The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...

You'd never do something like that, so the thought may be upsetting. But if it’s a one-off thing, it’s likely not OCD. When you have obsessive-compulsive disorder, an intrusive thought can ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized, in part, by a quest for certainty, which causes the individual with OCD to ...

What do these violent thoughts mean ... She doesn’t know that I have Harm OCD. She doesn’t know that I’m plagued with thoughts of skewering her with those knitting needles in a fit of ...

You have now met Olivia ... even in areas of my life that are nothing to do with OCD," she says. "If I start having a negative thought about something - 'Did I do that right or wrong?' ...

Do people with pedophilia OCD have other intrusive thoughts? Created with Sketch. People with pedophilia OCD often experience other forms of intrusive thoughts as well, such as concerns about ...

So if you think you know somebody who might have OCD, what should you do about it? Steps that can help are to talk to them about it, in an understanding and non-judgmental way, or to invite them ...

OCD is a serious, debilitating disorder that affects over 750,000 people in the UK – and your words have the potential to do more harm than you might expect. First of all, using OCD as a way to ...