Most people with OCD believe medication is the only option left by the time they seek help. It usually isn't. Here's the specific, research-backed combination — Exposure and Response Prevention paired with Transcendental Meditation — that breaks the obsession-compulsion loop, from a DHA-licensed clinical psychologist practising in Dubai.
We hear a lot about people who can't let go — who are excessively attached to a person, a routine, or even a used plastic cup. But what Ms. Sarah El Nabulsi is actually seeing in her clinic is the opposite: a generation increasingly quick to exit any relationship that requires effort. She explains both ends of the attachment spectrum, how disorganized attachment patterns draw people into unhealthy pursuit, and the self-referral consciousness that anchors us in ourselves.
