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Another Interview with a Former HOCD Sufferer

One year ago (exactly!), I posted an interview with “Hannah,” a former HOCD sufferer who had found freedom from her obsessions and compulsions through ERP therapy. It’s gotten over 6300 views in the...

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Managing OCD-in-Remission

My OCD has been in remission for about six years now– six delicious years of sweet freedom! Have I had any flare-ups? Yes, a handful, but nothing like I used to experience. Here’s what I’ve learned. 1....

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Post-ERP Spiritual Growth

I received these fantastic questions from a blog reader: How has your faith grown since ERP? Have you found new ways to talk and relate to God now that you free from its influence? Well. Everything is...

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The Darkest Days

There is a little Caribou Coffee in Long Lake, Minnesota, where I sat one morning since I’d arrived too early to my visit to Orono High School. I stared at my steaming hot cocoa and repeated to myself:...

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Talk Therapy vs. ERP Therapy

Sometimes I give talk therapy a rough time on this blog– but, please know that I am not against talk therapy (I see a talk therapist weekly for panic and adjustment disorder). I am merely against talk...

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Is what I fear possible?

Ahhh, that’s the big question for those of us who suffer from OCD! If you ask your friends, they will probably try to reassure you and say no.  This feels good. For ten minutes. Then you want to ask...

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No Shortcuts

When Jeff Bell, spokesperson for the International OCD Foundation, spoke for our OCD Twin Cities event, one of the things he said that really stood out to me was that there are no shortcuts in treating...

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A New OCD Page

From time to time, life becomes so overwhelming that I have to temporarily remove my email address from my website. It’s that case right now. Between busting my butt on my next novel (especially after...

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What Does Compassion Look Like?

Many, many OCD sufferers have been contacting me lately: they want to share their story, seek advice, and– in many cases– seek reassurance. Do you really think this is OCD? My answer is pretty standard...

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Review: Overcoming OCD: A Journey to Recovery by Janet Singer

My friend Janet over at the ocdtalk blog recently wrote a book detailing her family’s experience with her son’s OCD and the treatment of it. I was lucky enough to get a copy of it, and I’m happy to...

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Why Meds?

A blog reader emailed me and asked, “If you are okay with sharing this, could you tell me why you chose to stay on your medication after ERP?” My response: For me, meds are a chemical tool to slow my...

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Perfectionism & Writing [& OCD Too]

You’d think being a perfectionist would be beneficial for an artist, but I really don’t think that’s true. (Neither, apparently, does Google: search “artists are perfectionists” and you’ll get the...

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Guest Post: My ERP Experience

With her permission, I am sharing a comment from ashley1234567890, one I found particularly insightful. And here she is … I went through ERP and had fantastic results. It was a huge blessing for me,...

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nOCD, an ERP App/Hero

If you’ve spent time around this blog, you know that I wrestled my life and freedom back from the clutches of obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2008. (Read more about my story at...

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Q&A with an ERP Therapist

Meet Erin Venker. I know her through the leadership team for OCD Twin Cities. Erin is lovely, thoughtful, and smart– and she has a unique experience of having OCD and being an ERP therapist. I’m so...

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Should You Trust Your Therapist? Depends.

Got this excellent question from a blog reader: I think I have HOCD but I’m not sure. My therapist is doing CBT but I don’t think it’s ERP and it’s making me anxious. Like what if this therapy goes...

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OCD Poem

A few years ago, I made a phone call that changed my life. Her name is Megan, and she is the most beautiful soul. She was a senior in high school, and I was calling her with a question about her...

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