OCD wants you to feel stuck in your rituals. It shows up when you least want it to, disrupting your activities, intruding on your thoughts, and making you acutely aware of its presence. It can make ...

A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published ...

It's OCD Awareness Week and I have been thinking about why it is so important to have a week to bring awareness to OCD. First and foremost, bringing our awareness to the disorder invites us to have ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition involving recurring thoughts and repetitive behaviors that are difficult to control. Treatment can include therapy and medication. Some ...

A busy mom (who asked to remain anonymous) tells writer Alyssa Shelasky what it's like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Zack Tucker can remember exactly when it started. He was in his first serious relationship and had climbed a mountain in the Brecon Beacons, where he said “I love you” to his partner for the first ...

At some point, anxiety and stress affect everyone. They can manifest differently in different people, and the level of anxiety one experiences can vary. Still, there is one thing for sure: there are ...

OCD’s intrusive thoughts cause distress and feel at odds with your character, while in OCPD, the rigid traits are ingrained and perceived as inherent. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive ...

OCD and GAD share symptoms of unwanted thoughts that lead to anxiety and distress. Despite this, the two conditions have significant differences that help tell them apart. Generalized anxiety disorder ...

People with OCD tend to give themselves a hard time. When they're stuck on an obsession, they reach a critical choice point, Jerud says: They can either give in to their urges to try to reduce their ...