Understanding Intrusive Thoughts
Jess Sepel shares her personal experience with intrusive thoughts and OCD, discussing how these thoughts can be a side effect of trauma and the different themes they can take. She explains the belief that comes with intrusive thoughts and the obsession and compulsions associated with OCD.In this clip
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Are intrusive thoughts linked to OCD?
How do OCD thoughts relate to anxiety?
Can people vary in their degrees of OCD, or can it vary in intensity? I think I may have experienced it to some degree, but it seems that the intensity can vary, and sometimes it influences my actions in a disguised way. It feels like a maladaptive protective mechanism very much related to trauma. My brain creates these rules seemingly to try to control the environment after a trauma that went untreated.