Ocd

'Khloe & Lamar': Rob Admits He Has OCD

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Reality TV, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, The Kardashians, Tv Replay, Rob Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, TV News

In the penultimate episode of "Khloe & Lamar" (Sun., 10 p.m. EST on E!) for the foreseeable future, Rob Kardashian finally accepted and admitted that ...

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'My Mom Is Obsessed' With Going To The Gym

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Discovery Fit & Health, Video, Reality TV, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, My Mom Is Obsessed, Tv Replay, Going to the Gym, TV News

It creates an interesting new angle on OCD and obsessive behaviors when filtered through the eyes of the children they impact. On the latest "My Mom I...

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'My Mom Is Obsessed' With Her And My Weight

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Discovery Fit and Health, Video, Reality TV, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, My Mom Is Obsessed, Tv Replay, Bathroom Scale, Weight, TV News

Tamara's obsession with her own weight spilled into how she was raising her daughter Alizabeth on "My Mom Is Obsessed" (Thu., 10 p.m. ET on Discovery ...

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Parents, Kids and OCD

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Glee, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, Parenting, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Teenagers, Maggie Lamond Simone, Howie Mandel, Leonardo Dicaprio, David Beckham, Parents News
Maggie Lamond Simone

"You'd think they would know it's not a disease," my daughter said as we watched Emma's parents on Glee discuss her OCD. "Jeesh. I'm a kid and I know that."

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How OCD Helps Me Understand Certain Kinds Of Religious Experience

Matt Bieber | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Matt Bieber, William James, Ocd, Religion and Science, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Religion News
Matt Bieber

My experiences with OCD -- shot through with magical thinking as they may be -- are in some sense exactly parallel to certain kinds of religious experience. You can't talk me out of them.

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Is Your Mom Or Dad A Hoarder?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Fifty News, Pack-Rats, Hoarding, Getting Help for Hoarding, Randy Frost, Ocd, Compulsive Hoarding, Hoarders, Living With OCD, Slidepollajax, Baby Boomers, Health Post50, Fifty News
Ann Brenoff

A 50-year-old businesswoman recently walked into her 83-year-old father's apartment and nearly passed out from what greeted her: stacks and stacks of papers, magazines, books -- "literally from the floor to the ceiling."

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Why Everyone Is A Bit OCD

Fletcher Wortmann | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Obsession, Obsessive, Triggered, Obsessive Compulsive, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, Books News
Fletcher Wortmann

I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). But I want you to consider your own obsessions before we talk about my clinical ones, because the line between the two is not as clean and distinct as you might think.

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Childhood Abuse Led To Adult Hoarding For Carrie

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Rape, Abuse, Hoarding, Ocd, James, Hoarders, Urine Bottles, Carrie, Tv Replay, TV News

There are many reasons people hoard, but in Carrie's caase on "Hoarders" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on A&E), her illness stemmed from a sense of worthlessness ...

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Dr. Chibaud Breaks Up Sister Fight On 'Hoarders'

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Hoarding, Ocd, Lisa, Dr. Chibaud, Hoarders, Tv Replay, Norman, TV News

It was another double-dose of reasons to clean house with the season premiere of "Hoarders" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on A&E). Linda was one of the people fea...

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A Conversation With Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter About Stigma, Discrimination, and Brain Disorders

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Stigma, Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Ocd, Rosalynn Carter, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Discrimination, Healthy Living News
S.Z. Berg

For more than 40 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been an unrelenting crusader for people suffering from mental illness.

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The Politics, Stigma and Experience of Brain Disorders: A Blog Series

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorder, Ocd, Schizophrenia, Panic, Bipolar, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Healthy Living News
S.Z. Berg

The holiday season is a good time to talk about brain disorders. The kind I'm talking about are more commonly referred to as mental illness, but I think that term detracts from the fact that depression, anxiety disorders and other such conditions arise in the brain.

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Cara Santa Maria

Anxiety vs. Stress: What's The Difference?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Anxiety vs. Stress, Fear, Chronic Stress, Stress vs. Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Science, Stress Anxiety Difference, Anxiety Stress Difference, Anxiety Disorder, Stress, Acute Stress, Video, Talk Nerdy to Me, Ocd, Ptsd, Anxiety, Education News

Acute and chronic stress aren't diagnosable mental illnesses, but anxiety disorders are. So what's the difference? To me, this line is a bit fuzzy. It all comes down to what's happening in the brain, and how that affects an individual's ability to cope.

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Jessica Pearce Rotondi

The Case For An Imperfect Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Alice D. Domar, Holidays, Hanukkah, Dr. Jeff Szymanski, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Perfectionism, Holiday 2011, Christmas Stress, Stress Tips, Ocd, Christmas, Perfectionist, Holiday Stress, Holiday Stress Tips, Women News

You know who you are. You ordered personalized gifts for your coworkers -- you may even have made them by hand. You relieved everyone else in the fami...

