ReImagine Therapy

ReImagine Therapy I'm Jessics Hayes and my company is ReImagine Therapy, where I provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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19/02/2026

So my OCD contamination exposure didn't quite go according to plan. 2 dogs (stole my brother's dog, Effie, for the second) and none wanted a smooch!

Still managed to get some dog contamination going on and for both of these, I sat with the wet face without doing any cleaning until I naturally would have washed my hands and face again anyway.

It may feel gross, but this exposure didn't lead to illness or harm, just a bit of discomfort.

Hopefully, even watching this can be an exposure for some people, if unable to try it themselves.

This is part of our exposure lab feature of the podcast, where we set up some example exposures towards the end of each episode of the podcast that focus on different themes and then we do them between episodes and put the videos up on here for accountability and so you can comment if you join in. We will be talking about how this went on episode 2 (on Tuesday 24th Feb) before we pick a new theme. Let us know if you have any exposure themes for us to do!

18/02/2026

Head over to the Instagram page to see teasers and updates now.

If you have OCD, are a loved one of someone with OCD, or just interested in hearing what it is, then this podcast is for you.

If you want to listen to two friends talk about something they are passionate about then this is also for you.

Get to know me, Laura, and our guest host Jess in episode one that came out on Tuesday.

Get in touch on here, on the Just Checking page, or the email address in the Just Checking bio if you have anything you'd like us to cover or want to be involved in any of our features, such as weekly wins.

We hope you love it as much as we do ❤️

Comment if you would like the link to episode 1 now 😃



18/02/2026

If you think you know what OCD is, and you think that it is about hand washing and perfectionist organisation, have a listen to this.

Notice that this person's brain is trying to trick them. He stops trusting his own eyesight.

Imagine living with the distress of this, not being able to eat something- something that many of us take for granted.

Now imagine just telling this person to 'just throw the rubbish away anyway' without taking the time to help him to understand his brain and trust himself again.

OCD can be debilitating for many people when they haven't had the help they need. And it can be a really tricky thing to work with if you don't fully understand it.

Do you relate to this?

16/02/2026

OCD therapists can be hard to find at times due to how hard it can be to get a good level of training and experience in it.

And when you find some that might look good, it is important to pick the one who you think you could see the best connection with when you have narrowed them down based on experience.

OCD erodes trust in yourself and this makes the need to feel able to trust your therapist even more key.

And then you can borrow our trust in you until you trust yourself again.

14/02/2026

Allergy fears in OCD exposure.

This is for people with no evidence that they have allergies, but who have intrusive thoughts and fears about having an allergic reaction so are very avoidant of food with set rules.

The idea of this is to sit with the anxiety and not fall into sneaky checking compulsions to look for an allergic reaction.

Gently direct your focus to what you like and don't like about the food, and also focusing on conversations with those you are sharing it with.

Your brain will try to push you to scan your body, check ingredients, and focus on analysing things. You won't be able to ignore this, but we also want to add positive things to focus on too, to how your brain a new way of engaging with these conversations.

I'd love to hear what you tried in the comments. Save this for later though if it feels too scary right now, and work your way up to it ❤️

10/02/2026

If you're looking to hear more about OCD, intrusive thoughts, and just how your brain can be a d*ck in general, you don't want to miss our new podcast. So follow to see some little teasers this week and then get the link when it is released next Tuesday.



09/02/2026

A little OCD exposure challenge next time you fill your car up.

Get it roughly to where you want it and then do a quick extra bit without looking.

Tolerate the discomfort of imperfect numbers. Leave any intrusive thoughts around it or a fear of not coping at the door and try to sit with seeing those numbers as 'wrong'.

Give it a try and share the picture or comment 'done' to let us know you've tried it.

06/02/2026

Feeling a powerful urge that you're about to act on your intrusive thoughts?

You aren't.

Rhat is your body and brain misinterpreting anxiety signals, not a sign that you are close to acting.

And that 'what if' that makes it feel even more likely? That is an irrelevant and meaningless association. Just because you can imagine a scary scenario doesn't make it any more likely.

So learn to ride out the urges instead of using them as prompts for avoidance or compulsions.

06/02/2026

Have you noticed your cycle has a big effect on your OCD? You aren't alone.

Hormones are hard enough as it is, but they really di make a huge difference for some people when it comes to their OCD.

It isn't a sign that risks are more likely when your hormones are going haywire, just a sign that they are missing with your system.

Planning how much you push yourself with exposures at certain points in your cycle can be really helpful- focus on maintaining progress and not adding extra compulsions when you are at s part of your cycle that makes your OCD worse.

This is still helping you to move forward- not increasing compulsions when thoughts and emotions are heightened helps to challenge emotional reasoning and beliefs around the importance of thoughts- two key things that maintain OCD.

Try it out and let me know if it helps.

05/02/2026

Lots of people with relationship OCD (rOCD), se%ual orientation OCD (soOCD) and intrusive thoughts about children (pOCD) avoid reading and watching things that might trigger a groinal response or observation about attraction.

This might be because the content might spark attraction to a person that isn't their partner, or about a gender that isn't the normal source of attraction, or about someone who looks young. It can also be due to the reverse, fear that watching or reading something about the 'right' age and gender might not lead to this response.

This avoidance or 'testing' themselves by selecting content based on their OCD can make the OCD worse.

So if any of that resonates, this exposure is for you.

It involves you choosing books and films that will likely spark physiological feelings that make you uncomfortable, but focusing on the story and what you're enjoying instead of analysing and monitoring thoughts, feelings and emotions.

Plus, reading can be a great way to do something you enjoy when you manage to get past the anxiety-provoking bit.

Let me know if you give it a try, save the video if you aren't ready yet and want to try it later.

05/02/2026

As a therapist for OCD, I find it really important that I am willing to do things that i am asking my clients to do.

This means I will happily embrace the same challenges as them, but acknowledge that it isn't the same for me because I don't have the same level of fear.
You'll notice me and Mole | OCD Therapist talk about this and model it on our new OCD podcast, Just Checking.

So I wanted to show you all that I also try to confront my own fears and discomfort too.

This is my monthly trip to the spider-infested cellar in my therapy building.

What fear are you tackling this week? 🤔

03/02/2026

pOCD exposure idea- for anyone avoiding watching things that could have children or teenagers in because of their intrisive thoughts.

This one is in the comfort in your own home- or at a friend's house.

It is all about focusing on watching things that you actually like the sound of, and acting as if it doesn't matter if children or babies appear in the story (spoiler alert: it is because it doesn't matter if they do, no matter what your thoughts say).

Note the extra compulsions that might sneak in, especially honing in on physiological symptoms or analysing thoughts or attention. If you cam, notice when you are starting to do this and refocus on the actual show.

We are sending a few messages here.

1: Your intrusive thoughts, images, feelings or urges have no bearing on what you should actually do or the person you are, so we need to live life as if this is true.

2: We show that you are able to cope with this discomfort, and that it gets easier the more you do it.

3: That we are doing things according to values, likes and interests, NOT what fear and OCD try to dictate. You like the sound of a film? Watch it!

Let me know what film or show you pick if you give this a go, and you can do this in a graded way if you have a certain age group that is the biggest trigger or by working your way up to it being a main character in it that is the big trigger.

Save and comment when you have managed it ❤️

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