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    Pure Obsessional OCD and How To Beat It

    By Lindsay Scribner With Pure Obsessional OCD you basically suffer from intrusive thoughts the most of anything else. With most sub-types you have physical compulsions you deal with to counteract the obsessions/intrusive thoughts you have. Compulsions that can be seen by others at some point...
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    By Carrie Starke Imagine driving down the road one day with your window down. You're enjoying a nice breeze and the radio is on. The songs aren't your favorite, but you like them because you know all of the words to almost all of them. Feeling happy and carefree. Then it stops. Everything just...
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    How Do You Know When You're Done With Therapy?

    By Michael DeMarco As a therapist in private practice, I'm asked constantly how long therapy is going to take, and how often a client will have to come to sessions. People still see a trope about therapy on tv showing stereotypical psychoanalysis where people are expected to come several times...
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    Sometimes I feel guilty for being happy

    Does anyone with depression get like this? I can have bouts of feeling happy, and then it's like I remind myself mentally for no reason "Hey you're meant to be depressed right now, be unhappy" It is such a frustrating thing.
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    Mitrazipine

    Is anyone on or has taken Mitrazipine? I'm on a low dose at the moment (15mg) but my GP wants me to up my dose to 30mg. I don't even like being on the low dose, but I am still considering increasing it as advised. Thanks!
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