Live AMA: Preparing for holiday stress with OCD

How do I overcome my fear of boredom? Being bored itself creates space for worries, but I am also scared in anticipation of the free time. I find myself trying to schedule exactly the right activities to make my day feel right

What are some ways to balance spending time with family and taking time away to handle symptoms?

How do you stop putting pressure on yourself for the holidays to go well? The more I focus on wanting to feel good, the more anxious I feel

How to notice other people having fun with their mom and dad and knowing that mine dont make an effort with me

how can i add this is a calendar invite

Can ADHD make OCD worse???

tips for contamination OCD when you know the place you are visiting will be unhygienic 😖

How to open gifts without obsessing over your reaction or other people’s reactions? Even when the gift makes me very happy, I worry I don’t appear happy or grateful enough and it gives off the energy I don’t care. It sometimes gets to a point I won’t open gifts for days, and people get offended thinking I don’t care when really I’m very anxious.

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If I miss the AMA (might be busy at that time) is there a vod or recording I could watch after?

How do I do ERP while trying to enjoy the holidays

Do you have any therapists that concentrate on depersonalization and derealization?

Hey Mackenzie (and everyone) — I struggle the most in situations that fall outside my circle of control, especially when a trigger shows up around people who might not know the severity of my anxiety. I’m not trying to control others or the environment, but the uncertainty of how my OCD might react when faced with groups of people around the holidays - I still find myself unprepared when it actually happens. How do you handle those unexpected, uncontrollable moments, especially when you’re around people who don’t understand OCD? Any advice or strategies would mean a lot.

How to best practice/prepare ERP for the despair feeling of those cloudy and sad few months after the holidays are over. January-March can be a crutch!

How to stay present, take care of yourself and not give in to OCD when so uncomfortable from all the many things that are different, out of your control, and just too much unstructured time?

This time of year is wild in my family. Not only just the holidays but, birthdays as well. How do you keep yourself from being overwhelmed?

How do I overcome both POCD and Transgender OCD?

Have you dealt with a close family member who wants everything their way?

How can I deal the not confessing to something that would definitely hurt my partner, even though I believe theres validity to the guilt? I know that telling them would only hurt them and may not even allow me to relax, it would only hurt things, but how can I move on from it?

How do I stop myself from ruminating over my ocd fear? I find that all day the rumination loops and I’m not sure the proper way to stop

How to deal with your whole routine changing

How do I tell my family about my OCD? I’ve recently gotten diagnosed (and boy does everything make sense) but now I’m scared to tell my family. More so scared of them shunning me for my disorder since they have yet to fully accept my autism diagnosis too.

How to react when anxiety or OCD kick in🦵right before and holidays events, holidays dinners or visitors arrive. Do you stay always until your situation is calm enough for you or do u just go and hope everything doesn’t become sh__t show?

As a parent of a child with OCD, how do I cope with managing my worries about my extended family judging my child harshly for behaviors they don’t understand while also respecting my child’s privacy?