SOCIAL MEDIA
We at the Center for the Obsessive Mind pride ourselves on being both mental health professionals and advocates. In their advocacy work, our staff therapists spread awareness and fight mental health stigma on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Our social media platforms are dedicated to open, honest discussion of OCD, Anxiety, Eating Disorders as well as other mental health struggles.
The Center for the Obsessive Mind offers educational content for those with OCD, Anxiety and Eating Disorder advocacy work on Instagram. You can check out our Instagram page, where we provide memes, education, and more. Instagram also hosts a lot of our video content. In fact, if you’re on Instagram you can participate in the recording of Purely OCD, the Instagram Live and Podcast series our Director, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, co-hosts with Kelley Franke, LMFT. You can learn more about Purely OCD here.
We tend to believe every thought that pops into our minds. But can you imagine what would happen if we treated other messages in the same way? With the amount of spam that I get, I`d spend all day reading emails. I might spend money on things that don`t matter to me because of "must-buy deals." I might give away sensitive information to phishing scams or wire money to Princes who live abroad.
Bottom line: responding to thoughts as though they are facts creates a lot of messes. We must learn to be discerning when it comes to which thoughts have the power to dictate our actions.
To learn more, check out The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
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#thoughts #thoughtsarentfacts #thoughtsarejustthoughts #thoughtsarenotfacts #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cognitivedistortions #distortedthinking #dontbelieveeverythingyouthink
We tend to believe every thought that pops into our minds. But can you imagine what would happen if we treated other messages in the same way? With the amount of spam that I get, I`d spend all day reading emails. I might spend money on things that don`t matter to me because of "must-buy deals." I might give away sensitive information to phishing scams or wire money to Princes who live abroad.
Bottom line: responding to thoughts as though they are facts creates a lot of messes. We must learn to be discerning when it comes to which thoughts have the power to dictate our actions.
To learn more, check out The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#thoughts #thoughtsarentfacts #thoughtsarejustthoughts #thoughtsarenotfacts #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cognitivedistortions #distortedthinking #dontbelieveeverythingyouthink
Ever find yourself repeatedly checking to see if everything in your body feels "normal"? This comes up in #ocd and in a lot of other anxiety disorders, like #panicdisorder #healthanxiety, too.
This tends to come up in #pocd, #relationshipocd (or #rocd), and #sexualorientationocd, although it can occur in any subtype.
Sometimes the checking itself occurs before you`re even aware. You can start to build your awareness over time and learn to interrupt this form of mental checking. What`s most important, though, is that once you disengage from excessive analysis about what you`ve noticed in your body. If you find yourself debating whether or not it`s normal or spinning out about how it`s a sign, you can notice what thoughts are going through your mind and accept that sensations are not inherently meaningful and are inherently ambiguous. Translation: we can`t possibly know what they mean and whether they are "good" or "bad."
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
Ever find yourself repeatedly checking to see if everything in your body feels "normal"? This comes up in #ocd and in a lot of other anxiety disorders, like #panicdisorder #healthanxiety, too.
This tends to come up in #pocd, #relationshipocd (or #rocd), and #sexualorientationocd, although it can occur in any subtype.
Sometimes the checking itself occurs before you`re even aware. You can start to build your awareness over time and learn to interrupt this form of mental checking. What`s most important, though, is that once you disengage from excessive analysis about what you`ve noticed in your body. If you find yourself debating whether or not it`s normal or spinning out about how it`s a sign, you can notice what thoughts are going through your mind and accept that sensations are not inherently meaningful and are inherently ambiguous. Translation: we can`t possibly know what they mean and whether they are "good" or "bad."
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
Why does this matter? If you beat up on yourself for having made the "wrong" choice, chances are you`re going to get roped into excessive analysis the next time that you have to make a choice. You could get lost in an endless internal debate, trying to figure out what the "right" choice is.
But we can`t know what choice will result in the outcome that we want because we can`t control all of the variables. The only outcome that we can control is whether we showed up in a way that we can stand behind, even if the outcome is not as we might have hoped it would be.
TL;DR Don`t spend tons of time trying to make the right decision. Focus on making a choice that reflects what is meaningful to you.
Interested to learn more? Check out the Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#comparison #allornonethinking #blackorwhitethinking #wishing #decisionmaking #decisionmakingtips #indecision #selfflagellation #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder
Why does this matter? If you beat up on yourself for having made the "wrong" choice, chances are you`re going to get roped into excessive analysis the next time that you have to make a choice. You could get lost in an endless internal debate, trying to figure out what the "right" choice is.
But we can`t know what choice will result in the outcome that we want because we can`t control all of the variables. The only outcome that we can control is whether we showed up in a way that we can stand behind, even if the outcome is not as we might have hoped it would be.
TL;DR Don`t spend tons of time trying to make the right decision. Focus on making a choice that reflects what is meaningful to you.
Interested to learn more? Check out the Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#comparison #allornonethinking #blackorwhitethinking #wishing #decisionmaking #decisionmakingtips #indecision #selfflagellation #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder
Feeling and thinking are fundamentally different processes. If you`re trying to accept-or feel-your emotions but end up engaging in thinking instead, you will often intensify your emotions. If you make space for the physical sensations that comprise your emotions, this doesn`t involve engaging in any sort of narrative about the feelings and will allow emotions to come and go more readily.
Interested to learn more? Check out the Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#feeling #feelings #emotions #thinking #understandingyourmind #understandingyourself #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #acceptance #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #yourmind #yourbrain #expansion #rumination #mentalcompulsions #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #pureo
Feeling and thinking are fundamentally different processes. If you`re trying to accept-or feel-your emotions but end up engaging in thinking instead, you will often intensify your emotions. If you make space for the physical sensations that comprise your emotions, this doesn`t involve engaging in any sort of narrative about the feelings and will allow emotions to come and go more readily.
