One writer explains how her cleaning OCD evolved into checking OCD, and the techniques and coping mechanisms she uses to deal with it.

01 Many OCD sufferers learn to "check" their emotional responses to certain situations as a way of being aware of their OCD. 02 For some, this "checking" can turn into a compulsion. One in which a ...

Key points Intrusive thoughts are among OCD’s most agonizing symptoms. OCD sufferers may compulsively confess intrusive thoughts to receive reassurance and reduce anxiety. Practicing exposure ...

Confessing intrusive thoughts is a uniquely pernicious OCD ritual, but once the practice is identified, it can be relatively straightforward to address.

OCD is a mental health disorder that leads people to act irrationally based on obsessive thoughts and compulsions. Here's how to tell if you have it.

Obsessive hand washing, intrusive thoughts and incessant cleaning are already a big part of many OCD sufferers' lives. But what happened when coronavirus hit?

You may have called someone "so OCD" but there's a lot you probably don't know about obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Far from being a behavioural quirk, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitating condition with complex causes that we're just beginning to understand. We should treat it as such, and stop with ...

Voices Comment 'I was taking more than 100 pictures of my oven before work, and couldn't stop thinking about knives': What it's really like to have OCD Anyone who describes themselves as 'a bit ...