@therapistinrecovery: The more frantic you feel, the more hijacked your brain has become. Urgency is a red flag that you are in an OCD/anxiety cycle and how you respond determines whether you feed it or break it. Therefore, we must act opposite and first get our prefrontal cortex back online! This is simple but often very uncomfortable and requires intentionality. But guess what- the discomfort WILL NOT kill you and you are capable of surviving discomfort. Even if this starts small. This is NOT the only step to breaking the cycle of OCD and anxiety but it IS an important beginning step. Once our prefrontal cortex is online then we are capable of doing the more complicated and difficult steps that follow. I’d love to make a video on those steps so please give me a like and follow if interested! #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #contaminationocd #ocdawareness #ocdtherapy

Rachael DeKoning, LCMFT, LAC

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Thursday 30 April 2026 16:56:17 GMT