After years of spiraling thoughts and second-guessing myself, I learned how to open up without letting fear take over.

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, ...

Despite what's shown on TV and in movies, OCD is rarely about hand sanitizer or tidy kitchen pantries. Instead, OCD often ...

Welcome to Diagnosis Diaries. Throughout this series, we'll share real stories from real people about receiving a diagnosis for a chronic condition. Share on Pinterest Illustration by Brittany England ...

It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi ...

An estimated 3.3 million people in the United States have obsessive-compulsive disorder, approximately 2.3 percent of the population. Over 100 million people in the U.S. are gamers, a number that only ...

For my first Psychology Today blog post, I thought I’d talk about my packing lists for my upcoming trip to France. “What?” you ask, confused. “I don’t even know you. Why would I care about your ...

On a Virgin train to Edinburgh a few days ago, during a refreshing hour of motionlessness (points failure) outside York, I fell to chatting with the holidaying American family sharing the table. I say ...