Yes, Virginia, You Do Have OCD

Living With OCD, Miscellaneous, OCD Therapy

Earlier this month I attended the Second Annual Seacoast Anxiety Symposium, “the only educational event in the area focusing on the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders.” Sponsored by Mountain Valley Treatment Center, the symposium brought together an array of OCD and anxiety experts from all over New England. Most of those experts were highly-trained clinicians and doctors. One of them, however, was an expert of a different variety. You see, Kate Brett knows about OCD because she lives with it.

When A Beautiful Time In Your Life Turns Terrifying: Postpartum OCD

OCD Subtypes, OCD Therapy

She waited her whole life for this. When she was 4-years old, she laid all her baby dolls out on the kitchen floor and covered them, lovingly, with dish towels, shushing them to sleep. When she was 17-years old, she delighted in babysitting for the neighborhood kids. Now, at 33-years old, she leans over her newborn baby’s bassinet and….something is terribly, terrifyingly wrong.

The Most Repugnant of Repugnant Thoughts: Pedophile OCD (or, POCD)

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I’ve recently met several new clients who presented with the same heartbreaking, terrifying illness: POCD. While most Americans have heard the term “OCD” and are familiar with at least some of the disorder’s symptoms, few people have ever heard of POCD, or Pedophile OCD. As the name implies, Pedophile OCD involves intrusive thoughts of such a repulsive nature that clients often wait years before seeking treatment.