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Be yourself, Testimonials

You’re ready to change things.

December 17, 2018

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A reader sent in this personal story of overcoming compulsions at a difficult time in his life. He’s now working on …

December 17, 2018

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Be yourself

Checking into relapse

January 28, 2018

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Build a new relationship with uncertainty throughout your life or your daily practices will just logically and rationally have you struggling and …

January 28, 2018

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Be yourself

Digging into intrusive thoughts to clear a way out of them

January 5, 2018

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Recently, Matt and I did a couple of videos exploring intrusive thoughts or anxieties and why it’s useful to look at why …

January 5, 2018

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Events

Internet addiction workshop in Toronto, May 15th

May 8, 2017

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I’m teaming up with Mind Matters to do a workshop at The Drake Hotel in Toronto on May 15th, at 6pm, all …

May 8, 2017

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Be yourself, Testimonials

How I Finally Recovered From OCD

March 4, 2017

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I had watched Mark’s videos over and over again, especially my favorite one, “How to Deal With Intrusive Thoughts”. The end of the …

March 4, 2017

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Be yourself

What would you give up for safety?

February 20, 2017

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We can always come up with a rational reasons to excuse self-destructive compulsions while we chase safety. But chasing that feeling is …

February 20, 2017

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Be yourself

There are no OCD sub types or themes. Only OCD (and llamas).

June 12, 2016

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It’s very popular in OCD patient communities, and in mental health communities in general, to get stuck on labeling superficial symptoms. But …

June 12, 2016

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Blog

First episode of The OCD Stories podcast

December 10, 2015

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Stuart Ralph has launched a podcast to go along with The OCD Stories site, all about exploring OCD and recovery from OCD. …

December 10, 2015

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Blog

So you think you can’t recover from mental illness… (video)

September 6, 2015

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Ruminating on reasons you can’t recover because your symptoms are different or you have very unique circumstances that prevent you from …

September 6, 2015

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Blog

Beliefs, judgments, desires, compulsions…

August 7, 2015

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When we’re struggling with mental illness, it’s often the compulsions that get all of the focus, both when we’re trying to …

August 7, 2015

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Knives out. Dice up a recovery salad. #mentalhea

Knives out. Dice up a recovery salad.

#mentalhealth #tweet #recovery #knives #anxiety #psychology #therapy #mindfulness #cooking #mentalhealthawareness #recoveryispossible #contamination #OCD #health #recoveryquotes

You don't have to listen to your brain's reasons!

You don't have to listen to your brain's reasons! This isn't different. You know it was going to pull this trick. Where do you want to go? What do you want to give your time and energy to?

#mindfulness #recovery #mentalhealthquote #mentalfitness #stress #reasons #thinking #psychology #addiction #anxiety #fear #control #compulsions #habits

This also applies if it did happen. You can do stu

This also applies if it did happen. You can do stuff differently up there!

#thinking #ruminating #brain #mindfulness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthnotes #quote #reminder #psychology #therapy #recovery #cognitive #acceptance #fear #anxiety #control #writing #brain #writersofinstagram

From last night's Twitch stream exploring examples

From last night's Twitch stream exploring examples of Exposure Therapy vs ERP vs ACT. No actual cookies were harmed in the making of this theoretical example. Obviously, in reality, you would gather up every crumb of that cookie and eat it (while contacting the closeness of death and the wonders of life in that moment).

#mindfulness #ERP #ACT #recovery #therapy #psychology #science #cookies #Twitch #acceptance #death #stoicism #reality #life #mentalfitness #fear #anxiety

Don't turn into a ruminating centipede. It'll feel

Don't turn into a ruminating centipede. It'll feel like you're going somewhere. If you just think a little more about it, you'll finally solve it! But not really...

