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Our blog offers reflections, personal experiences, helpful strategies, and therapist perspectives and insights on anxiety, OCD, trauma and everything in between.
Anxiety doesn’t always show up the way we expect. Sometimes, it hides behind thoughts that feel logical, even helpful, but actually keep us stuck in a stress mode or low mood. These thought patterns are called cognitive distortions, and they’re tricky because they often sound like facts. “Individuals experience automatic thoughts in response to events, which in turn lead to emotional and behavioral responses”.
In a world filled with rapid change, uncertainty, constant news updates, and a flood of information from every direction, it’s no surprise that conspiracy theories often find fertile ground. But why are they so compelling? What makes a person, even a knowledgeable and otherwise rational one, susceptible to believing in shadowy plots and secret agendas?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) often goes undiagnosed, not because it’s rare, but because it hides well. This article blends clinical insight with personal narrative to illustrate how OCD can take root early in life and how Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy offers a clear path to recovery.