Anxiety disorders and OCD are what you get when a perfectly functioning brain runs into a strategy mismatch.
About Drew Linsalata
Anxiety and Avoidance Explained
Avoidance is often misunderstood in the context of anxiety disorders.
Avoidance is often misunderstood in the context of anxiety disorders.
Anxiety Relapse Prevention and Morning Routines
One of the more common mistakes people make as they progress through anxiety disorder recovery is treating recovery as a separate category of their life.
One of the more common mistakes people make as they progress through anxiety disorder recovery is treating recovery as a separate category of their life.
Anxiety Game Changers That Never Come
I spent a long stretch of my life waiting for the anxiety game changer.
I spent a long stretch of my life waiting for the anxiety game changer.
How to Stop Obsessing
It’s one of the most common questions I hear from people struggling with OCD and anxiety disorders
It’s one of the most common questions I hear from people struggling with OCD and anxiety disorders
5 Things That Actually Predict OCD Recovery (According to Someone Who’s Treated Thousands of Cases)
Focus on taking action and living a meaningful life despite OCD symptoms.
Focus on taking action and living a meaningful life despite OCD symptoms.
How Does an Anxiety Therapist Not Get Triggered?
People ask me this all the time. How do you spend your days immersed in panic attacks, OCD spirals, health anxiety, agoraphobia, and every other form of disordered anxiety.
People ask me this all the time. How do you spend your days immersed in panic attacks, OCD spirals, health anxiety, agoraphobia, and every other form of disordered anxiety.
Acceptance and OCD: How Does That Work?
Acknowledging that absolute certainty is an illusion and learning to coexist with the discomfort of not knowing.
Acknowledging that absolute certainty is an illusion and learning to coexist with the discomfort of not knowing.
Neuroscience and Therapy With Ana Lund
In the world of anxiety recovery, we hear the term “evidence-based” constantly.
In the world of anxiety recovery, we hear the term “evidence-based” constantly.
Blood Pressure Anxiety? How an Anxiety Therapist Might Help
If you recognize the sound of a Velcro rip and your heart starts to pound the minute you hear that familiar hum, we need to talk.
If you recognize the sound of a Velcro rip and your heart starts to pound the minute you hear that familiar hum, we need to talk.
Anxiety and OCD: The Cult Leader in Your Head
Living with an anxiety disorder is like living with a totalitarian cult leader who has set up shop inside your own head.
Living with an anxiety disorder is like living with a totalitarian cult leader who has set up shop inside your own head.
Anxiety Questions and Answers
It’s natural to struggle with allowing anxious feelings without trying to control them, as it goes against human instinct.
It’s natural to struggle with allowing anxious feelings without trying to control them, as it goes against human instinct.
Negative Self Beliefs in Anxiety Recovery
Negative self-beliefs act as obstacles, hindering the ability to implement recovery strategies effectively.
Negative self-beliefs act as obstacles, hindering the ability to implement recovery strategies effectively.
Understanding Mental Compulsions
When we talk about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or anxiety disorders, the focus is often on visible behaviors.
When we talk about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or anxiety disorders, the focus is often on visible behaviors.
Anxiety and the Bad Weather Trap
The weather itself is not the cause of anxiety, but rather a trigger for underlying fears.
The weather itself is not the cause of anxiety, but rather a trigger for underlying fears.
Anxiety Disorders Are One Fear
If you’re struggling with an anxiety disorder, you probably feel like you’ve developed an ever-growing list of things that trigger your anxiety and fear.
If you’re struggling with an anxiety disorder, you probably feel like you’ve developed an ever-growing list of things that trigger your anxiety and fear.