Treating Sensorimotor OCD (AKA Somatic OCD)
I recommend reading Awareness, Attention, Distraction, and Rumination before reading this article, since the concepts discussed there are foundational to the approach outlined below. Sensorimotor OCD (also known as Somatically Focused OCD) refers to cases in which people become hyper attentive to their bodily sensations, such as breathing, swallowing, or heartbeat. While this might not sound so […]
When You Have OCD but You’re Not Afraid of Anything: Treating ‘Just Right’ OCD, Random Rituals, and Compulsive Behavior
As discussed in A Simple Explanation of OCD, OCD is always about a fear of making a mistake you can’t take back that leads to experiencing a certain form of emotional distress forever (the Core Fear). But sometimes a person with OCD will say that they aren’t afraid of anything bad happening if they don’t do their compulsions. […]
Treating Two Types of Contamination OCD
This article discusses two types of Contamination OCD. As discussed below, some contamination cases may reflect aspects of both types. Type 1 In the first type, the person is afraid of contamination because they are afraid that the contamination could cause something else bad to happen that could have permanent emotional consequences. An example of this would […]