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Alegra Kastens

Founder, Licensed Therapist
Center for OcD, Anxiety and Eating Disorders

Licensed Therapist

OCD Specialist

Mental Health Educator

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I KISSED SOMEONE NEW LAST NIGHT AND NOW I DON’T CARE WHERE YOU’RE SLEEPING BABY!!! 🩵🦋🤠
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In the words of @kelseaballerini, yeehaw bi*ch ✨✨
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#kelseaballerini #patterns #rollingupthewelcomemat #ocd #obses

My challenge to you today: one more step 🩷 One less compulsion. One more snack. One more exposure. One more mindfulness skill.
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You don’t need to be able to see the top of the mountain.
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What’s the one step you’re taking today?
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Traveling with OCD can be tough for a variety of reasons — I’ve ✨been there✨ worried that OCD would ruin my trip *and* I have learned the power of radical acceptance 🤯 It has transformed my travel experiences
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Comment TRAVEL to receive

Something that felt like Hozier’s yell: taking Prozac after being out for a week 😂 girls gays theys I have got to remember to get my refill
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#ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdawareness #ocdproblems #anxiety #po

I don’t want to live in New York right now and I can’t stop crying because I’m not in New York right now. That’s the both/and of life.
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I don’t want to live in New York right now, but I miss my friends. I miss my doorma

Can certain things, like movement, help us manage symptoms? Of course! Is exercising more going to rid us of OCD? No!
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You can’t pray away OCD or celery juice away OCD or swim away OCD or manifest away OCD .
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Suggesting that lifestyle changes