Episode 7
7. Compulsions Anyone?
The OCD Whisperer Podcast with Kristina Orlova · korresults
May 5, 202021m 0s
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Show Notes
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today we are talking about Compulsions!
Themes of different compulsive behaviors:
- Avoidance
- Compulsive crying (other OCD influenced emotions)
- Self reassurance (sneaking them in sometimes)
- Decontamination
- Checking
- Magical compulsions
- Perfectionistic compulsions
- Counting
- Tracing
- Touching/ tapping
- Mental compulsions (there is an episode just on this)
- Protective compulsions
- Body focused
- Self-mutilating (cutting, burning)
- Hair pulling/ skin picking (this may or may not be due to OCD, it may be due to trichotillomania mean hair pulling or excoriation-means skin picking)
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, this does not replace therapy.
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