Living with OCD

When I was in college, I decided my path was to pursue a career in counseling. I was drawn to counseling because I'd received it as a teen, and it had a

I'm not exaggerating when I say that my OCD became so debilitating that I almost gave up on myself and took my own life. I think that people outside of

My dad had Complex PTSD by the time he was nine years old. At that point, he had already escaped from a cult with his mom and survived torturous abuse. As

Like a lot of people in the OCD community, I lived with OCD for a long time before being properly diagnosed. By the time I did get that life-changing

If you’ve ever tried not to think about something, you probably know how difficult it is to control your own thoughts—especially when they’re embarrassing

I can vividly recall the event that led to me finally getting help for what I later learned was OCD. I was an undergrad. I was standing on top of a

Allison, a 35-year-old from the Midwest, was working at a state fair when she realized she'd forgotten something important in her car. She froze. It would

Let's begin on a positive note: it's great that your insurance will cover some or even all of your sessions because, frankly, it hasn't always been that

While I was only diagnosed with OCD relatively recently, I always knew there was something different about the way my mind worked. I just didn't have a

I have always been very anxious. I come from a high-strung home where there were a lot of expectations and rules. It wasn't until I went away to college

We usually start to see OCD behaviors in children at about eight years of age. My mom first noticed mine at around four or five—which is a lot younger

I’ve never experienced anything more crushing than a day filled with OCD intrusive thoughts. It’s a feeling that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. You

Dear NOCD Community, On this Thanksgiving Day, I’d like to share my sincerest appreciation for each of you, as well as wish you a very happy beginning to

This article is part of a series in which OCD specialists talk about their personal experience of OCD and the ways in which that experience informs their

I think I've always been an anxious person. I was afraid to meet new people; I was scared to go to school. But rather than avoiding the situations that

Virtually everyone experiences sleepless nights every now and then. However, research has shown that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Doubting whether you have OCD is commonplace in the OCD community. OCD specialists are very familiar with how this particular doubt can stop people from

Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves facing fears head-on through exposures while resisting the urge to perform compulsions, which

Series B Financing to Support People Struggling with OCD, Fuel Growth Series B led by F-Prime Capital with Eight Roads Ventures, Kaiser Permanente

Teletherapy has been around for many years, and recently there has been an explosive increase in the use of telehealth services. The ability to access