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Pets & OCD: Contamination

Pets & OCD: Contamination

by Cloudways | Nov 19, 2016 | Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, OCD

Obsessions focusing on pets and animals incorporate all the common themes: contamination, checking, harm, scrupulosity, and sex. In this 3-part blog series, I discuss some of the common ways OCD obsessions may target our lovable, snuggable friends. This article, Part...
Contamination OCD – Long Shower Exposures

Contamination OCD – Long Shower Exposures

by Cloudways | Oct 30, 2016 | Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, ERP, General, OCD

Long shower times? Just a quick announcement… I’m pleased to announce that with our recent office renovations, we now have a spa-like therapeutic shower room that is perfect for individuals with contamination OCD who have excessively long shower times....
Reassurance Seeking in OCD

Reassurance Seeking in OCD

by Cloudways | Jan 7, 2012 | “Pure-O” Symptoms, Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, OCD, OCD - General

Although contamination OCD and washing rituals often go hand-in-hand, many rituals in this domain do not actually involve cleaning or disinfecting. These more subtle rituals are often based around reassurance seeking behaviors that become ingrained in everyday habit....
OCD & Contamination: Washing & Cleaning Compulsions/Rituals

OCD & Contamination: Washing & Cleaning Compulsions/Rituals

by Cloudways | Dec 16, 2011 | Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, OCD

OCD: Common Compulsions In my last post about OCD, I discussed reasons why people do rituals. This time, I’ll identify specific rituals that are common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) characterized by a fear of germs, contamination, diseases, and other...
OCD & Contamination: Reasons Why People Do Rituals/Compulsions

OCD & Contamination: Reasons Why People Do Rituals/Compulsions

by Cloudways | Dec 15, 2011 | Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, OCD, OCD - General

In my last post, I identified several idiosyncratic feared outcomes in OCD that are associated with contamination/health-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Obsessions are intrusive, recurrent, and distressing thoughts, impulses, or images related to these...
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