WHEN Molly Lambert opened up about her intrusive thoughts about harming children, she expected to be ripped apart by haters.

Cognitive behavioural therapy may help her to cope with her anxiety and learn that she doesn’t need to respond to intrusive thoughts ...

Adam Strauss created a one-man show, "The Mushroom Cure," that addresses his experience treating OCD with psychedelics.

Amanda Seyfried has opened up about her current experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder decades after first receiving her diagnosis. Seyfried, 40, said she was diagnosed with “really extreme” ...

Intrusive sexual thoughts are often misunderstood as hidden desire, when they are more accurately a symptom of OCD and a cycle of anxiety-driven doubt.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes intrusive, uncontrollable thoughts (obsessions) that may lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Some people with OCD may only have symptoms of ...

Beyond simple quirks and preferences, OCD creates a debilitating cycle of unwanted thoughts and ritualistic behaviors that can hijack everyday life. This mental health condition affects approximately ...

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, ...

For Halima Flynt, pottery is more than a creative outlet.

Individuals who experience hoarding related to OCD may have distressing feelings about discarding items. It can drive compulsive saving behaviors that they recognize as excessive. Obsessive-compulsive ...