Interested to learn more? Check out the Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#feeling #feelings #emotions #thinking #understandingyourmind #understandingyourself #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #acceptance #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #yourmind #yourbrain #expansion #rumination #mentalcompulsions #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #pureo
People with anxiety disorders are often desperate for a sense of confidence. But confidence, like any feeling, is ultimately out of our direct control. Not convinced?
Can you make yourself feel confident right now?
If you were successful, I must know your secret!
Generally, though, we can`t make ourselves feel anything. If we could, we`d probably all make ourselves feel non-stop joy.
The reality is that we can only take actions that are more or less likely to promote certain feeling states. If you consistently show up and address challenges in your life, regardless of how you`re feeling, you`re likely to breed a general sense of confidence. Even so, you`ll probably still experience some good old fashioned imposter syndrome.
The most important part of consistently showing up to the challenges life presents has nothing to do with emotions, though. The reality is that avoiding the challenges limits your life. Facing them, in contrast, is the source of living a rich and meaningful life.
So if you can rationally acknowledge that you are capable, take the actions that are meaningful to you even when you`re feeling anxious. Confidence may follow suit... or not. Either way, though, you`ll be living.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#anxiety #ocd #confidence #livingwithanxiety #feelthefearanddoitanyway #ocdtips #anxietytips #anxietyrecovery #ocdrecovery #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #acceptemotions
People with anxiety disorders are often desperate for a sense of confidence. But confidence, like any feeling, is ultimately out of our direct control. Not convinced?
Can you make yourself feel confident right now?
If you were successful, I must know your secret!
Generally, though, we can`t make ourselves feel anything. If we could, we`d probably all make ourselves feel non-stop joy.
The reality is that we can only take actions that are more or less likely to promote certain feeling states. If you consistently show up and address challenges in your life, regardless of how you`re feeling, you`re likely to breed a general sense of confidence. Even so, you`ll probably still experience some good old fashioned imposter syndrome.
The most important part of consistently showing up to the challenges life presents has nothing to do with emotions, though. The reality is that avoiding the challenges limits your life. Facing them, in contrast, is the source of living a rich and meaningful life.
So if you can rationally acknowledge that you are capable, take the actions that are meaningful to you even when you`re feeling anxious. Confidence may follow suit... or not. Either way, though, you`ll be living.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#anxiety #ocd #confidence #livingwithanxiety #feelthefearanddoitanyway #ocdtips #anxietytips #anxietyrecovery #ocdrecovery #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #acceptemotions
Compulsions - including mental compulsions - ARE THE PROBLEM! The trouble is, they seem like the solution.
Anxious about whether you said something offensive? Review the memories of an event in your mind repeatedly, and you should feel right as rain, right?
Wrong.
You might possibly feel some relief for a short while, but the doubt will come back, and, when it does, you`ve made yourself more reliant on thinking. Before long, "overthinking" takes over your life.
What`s more, it often creates more anxiety and doubt in the process. You remember that the person you were speaking with made that facial expression and you wonder "Did that mean something? Maybe I did say something offensive." Now you`ve triggered more anxiety and more thinking with which to address it.
So don`t be fooled. Those invitations to keep excessively thinking about something are the problem, not the solution.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
Compulsions - including mental compulsions - ARE THE PROBLEM! The trouble is, they seem like the solution.
Anxious about whether you said something offensive? Review the memories of an event in your mind repeatedly, and you should feel right as rain, right?
Wrong.
You might possibly feel some relief for a short while, but the doubt will come back, and, when it does, you`ve made yourself more reliant on thinking. Before long, "overthinking" takes over your life.
What`s more, it often creates more anxiety and doubt in the process. You remember that the person you were speaking with made that facial expression and you wonder "Did that mean something? Maybe I did say something offensive." Now you`ve triggered more anxiety and more thinking with which to address it.
So don`t be fooled. Those invitations to keep excessively thinking about something are the problem, not the solution.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
Analysis can be SUPER helpful! Given this, it`s no wonder that we sometimes get stuck in an endless loop of analysis, going over and over information.
It`s not so different from digging through the same pile of trash over and over again trying to ensure that you didn`t throw something away (I mean, we`ve all been there, right?) It makes sense to MAYBE double check the trash to see if you can find that receipt. The chances are, though, that by deep dive three, the odds of you finding the receipt are decreasing and the efforts of rooting around in the trash are building.
We have to be willing to walk away at some point, unless our idea of a fun afternoon is sitting beside a trash can, picking through its contents over and over again.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
Analysis can be SUPER helpful! Given this, it`s no wonder that we sometimes get stuck in an endless loop of analysis, going over and over information.
It`s not so different from digging through the same pile of trash over and over again trying to ensure that you didn`t throw something away (I mean, we`ve all been there, right?) It makes sense to MAYBE double check the trash to see if you can find that receipt. The chances are, though, that by deep dive three, the odds of you finding the receipt are decreasing and the efforts of rooting around in the trash are building.
We have to be willing to walk away at some point, unless our idea of a fun afternoon is sitting beside a trash can, picking through its contents over and over again.
For more support in navigating this and other mental rituals, you can check out my new book: The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Link in bio.
😌Follow @theobsessivemind to learn more about how mindfulness and CBT and ACT can support your mental health
🛋️Interested in therapy? Contact The Center for the Obsessive Mind on our website (link in bio).
▪️Content on this page is for educational purposes only. It is not personal advice or therapy. Speak with your licensed therapist before implementing content read online.
#ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdrecovery #ocdtherapy #ocdsupport #ocdhelp #ocdtips #mentalcompulsions #busybrain
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