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As a therapist, I have found that exposure therapy can be a highly effective treatment for generalized anxiety disorder. GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about a wide range of life events and situations. While it may seem counterintuitive to intentionally expose someone to the things they fear, exposure therapy can help people with GAD minimize the symptoms of anxiety and regain control over their lives.

In this episode, I go over some of the things that someone could do in order to ensure that their OCD would get worse. In other words, we go over some surefire ways to ensure that OCD is winning (which we don’t want!). But we also talk about what to do *instead*, so you can […]