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Will I know for sure when I recover?

Dave December 5, 2016 Will I know for sure when I recover?2016-12-05T13:20:29-08:00 Dave's Blog 1 Comment
OCD sufferers are filled with doubt. A woman washes her hands for the thirtieth time today because she doubts her hands are uncontaminated. A man checks the stove is off…
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Can people ‘overcome’ OCD?

Dave January 25, 2016 Can people ‘overcome’ OCD?2016-11-29T18:47:44-08:00 Dave's Blog 2 Comments
I've been working on a book about my experience over 40 years with the beast that is OCD. I'm getting quite close to finishing the book but a problem has…
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The OCD ‘Cure’

Dave December 29, 2015 The OCD ‘Cure’2016-11-29T18:47:54-08:00 Dave's Blog No Comment
I spend a lot of time on an online OCD forum, talking to OCD sufferers and doling out advice. From time to time people ask if there is a cure…
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Agreeing with intrusive thoughts

Dave December 29, 2014 Agreeing with intrusive thoughts2016-06-14T15:30:09-07:00 Dave's Blog 5 Comments
As OCD sufferers, we are subjected to intense, disturbing thoughts that can cause us a huge amount of grief. For sufferers of harm, sex, pedophile and other obsessional themes, the…
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