It’s normal to feel your heart beat faster or your face flush before getting up to speak in front of a room of 50 people. But if you’re coming up with excuses to avoid the speaking engagement ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

Eva Surawy Stepney receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH). Readers are advised that this article contains ...

On the surface, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders might not seem like they have much in common. But both involve distressing thoughts and emotions that can drive repetitive or ...

Program has OCD sufferers kick tires, jump in Dumpsters, touch toilet seats. Feb. 15, 2010 — -- Away from home for a conference, Faye Lange takes a minute before heading out for what she calls ...

Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience a type of compulsion called compulsive counting. These individuals may feel the need to count objects, people, or actions.

Social media is full of misinformation about mental health. Creators try to combat misconceptions — but is that enough to ...

If you have ever colour-coded your wardrobe, wiped the kitchen slabs repeatedly just because a speck of dust exists, or straightened a slightly off-centre painting on the wall, someone has probably ...

I normally hate using OCD as an adjective, but I think it’s ok this way: Wanna be OCD friends? I ask because I have OCD, too, and hanging with someone else who just gets it can make all the difference ...