Do you live in fear that brain-eating amoebas are lurking in lakes, sprinklers, rainwater, or even your own shower? If so, you might be experiencing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).The natural world is full of weird, wild, and wonderful things...and...
Obsessions focusing on pets and animals incorporate all the common themes: contamination, checking, harm, scrupulosity, and sex. In this 3-part blog series, I discuss some of the common ways OCD obsessions may target our lovable, snuggable friends. This article, Part...
OCD: Common Compulsions In my last post about OCD, I discussed reasons why people do rituals. This time, I'll identify specific rituals that are common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) characterized by a fear of germs, contamination, diseases, and other...
In my last post, I identified several idiosyncratic feared outcomes in OCD that are associated with contamination/health-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Obsessions are intrusive, recurrent, and distressing thoughts, impulses, or images related to these...
