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Robert James Coaching: OCD Coaching to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts
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If you’ve ever tried to explain OCD to someone and they laughed, dismissed it, or said “everyone’s a bit OCD,” you’re not alone.
And if you felt a sudden hit of shame — like you’d been exposed or judged — that reaction makes complete sense.
Being misunderstood isn’t just socially annoying.
For many people, it becomes a recovery issue.
If you’ve lived with OCD for any length of time, you’ll recognise the “play it safe” voice.
It sounds reasonable. Protective, even.
“Don’t push yourself.”
“Stay comfortable.”
“Don’t do that exposure — you’ll get too anxious.”
“Better to avoid it.”
But here’s the problem: the safer you try to live, the smaller your life c...
If you’ve got OCD, you’ve probably had this thought hit you like a verdict:
“I’m broken.”
And it doesn’t feel like a dramatic statement. It feels… accurate. Because the anxiety is loud, the thoughts are weird, your body reacts like there’s a real danger, and your mind will not let it go.
So you start thinking, Well… normal pe...
There’s a belief that can quietly keep you stuck in sensorimotor OCD for a long time.
It’s the idea that if you could just time travel back to the moment before it started — before you became aware of the breath, the heartbeat, swallowing, blinking, saliva — and make sure you never had anxiety at the same time as that awareness… then you never would have go...
If you’ve been working hard at recovery and you still feel stuck, I want you to consider something.
It might not be that you’re not trying hard enough. It might be that you’re making a few very understandable mistakes that keep the OCD cycle alive. And the frustrating part is those mistakes often feel like the good kind of work you should be doing. They loo...