OCD and Anxiety Blog

Mindfulness, Resilience & Practical Tools for Overcoming Anxiety

Illustration showing a person trapped in a thought loop, representing rumination in OCD and anxiety, with strategies to break the cycle and stop mental compulsions.

Stop Rumination in OCD and Anxiety: Break the Thought Loop Naturally

Rumination in OCD and anxiety can feel endless, but trying to stop or control your thoughts often makes it worse. This...
Illustration representing OCD and anxiety recovery, showing how intrusive thoughts and rumination can increase on “good days” when symptoms start to improve

The Good Day Trap: Why OCD Gets Worse When You Start Getting Better

When OCD starts to improve, anxiety can suddenly spike again. Learn why the “Good Day Trap” triggers rumination, monitoring, and reassurance...

Distraction & OCD

The problem with distraction isn’t that we are not paying attention to our obsessions. That as you are only to aware...

OCD & Uncertainty

One of the main things that keeps us stuck when struggling with OCD is the struggle itself. We are constantly demanding...

My Top Ten Tips For Overcoming OCD

I love a good top ten list, I mean who doesn’t hey? It’s so much fun, particularly when we’re talking about...

How Our Expectations Influence OCD

Labels Before we get into this I just want to say that we should be a little wary if labels. Whilst...