Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is difficult enough, but if you lack self-compassion, it can not only make daily life more difficult but can also slow down your recovery. I shall give you a quick example before I go on with the article. Let’s say you came to me for therapy ( I am a … Read more

Reframing is a technique used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and is a very useful skill to have if you have intrusive thoughts; this article will show you how to reframe your intrusive thoughts and explain how it helps you to recover. I shall not go into details explaining OCD or intrusive thoughts in this … Read more

In this article, I will outline some strategies for dealing with intrusive thoughts. Understanding Intrusive Thoughts Intrusive thoughts are part of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD.) They are the obsessions part of OCD, and these thoughts can be about anything, but at their core, they are hard to stop thinking about and make you feel very upset, … Read more

If you are living with OCD, it is useful to know if there are things you are doing, apart from compulsions, which you probably already know doesn’t help, that make it worse. We shall look at day-to-day things or habits that could make your OCD worse. By doing so, I hope you can better control … Read more

Supporting someone with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) without enabling their compulsions can be very difficult as it can feel that you are not helping someone you care about when you can see that they are in distress; not helping goes against your natural instincts. But helping, in the long run, keeps the person with OCD firmly … Read more

Today, I decided to write about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and perfectionism; although they are mutually exclusive diagnoses, well technically, perfectionism is not a diagnosis, they both share the need for control and, hence, worth exploring if you have OCD. I don’t yet have an article on MoodSmith dedicated to perfectionism, but I recommend this … Read more