During Therapy

Let’s rip off the bandaid, shall we? These tips are not quick fixes. Not by a long shot. Nor is any single tip solve all…

During my fourth or fifth therapy appointment, my therapist asked me what, if anything, I had done to try to control my obsessive thoughts…

In addition to minor bodily sensations throwing me into a tailspin of catastrophic thoughts, there always seemed to be a few additional causes of…

In the beginning part of my therapy, I was pretty much focusing on controlling my compulsions.  I would estimate that I saw about a…

For some reason, the internet’s solution to any anxiety-related issue always seems to be, “Try some deep breathing.”   Well, prior to seeking therapy,…

In every other realm of my life, besides my health anxiety, I consider myself to be a relatively calm, rational person. So, I was…

During the therapy I was seeking for my Health Anxiety OCD, I also asked for help with another somewhat big fear I have, and…

“Oh my god, where did you get that bruise!?!” my husband asked as I was changing into pajamas after our long day at Disney’s…

The issue of OCD medication came up during my fourth session of therapy. It’s one of the big Catch-22’s of having health anxiety OCD.…

After my diagnosis of OCD and when I had began to identify my compulsions and talk about them in therapy, Dr. Lindo explained that…