Demystifying OCD

Decision-Making

5 Steps for Overcoming the Indecisive Mindset

Levi Riven Ph.D. on January 27, 2024

Do you struggle with decision anxiety and get stuck in analysis paralysis? These five practical steps will help you overcome the indecisive mindset.

Do you struggle with decision anxiety and get stuck in analysis paralysis? These five practical steps will help you overcome the indecisive mindset.

Anxiety

Understanding the Indecisive Mindset

Levi Riven Ph.D. on January 19, 2024

Do you struggle with decision anxiety and get stuck in analysis paralysis? Read about these five features of the indecisive mindset and discover how decisive people think.

Do you struggle with decision anxiety and get stuck in analysis paralysis? Read about these five features of the indecisive mindset and discover how decisive people think.

Compulsive Behaviors

Understanding and Managing Compulsive Reassurance-Seeking

Levi Riven Ph.D. on January 12, 2024

Do you compulsively seek reassurance when confronted with anxious doubts? Learn how to recognize when information-gathering goes too far and what you can do to curb the habit.

Do you compulsively seek reassurance when confronted with anxious doubts? Learn how to recognize when information-gathering goes too far and what you can do to curb the habit.

Anger

Critique and Flattery as Reassurance-Seeking Tactics in OCD

Levi Riven Ph.D. on March 13, 2023

Criticism and flattery can become concealed forms of reassurance-seeking in OCD. Find out what you can do to curb the problem, and enhance support in your relationships.

Criticism and flattery can become concealed forms of reassurance-seeking in OCD. Find out what you can do to curb the problem, and enhance support in your relationships.

OCD

3 Traps That Tempt OCD Relapse in the Homestretch of Therapy

Levi Riven Ph.D. on March 26, 2022

Find out which traps are likely to challenge your recovery end-game and learn how to sidestep them.

Find out which traps are likely to challenge your recovery end-game and learn how to sidestep them.

OCD

3 Kinds of OCD Thoughts and How to Deal With Them

Levi Riven Ph.D. on February 23, 2022

Have you found conflicting information about how to deal with OCD thoughts? Here's how to reconcile the seeming contradictions.

Have you found conflicting information about how to deal with OCD thoughts? Here's how to reconcile the seeming contradictions.

OCD

OCD Is a Tug-of-War That You Win by Letting Go

Levi Riven Ph.D. on January 16, 2022

Have you ever been overcome by intrusive thoughts that keep coming back? Here's what you might be doing wrong.

Have you ever been overcome by intrusive thoughts that keep coming back? Here's what you might be doing wrong.

OCD

Making Sense of Physical Sensations in Sexual-Themed OCD

Levi Riven Ph.D. on December 2, 2021

Have you ever been disturbed by a genital sensation or movement at the wrong time or place? Find out why this happens, and why there's no need to worry.

Have you ever been disturbed by a genital sensation or movement at the wrong time or place? Find out why this happens, and why there's no need to worry.

OCD

Managing Magical Thinking OCD

Levi Riven Ph.D. on November 4, 2021

Do you suffer with magical thinking OCD? Do you perform superstitious rituals to alleviate anxiety, fear, and guilt? These seven strategies can help you let go.

Do you suffer with magical thinking OCD? Do you perform superstitious rituals to alleviate anxiety, fear, and guilt? These seven strategies can help you let go.

OCD

Understanding Magical Thinking in OCD

Levi Riven Ph.D. on October 30, 2021

What is magical thinking and how does it affect people with OCD?

What is magical thinking and how does it affect people with OCD?