2 Rules of Thumb: the Difference between OCD and Skin Picking Disorder
Chris responds to a listener's question about the difference between OCD and excoriation disorder. This is an important question, because many OCDers report that they pick at their skin "as a compulsi...
28 Aug 202311min
The Chain is Only as Strong as its Weakest Link
Chris finishes the series on SCAMP and the Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. In this episode, he focuses on the last two trigger-categories (Movement and Place) represented in the acronym. This episo...
16 Aug 202316min
Manage Feelings; but F*** Anxiety
Chris continues to series on OCD-Related disorders, this time talking through the "A" (for Affect) in the acronym SCAMP. The important idea is effectively manage triggers, to include feelings. There's...
9 Aug 202314min
Talking Back to Thoughts in Hair-Pulling and Skin-Picking Disorders
Chris continues the series on skin picking and hair-pulling habits, focusing on Charlie Mansueto's SCAMP concept: Successful treatment of excoriation disorder and trichotillomania is not so much about...
4 Aug 202310min
You Play Offense for OCD. You Play Defense for Skin-Picking and Hair Pulling Disorders
In this episode, Chris starts off by re-emphasizing the importance of identifying and preventing relevant behaviors when dealing with a number of common mental health conditions. And he continues the ...
26 Jul 202324min
Got Triggered? What Now?
Chris discusses evidence-based strategies for dealing with triggers relative to the anxiety-related disorders, like PTSD, OCD, Specific Phobia, etc., and other conditions like trichotillomania and exc...
19 Jul 202315min
What Do I Do When I Don't REALIZE I'm Doing Compulsions?
Chris poses a question of what OCDers are to do when they are engaging such habitual and routine compulsions that they can't stop doing them? Feel free to reach out to chrisleins04@gmail.com with any...
12 Jul 202311min
It's about Tolerating the Itch and Stopping the Scratching Response
Chris discusses the idea that a lot of people tolerate the scratching behavior with the hope of getting rid of the itch. But success in the fight against OCD is about tolerating the thoughts and the a...
5 Jul 202311min
