Ever had an upsetting thought pop into your head and panicked about why you thought it? That's an intrusive thought — more common than people realise. In OCD, the brain treats these thoughts as danger, fueling a cycle of anxiety and compulsions for temporary relief. At Breathe-In Psychology, your trusted psychologist in Camden, we use CBT to help you see that a thought is just a thought, not a fact, so it loses its grip over time.

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The mind often frames intrusive thoughts as problems that must be solved immediately. What if urgency itself is part of what keeps them alive? https://dualisticunity.com/4-ways-to-interrupt-the-thoughts-youre-suffering-through/

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