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Alegra Kastens

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Center for OcD, Anxiety and Eating Disorders

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An older woman asked if it’s JFK’s and I said babe idk what that is I’m 31 I found this costume by accident
Fear is not rational 📣 If you still experience anxiety in the face of previously triggering stimuli, but know that it’s irrational and do not engage compulsively, this doesn’t mean that you’re doing treatment wrong. . It might just
POCD was my main OCD theme. It was the worst thing to ever happen to me x a hundred million. All OCD is hard, but the level of shame and stigma associated with POCD is unmatched. . I never thought I’d get through it and, 11 years later, I know
Unfortunately, my OCD was free.99 because I was born with this brain!!!! . I didn’t have to pay for the haunted house! It’s inside of me!! . People are like “I’m sOoO OCD hehe” until they find out OCD commonly involves u
The “10 obsessions” trend is full of people sharing 10 things that they love, but that’s not an obsession. Psychologically speaking, an obsession is defined as a repetitive, *unwanted* thought or image that distresses a person 🧠 .
OCD is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions 🤯 Swipe to dispel some of the most common myths 👉🏼 . 5 myths about OCD: 1.) You can always tell when someone has OCD because you’ll see them checking things or sanitizing their ha
I didn’t know I had OCD for 14 months, in part, because I associated it only with excessive hand-washing, tapping, and counting. For 14 months, I worried I had snapped and turned into a p€rv€rted monster overnight after I had a sudden