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Sometimes it’s really hard to tell what’s OCD and what’s anxiety, especially when you have both.As someone who’s lucky e...
06/05/2026

Sometimes it’s really hard to tell what’s OCD and what’s anxiety, especially when you have both.

As someone who’s lucky enough to have both (sarcasm lol), one of the ways I try to figure out what I’m dealing with is by looking at what happens after the fear shows up.

Anxiety can make you overthink a fear, possibility, or uncertainty longer than you’d like. You might worry about it, feel uncomfortable, or have a hard time letting it go.

OCD takes that same fear or uncertainty and turns it into something that feels urgent to solve. Instead of sitting with the discomfort, you may feel driven to analyze, check, research, confess, seek reassurance, replay memories, or do something else to get certainty and relief.

That’s why the same situation can look very different depending on whether it’s anxiety or OCD.

The biggest clue? OCD involves compulsions. Anxiety does not.

If you relate to this, book a free call with our team to learn more about OCD and get started with treatment that can help you get your life back.

Okay… The OCD threads are backkkk. Because it’s friday and you deserve them 🩵
06/05/2026

Okay… The OCD threads are backkkk. Because it’s friday and you deserve them 🩵

Your body does a lot of things automatically: breathing, blinking, swallowing, even noticing where your eyes are during ...
06/04/2026

Your body does a lot of things automatically: breathing, blinking, swallowing, even noticing where your eyes are during a conversation.

For most people, these sensations fade into the background. But for someone with sensorimotor (somatic) OCD, a normal bodily process can suddenly become impossible to ignore.

The more you try not to notice it, the more aware of it you become. That awareness can lead to mental compulsions like checking, monitoring, testing, or repeatedly asking yourself whether the sensation is still there.

The good news is that somatic OCD, like all subtypes of OCD is very treatable.

Book a free call with our team through the link in bio to learn more about OCD treatment and get started today.

06/04/2026

If you have OCD, you should watch Inside Out. Here’s why:

While the movie isn’t specifically about OCD, it does an incredible job showing something many people with OCD struggle with: the urge to get rid of discomfort as quickly as possible.

Throughout the movie, Joy spends so much time trying to contain Sadness, fix things, and make uncomfortable feelings go away. In many ways, that mirrors how OCD can make people treat uncertainty.

When OCD shows up, it can feel impossible to sit with doubt. So people seek reassurance, check, ruminate, research, or perform compulsions to try to feel certain again.

But one of the biggest lessons in Inside Out is that healing doesn’t come from getting rid of difficult emotions. It comes from making space for them.

The same can be true in OCD recovery. The goal isn’t to eliminate uncertainty. It’s learning that you can handle it, even when it feels uncomfortable.

06/02/2026

When appeared on The Assembly, he was asked a question by an interviewer with OCD who was genuinely curious about his take: Is there anything positive about having OCD?

His answer was honest. Right away, he said that OCD isn’t a gift. It isn’t a superpower. It isn’t what makes someone more creative, more successful, more organized, or more “Type A.”

As Howie explained, OCD can be terrifying. The intrusive thoughts feel real, urgent, and impossible to shut off. If OCD were a gift, he said he’d return it.

We appreciated this conversation because it pushes back on a misconception a lot of people with OCD hear all the time: that OCD somehow helps them or gives them an advantage. The reality is that OCD is a mental health condition that can have a serious impact on someone’s daily life.

But we also loved the final point Howie made. If there’s one thing that could be a positive, it’s knowing there are other people out there who understand. People who have had the same fears, the same intrusive thoughts, and the same struggles.

That doesn’t make OCD a gift. But it does remind us that none of us have to go through it alone.

Thank you, Howie, for continuing to speak openly about OCD and helping people feel seen.

Sometimes OCD convinces us of things that, on the surface, sound completely illogical. But when you’re living it, the fe...
06/02/2026

Sometimes OCD convinces us of things that, on the surface, sound completely illogical. But when you’re living it, the fear can feel very real.

In ’s case, OCD convinced her she was allergic to almost everything. Water. Soap. Airborne chocolate. Certain foods. Even though she has no food allergies, the fear became so overwhelming that it changed how she ate, where she went, and how she moved through the world.

That’s the thing about OCD: it doesn’t care about logic. It doesn’t care if a doctor tells you you’re okay. It doesn’t care if you’ve been reassured a hundred times before. OCD can latch onto a fear and convince you that the only way to stay safe is to keep checking, avoiding, researching, seeking reassurance, or performing other compulsions.

A lot of people don’t realize OCD can show up this way. When most people think of OCD, they picture cleaning or organizing. But OCD can attach itself to almost anything—including fears about allergies, anaphylaxis, health, or your body.

If you see yourself in Jac’s story, you’re not alone. OCD fears can feel incredibly convincing, but they are not the truth.

Book a free call through the link in our bio to learn more about OCD treatment and what recovery can look like for you.

A lot of you know from her OCD advocacy today—whether that’s sharing her story publicly, speaking about POCD, leading s...
06/01/2026

A lot of you know from her OCD advocacy today—whether that’s sharing her story publicly, speaking about POCD, leading support groups, or helping others feel less alone.

But what you’re seeing now didn’t happen overnight.

Before the advocacy came years of fear, shame, panic, and OCD convincing her that she was dangerous, broken, or beyond help. And because Molly’s OCD largely showed up as Pure OCD, much of that battle was invisible. The compulsions weren’t always things other people could see—they were happening in her mind through rumination, mental checking, and trying to find certainty.

That’s one of the hardest parts of OCD. Someone can look completely okay on the outside while feeling terrified by what’s happening inside their head.

If you’re in that stage right now, you’re not alone. Recovery isn’t a quick fix, and OCD can change themes and fears over time. But with the right treatment, things can get better.

Today, Molly is proof that life can become so much bigger than OCD—and now she’s helping others find hope, too.

If you saw yourself in these slides, know that effective treatment exists. ERP therapy is the most effective, clinically proven treatment for OCD, and all NOCD therapists specialize in it.

Book a free call through the link in our bio to learn more and get started today.🩵

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