255 Attachment Injuries and OCD: The Healing Continues

Attachment Injuries and OCD: The Healing Continues

Summary

 

Patricia discusses her experience with OCD and attachment injuries while Jen, is on vacation. She explores her fears and insecurities about asking for support and needing connection. Patricia reflects on the importance of consistent communication and creating containers to improve nervous system regulation. She also delves into her childhood experiences of feeling invisible and not belonging, and how this impacts current relationships.

 

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Takeaways

 

·         Consistent communication and connection can help soothe attachment injuries and provide a sense of security.

·         It's important to ask for support and express your needs, even if it feels uncomfortable or vulnerable.

·         Childhood experiences of feeling invisible or not belonging can impact current relationships, but healing and corrective experiences are possible.

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