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ADAA Professional Blog: When Reassurance Seeking Becomes Compulsive

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ADAA members Sally Winston, PsyD, and Martin Seif, PhD, ABPP, recently published their professional blog, When Reassurance Seeking Becomes Compulsive.

Winston and Seif discuss the patterns of compulsive reassurance seeking and give a four-step program to break out of this seemingly-endless loop of reassurance seeking.

"Being stuck in reassurance-seeking can lead to paralysis in decision-making, haunting worries about making a mistake or causing harm, insecurity and self-doubt. "

Read the full blog here: lnkd.in/d2zFkkZM

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I wonder how many people would continue to engage on social platforms if there was no “like” button to click on?

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