Anxiety & OCD Blog
Insights for Building a New Way of Thinking
This blog offers evidence-based insights from Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Schema Therapy to help you better understand anxiety and OCD. You’ll learn practical, real-life strategies to face your fears, change unhelpful thinking patterns, and create lasting change—while also learning how deeper personality patterns can keep anxiety and OCD stuck.
High-Functioning Avoidant Personality Disorder: Why You Can Seem Social but Still Feel Avoidant
Unlike more obvious avoidant personality disorder, you may still function in work and social settings—but with significant internal distress and limited emotional closeness.
How to Stop Overthinking: Why It Happens and How to Break the Cycle
Overthinking happens when your mind gets stuck in thought loops that don’t lead to solutions. Instead of solving a problem and moving forward, your brain keeps analyzing the same past…
Why Am I Scared of Throwing Up? Emetophobia and Anxiety
Most people don’t enjoy throwing up. It’s uncomfortable and unpleasant. But for some people, the thought of vomiting triggers intense anxiety, dread, or even panic. If you constantly worry about…
Why Can’t I Make Eye Contact? Understanding Social Anxiety and Eye Contact
You may wonder, “Why can’t I make eye contact when I talk to people?” If eye contact feels uncomfortable, awkward, or even impossible at times, you’re far from alone. Difficulty making…