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A Conversation With Jersey Shore Patch Editor Tom Davis About Overcoming 'A Legacy of Madness'

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tom Davis, Bulimia, Ocd, A Legacy of Madness, Mental Health, Memoir, Healthy Living News
Christine A. Scheller

I sat down with Davis, author of mental health memoir "A Legacy of Madness" for a forthright conversation about what it was like to grow up with his mother's undiagnosed mental illness, and what he did to change the course of history in his family.

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Movie review: Sleeping Beauty

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty Movie Review, Stanley Kubrick, Lolita, Ocd, Rotten Tomatoes, Sleeping Beauty, Emily Browning, Fairy Tale, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Julia Leigh, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, David Lynch, Eyes Wide Shut, Lemony Snicket, Prince Charming, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Perhaps I'm not qualified to write about Sleeping Beauty, the debut film from Australian director Julia Leigh. I am, after all, a middle-aged man. An...

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How Do I Talk To Someone With OCD?

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Friend Ocd, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, How to Talk to Someone With Ocd, Ocd, Friend Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Video, Healthy Living News

Have a loved one diagnosed with depression? Cancer? The thought of talking to that person can be scary and awkward. What do you say? What is polite, a...

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Be Prepared Palmiers

Miranda Levenstein | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Elephant Ears, Palmiers, Friends, Ocd, Barefoot Contessa, Dessert, Food News
Miranda Levenstein

Back when I was part of a group beach house we'd plop down on the couches after dinner and play various games--Celebrity, Pictionary etc. One night ...

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Is It ADHD, OCD Or Both?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Adhd Ocd, Ocd, Adhd Ocd Difference, Attention Deficit Disorder, Mental Health, Adhd, Ocd Adhd Difference, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Sometimes people with ADHD tend to have what look like compulsive tendencies. This is because we've learned to overcompensate for difficulties that we've experienced with distraction, disorganization and inattention.

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Cracks is Girls Gone Wild ala The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (in a Good Way)

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Guignol, Jordon Scott, Lesbian, Kindle, Ocd, Chelsea Handler, IFC Film, Lord of the Flies, Sondheim, Eva Green, Cracks, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Girl Crush, Ifc, Rhinemaiden, Arts News
Melody Breyer-Grell

Take a dash of The Children's Hour, a whole lot of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, some Lord of the Flies , and first time director Jordon Scott begets a film that stands on its own as an original.

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We Cannot Help Being Ourselves on Twitter

Vaios Papanagnou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Ocd, Photoshop, Facebook, Catfish, Usename, Technology News
Vaios Papanagnou

There is a notion that when people communicate online they in some way modify their identity. My experience with social media tells me this is not true.

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'Good' Worry? How Worrying Well Can Help You Manage Stress

Martin Rossman, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Good Anxiety, Adaptive Anxiety, Mental Health, Good Worry, Adaptive Worry, Stress Management, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Worrying-Well, Brain, Ocd, Problem-Solving, Imagination, Stress, Anxiety, Illness Good Worry Habit Manage Stress Health and Wellness, Healthy Living News
Martin Rossman, M.D.

Worry generally gets a bad rap in modern life. That's because most of us don't know how to worry well -- using it to manage stress instead of letting it cause more stress.

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WATCH: DETAILED ART: Transforming The Everyday, Kim Rugg At Cool Hunting

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Works on Paper, Video, Art, Ocd, Kim Rugg, Stamps, Newspaper, Cool Hunting, Artists, London, Cereal, Collage, Paper, Arts News

In an age where Photoshop is the most used artistic medium, it is refreshing to learn about a contemporary artist who manually creates complicated pie...

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Tales of Pan Am: "The Pool"

Helen Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airlines, Pan Am, Flight Attendants, Air Travel, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, Airplanes, Vietnam, Travel Stories, Travel News
Helen Davey

Often in my twenty-year career as a flight attendant for Pan Am, especially in the 1960's and first half of the 1970's, I had a feeling of awe and wonder at the experiences that were mine for the asking.

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"Out, Damned Spot! Out, I Say!": Wrestling With the Demons of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obessions, Rituals, Disorders, Health, Ocd, Treatments, Anxiety, Obessive-Compulsive, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Some OCD patients are so resistant to medication that their lives have ceased to be their own. In these cases, new surgical techniques might provide an answer.

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Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness, My Apartment Is a Temple, and Other Stories of OCD

Todd Greene | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cleanliness, Seattle, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Neatness, Ocd, Dating, Healthy Living News
Todd Greene

Everyone in my family has traits associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So my family is a bit neat. I've never met, or dated, a woman who was as neat as me.

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