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Is Your Child with OCD Broken? #overcomingocd blame caregiver coping with ocd feelings about ocd manage thoughts mental health awareness mentalhealth mindfulness obsessions parenting Apr 11, 2024

Are People with OCD Broken?

 

Has your child learning to manage OCD ever told you, “I’m broken?” Have you ever thought about your child as broken? This podcast is for you. We’ll explore the high cost of thinking of people as broken. Then I’ll show you a...

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Is OCD Real? #overcomingocd compulsions diagnose ocd free obsessions ocd brain wiring ocd myths ocd real or fake Jan 20, 2022

One day I went to visit a friend who had just moved into a new house. She said, “I’ve got to show you something.” She tool me up to her bedroom and opened her husband’s sock drawer. I saw perfectly folded pairs of socks fanned in neat rows organized by color.  She...

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Vicki Rackner MD

Founder, OCD Free Me from OCD

I'm on a mission: empowering family members touched by OCD to take back their power and be a force for healing. I'm the mother of a son diagnosed with OCD when he was in college, physician and certified coach.

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