OCD is beyond just perfectionism: Things to know and when to see a doctor “I love to keep my room clean, I have a slight OCD”—something almost all of us have heard or even said ourselves without ...

Imagine sharing a bathroom with someone who has OCD. Would you be willing to go above and beyond keeping the bathroom clean to appease them, or would you let them do extra cleaning since it’s their ...

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The term obsessive obsessive-compulsive disorder is not well understood and is sometimes thrown around casually. Someone who likes cleanliness and order may say, “I am so OCD about how I organize my ...

If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you tune into the world at a different frequency. You wonder which doors are clean enough to touch, which thoughts are pure enough to think, when your ...

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 ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...