People with OCD tend to give themselves a hard time. When they're stuck on an obsession, they reach a critical choice point, ...

“People with OCD often feel immense guilt for having such thoughts and feel the need to confess them to their partner, friend ...

While most people would maybe silence their phone, scour WebMD, and move on, I couldn’t. (And this was pre-internet and ...

From the outside, OCD can look like (and feel like!) an attempt to control others. But actually, it's the person with OCD who ...

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Intrusive thoughts are a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental health condition in which a person experiences involuntary obsessions and compulsions that may cause distress.

One writer shares her experience with OCD and intrusive thoughts, and why stereotypes about the condition prevented her from getting help sooner. For a long time, my only exposure to OCD ...

OCD can manifest itself in many different ways, such as a focus on contamination and cleaning, or compulsions to make your ...

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