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Rumination OCD: Do You Get Stuck in Repetitive Thinking?

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Rumination is a common experience. If you have OCD, rumination can be a problem that makes your symptoms worse. Learn about this problem and what you can do about it.

woman with ocd ruminating

OCD and Mental Compulsions

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a distressing condition in which people experience obsessions or compulsions, and often both. Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive mental experiences (such as thoughts, images, or urges) that lead to anxiety and other painful emotions. Compulsions are behaviors that people use repeatedly to try to eliminate or lessen the anxiety and other painful emotions caused by obsessions. The “vicious cycle” of OCD is that compulsions can be effective in reducing anxiety – but only in the short term. Unfortunately, they feed the unhelpful cycle of OCD and actually make anxiety worse over time.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for ADHD

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a problem for adults as well as children. Read on to learn about symptoms and about how cognitive-behavioral therapy can help — often without medication.

Man with ADHD multitasking in his car

ADHD (ADD) in Adults

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that centers around difficulties with sustaining and focusing attention, hyperactivity, or both of these. It’s also commonly called “ADD,” which refers to the same condition. ADHD is a condition often associated with childhood, but symptoms can continue into adulthood for many people. Additionally, some adults with ADHD may not have been diagnosed in childhood.

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Know the Important Facts About Emetophobia — the Fear of Vomiting

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Nobody loves throwing up… but if your aversion to vomiting is extreme, you may be dealing with emetophobia. Fortunately, the condition is treatable.

nauseous woman afraid she will vomit

What Exactly Is Emetophobia?

Let’s face it – vomiting is an uncomfortable, disgusting experience. But everyone will vomit at some point in their life (usually many times). The ability to vomit is actually a healthy survival mechanism – sometimes it’s important to get out harmful substances you’ve ingested (e.g., poisons, spoiled food, germs) as quickly as possible.

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Anxiety and Difficulty Swallowing

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Swallowing is something that everyone does, many times per day. How does something so familiar become a source of anxiety?

Bodily Functions and Conscious Control

The human body relies on several important functions every day to keep it going. Many of these are totally outside your control. For example, your heart will continue beating automatically – you can’t make it beat or not beat on purpose, even if you try. Digestion is another good example – your stomach will digest whatever you consume without any purposeful influence from you.

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All-or-Nothing Thinking: Examples and How It Causes Depression and Anxiety

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Do people often tell you that you see things in black and white, and miss all the shades of gray? This problem is called “all-or-nothing thinking” and can lead to real problems. Learn about the phenomenon and its consequences.

all or nothing thinking black and white thinking right or wrong

All-or-nothing thinking is one of several common unhelpful ways of thinking known as cognitive distortions. All-or-nothing thinking casts things in extremes – it seems there are only two ways things can be. This kind of thinking makes it easy to believe there is no flexibility or ambiguity in a situation. It leads you to feel trapped by what seems like a small number of possibilities.

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