Illustration by @pupik.love

#ruminating #illustration #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #thinking #mindful #mindfulness #happiness #psychology #therapy #mentalhealthart

Don't get stuck on the smelly pile of crap this we

Don't get stuck on the smelly pile of crap this week. Yes, it smells. Yes, it's a crap disorder. Yes, you hate it and want to chase solutions to make it go away. But focus on changing the big systems producing the pile of crap symptoms you hate. What's feeding that system?

#mentalfitness #mentalhealth #Twitch #psychology #recovery #anxiety #intrusivethoughts #fear #depression #diagram #mentalhealthnotes #science #TOOLKIT

Closure smosure. We have experiences that are pain

Closure smosure. We have experiences that are painful. We can touch that pain, be honest about it. It can be painful and we can do things in the present that matter to us. It can be painful and we can make choices in the present that align with what we value, that create and build the things we want to see in the world.

#recovery #regret #fear #pain #mentalhealthnotes #mentalhealth #psychology #mindfulness #emotions #community #closure #falsememory #guilt

You still trying to avoid human experiences? How's

You still trying to avoid human experiences? How's that working out for you?

#recovery #psychology #mentalhealth #therapy #mentalhealthquotes #ocd #pureo #fear #phobia #erp #mindfulness #mentalfitness #mentalhealthmatters

All of the stuff you're doing in your head: that's

All of the stuff you're doing in your head: that's practice. Whatever you're doing up there, you're getting skilled at that. What do you want to get skilled at today?

#mindfulness #recovery #mentalhealthnotes #mentalfitness #practice #judgment #nonjudgment #psychology #fitness #skill #focus #goals

You don't wait to feel strong before lifting weigh

You don't wait to feel strong before lifting weights. The strength comes after, and even then, you'll just keep on pursuing more exercises that make you feel weak, that make you sweat and gasp for breath. You go towards the difficult experience. You fuel that and support that. So why would you take the opposite approach with emotions?

#mentalfitness #emotions #mentalhealthnotes #psychology #sweat #fitness #recovery #weightlifting #failure #success #anxiety #socialanxiety #fear #depression #love #guilt #mindfulness

If I’m trying to be optimistic that good things

If I’m trying to be optimistic that good things will happen, I’ve actually thrown away any power I have. I’ll need things I don’t control to magically turn out in my favor. It’s a lottery mentality.

So I bring power back to me. I’m optimistic that I will learn and build skills to handle the dumpster fire in a shit storm that is this world. I will practice skills and nourish my needs so I’m prepared for whatever happens. I want challenging situations that don’t go “right” so I can learn to handle them. I’m optimistic about my capacity to try new things, to discover limits, to enforce boundaries, and make difficult changes that help me thrive in any situation.

#mentalhealth #happiness #optimism #positivethinking #lawofattraction #recovery #fear #anxiety #mentalhealthquotes #psychology #goals #fitness #sweat #challenges #life #reminder #mentalfitness

It is so useful to recognize how seemingly "normal

It is so useful to recognize how seemingly "normal" checking and controlling fuels the symptoms we hate. If you're struggling with things like derealization / depersonalization, or fears around sexuality, losing your mind, developing psychosis, and anything else that involves losing control of you and your identity, look broadly at how you interact with uncertainty in your life. The brain is simply being logical. If I react to uncertainty about a door lock, or an email, how can I not react to an uncertainty about my existence?! The time we spend on uncertainties that don't trouble us much is what causes the uncertainties that do trouble us.

#uncertainty #fear #anxiety #depersonalization #derealization #recovery #checking #YouTube #pureo #ruminating #realization #mentalhealth #mentalfitness #mentalhealthquotes #psychology

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RT @MorganCShields: If you were hospitalized in a psychiatric unit/hospital within the past 5 years, please consider taking our survey and/…

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It's easier to create change from a place of seeing ourselves as whole (instead of holes to fix and fill). We can… https://t.co/CAiUygpMg6

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@PsychNiles Created it.

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The fact we see so many (or any) studies like this, where a placebo delivers greater improvement than a drug, doesn… https://t.co/al9bFthYQJ

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