People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer from intrusive, obsessive thoughts. To ease their distress, they often feel compelled to engage in repetitive behaviors, or rituals, in response ...

Mackenzie Reed was 21 years old when obsessive compulsive disorder took over her life near the end of 2019. The registered nurse went from graduating nursing school during the height of the COVID-19 ...

Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, who was diagnosed with OCD when she was 10, explains when you should seek help.

Those who experience the paralyzing psychological and social effects of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often find relief ...

No single fear defines the condition. There are familiar obsessions like washing your hands or checking the stove. But there’s also hoarding, hypochondria or a terrible fear you’re going to harm ...

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it. This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it What do you think of when you hear the ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder of the brain and behavior. OCD causes severe anxiety in those affected. OCD involves both obsessions and compulsions that take a lot of time and get ...

"OCD is weird. I laugh about it now," Camila told Cosmopolitan UK (via Billboard). "Everybody has different ways of handling stress. And, for me, if I get really stressed about something, I'll start ...

In pop culture, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often portrayed as meticulous to an extreme degree. They’re highly organized, perfectionistic, or germophobic — like Jack Nicholson’s ...