01 Alegra Kastens is an OCD sufferer, and Marriage and Family Therapist trainee based in Los Angeles. 02 Misunderstanding OCD is often not malicious, but it does carry real consequences. In order to ...

In Sunday's episode of Girls, everything comes in eight for main character Hannah (played by Lena Dunham). Eight potato chips, eight times opening and shutting her front door, eight elbow bumps into a ...

OCD triggers can cause a flare-up of your symptoms. Yours will be related to both the type of OCD you have along with your past experiences and traumas. Obsessions are the unwanted and intrusive ...

Relationships are key to health and happiness. Strong, loving connections with friends, family, and romantic partners can boost your immune system, reduce stress, and help you feel like you belong.

While obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) typically involves recurrent thoughts about a feared future event, real event OCD involves thoughts that a past event triggers. OCD is a condition where a ...

Pedophilia OCD is marked by intrusive fears of being attracted to children and repetitive compulsions carried out to reduce those fears. People with pedophilia OCD are not attracted to children but ...