is absorbing and somewhat addictive.
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