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Conor Sharkey on Rugby, Life, and OCD

Beautiful Voyager

Looking back now I know that was a small, insidious part of my own brain developing the OCD I was eventually diagnosed with when I was 24. He referred me to a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me with OCD. BEVOYA : What do you wish more people knew about OCD? Counting, not stepping on cracks. They just listened and wanted to help.

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From Living with OCD to Working with it

Beautiful Voyager

The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). My OCD version of shoplifting – the same item from the same store at the same time of day, every day – obviously got me caught. If I put my therapist hat on, I am able to identify my current OCD as “ego-syntonic.”

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Doubting Disease

The New Social Worker

OCD is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood. People with OCD cannot tolerate doubt. The difference between a person with OCD and one without is in the reaction to the thought content. A thought just like any other thought comes into our head.

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Breaking Down Mental Health Terms: What is High-Functioning Anxiety?

My Brains Not Broken

of the Children’s and Adult Center for OCD and Anxiety. “As therapists, we talk about a lot of people even with diagnosed anxiety disorders as ‘high-functioning,’ and many of them are,” says Lynne Siqueland, Ph.D. They are doing really well in their jobs, in relationships and raising kids, despite having significant anxiety.”.

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New Treatment for Bipolar Disorder and Resources How to Learn About Them and Apply Them to your Life

Bipolar Bandit

She cites many doctors including Chris Palmer,MD who has written a book called Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health–And Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, Ocd, Ptsd, and More.

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Dealing with the Emotional Fallout of Physical Sports Injuries

Beautiful Voyager

Supernus focuses solely on neurologic and psychiatric conditions like treatment-resistant depression, OCD, etc. Essentially, I manage or write numerous deliverables for submission to regulatory agencies (like the FDA). While this may seem totally unrelated, I assure you it isn't. BEVOYA : How do people tend to find you?

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DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Gambling Disorder

Gateway Foundation

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): OCD is characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors. In some cases, individuals with OCD may exhibit compulsive gambling as a form of ritualistic behavior.