Intrusive thoughts are some of the most personal and agonizing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Thanks to OCD, just one single unpleasant thought or image—violent, sexual, obscene, ...

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

I've been counting since I can remember. Balancing, blinking, scanning for cracks to step on with my right foot whenever my left foot accidentally landed on one. The feeling of something, anything, ...

People often told Elona Washington, a publisher from the Nashville area, that she “acted like she had OCD.” She would panic ...