Dr Heather Sequeira: Trauma and OCD (PTSD, Complex and Developmental trauma) (#339)
The OCD Stories
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Is There a Flop in a Drama?
Emma says she used to do too much ruminating and not enough action. She would tell herself compassionately, hopefully in the way i took to my own client's now: 'You're doing too much ruminate and not enoughaction' Em also has a condition called freeze which is when our muscles go into floppy state - often associated with feeling very numb or zoned out. And so perhaps your body and brain have got very used to responding in that way because of the things you've been through when you were tiny. So let's stop the ruminating and start getting you taking action that will actually help you do something that matters.
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