Manipulation often begins before we have language for it. The body may detect that something is off before the mind can prove it. For people who are empathic, conscientious, traumatized, …
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Responding to Doubt When You Can’t Trust Your Memory. How difficult it is to refrain from checking when you can’t trust your memory! If you suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, …
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Qualities of a “Normal” Memory: 1. A Limited Quality. A memory that is essentially “finished” as soon as it shows up. The memory does not contain a question—a “What if” at the …
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The Sensitive Person’s Level of Suffering and Need to Present Well Individuals suffering from anxiety are often highly sensitive people whose acute awareness has become an affliction rather than a …
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What is Thoughts Anonymous? As a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist, I witness far too much pain in my clients who battle with ongoing oppressive thoughts. Treating “thoughts” may sound like something Psychology …
Popular SpiritualThoughts Anonymous 12 Steps
We admitted we were powerless over our thoughts, and that our minds had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a power greater than our minds could restore us to sanity. …
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As a follow-up to my article, “Searching for Bad News” – a piece I wrote about individuals who desperately try to prove something dreadful – I wanted to respond to …
OCD Popular Professionals Reader FeedbackSearching for Bad News: The Circuitous Path of Obsessive Thinking
I Believe Something Terrible. Many people are invested in “proving” the existence of something they are terribly worried about. Even though this would be the worst news imaginable – that …
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TREATING PANIC DISORDER: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE APPROACH. If you suffer from “anxiety sensitivity,” you may be interpreting certain arousal states in your body to be threatening when in fact they are …
Popular Reader Feedback SpiritualLook — You Are Not Your Mind
“You are not your mind,” I tell my clients. “You aren’t.” This statement is usually followed by a mixed look of skepticism and pity: “She’s a psychologist, and she doesn’t …