Mental compulsions are often difficult to recognize and even harder to treat. How to spot mental compulsions and how to treat ...

then it’s important to seek help for OCD symptoms.” If intrusive thoughts are affecting you negatively, Dr Challacombe recommends researching the subject and giving yourself permission to ...

If being neat and tidy is your jam, it ain’t OCD.” OCD is more about intrusive thoughts and compulsions, not simply organization. 3. “Less-talked-about manifestations of OCD: intrusive ...

If you live with OCD, you will have obsessions. You are also likely to have compulsions and unhelpful beliefs too. The obsessions and compulsions can be time-consuming, distressing and have a big ...

Paddy has had OCD since the age of two. He spoke to Netmums about how it affects everyday life and when he first spotted symptoms.

Many of us are so used to how we perceive things that we barely think about how things could be different, on a sensory level ...

People with OCD can experience very specific intrusive thoughts known as obsessions, and then engage in compulsions, which are ritualized behaviors to address them, according to the International ...

The fear of vomiting is called emetophobia, and it’s a common symptom of OCD — though it’s not talked about as often. People with OCD can experience very specific intrusive thoughts known as ...