@therapistinrecovery: When we rely on memory to attempt to give us (short term) reassurance on an issue or obsession, we do ourselves a great disservice. Not only does it feed the cycle of ocd by trying to develop certainty, it’s also just an incredibly unreliable source of information for so many reasons. So when you notice yourself in the neighborhood of your past, it’s a great opportunity to get the heck out of there! Remind yourself to drop the never ending fight for certainty and come back to the present where we actually have some agency. #overthinker #ocdproblems #trauma #anxiety #getoutofyourhead

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babyskmiwbk :

I have undiagnosed trichotillomania, do I have ocd?

victoriavicencio00 :

I love you

user5781 :

so how can you ever know what's true and what's not? how can you ever know if you did the right or wrong thing?

Ashley Evans :

I feel like I have so many subtypes of ocd all at the same time it is very overwhelming. I don’t know how to try to disengage as it’s part of so many things in my life 😅

Kyra :

Can you talk more about your decision to not read memoirs? I’m an avid reader of non-fiction and has a suspicious it’s become an ocd compulsion

B b :

i log my day so i don't have to spend as much time remembering my day& less guilt

lisa🪻 :

thanks Rachael i found this really paramount in the moment, you feel so desperate for a resolution over something already distorted.🩵

Adventurer :

I needed this video

Maddie Jane :

Yep I had a compulsion the other day to check my internet history to “check” about what I was thinking back in time (aka researching my fears etc)... Worse compulsion because it brought back huge strong feelings lol. Now I regret it lol

mr_karat_a :

Thanks Dr Rachael,,, this was helpful and insightful

Catherine Whitman Fr :

What do you think about hypnotherapy for trauma? Going back and changing the bad memory?

Holly Hampton 🧍🏻‍♀️ :

Can severe derealization be a symptom of OCD?

rayray_1221 :

Not me now wondering if I have one of these types of OCD 😅

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