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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

How to Stop Worrying About Worrying

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Therese Borchard

Too many "what if's" and your orbital cortex as shown will light up in beautiful neon colors, like the walls of my daughter's bedroom. However, with repeated cognitive-behavioral exercises, you can cool it down and return your PET scan to the boring black and white.

Parenting with OCD

Jill Patir | Posted 04.20.2013 | Parents
Jill Patir

Looking back over the first six months of my daughter's life, I find it impossible to ignore how my OCPD has affected her life and how her life has affected my OCPD.

Damned Spot: Guilt, Scrubbing, and More Guilt

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.26.2013 | Science
Wray Herbert

So far, the "Lady Macbeth Effect" has been mostly a curiosity -- a peek at the quirkiness of the not-entirely-rational human mind. But might this scientific insight actually be clinically useful? Tel Aviv University psychological scientist Reuven Dar and his colleagues thought that it might.

Why The 'Girls' Portrayal Of OCD Was Better Than Most

Alison Dotson | Posted 05.07.2013 | Women
Alison Dotson

Just as Hannah herself resists typical far-fetched sitcom stereotypes -- she's not model thin, she struggles with her finances and her career choices-- her OCD symptoms are presented in a way that resists the low-hanging fruit of a kooky character most of us never encounter in our day-to-day routine.

Catherine Pearson

Obsessive Compulsive New Moms: What's Normal, What's Not?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 03.15.2013 | Parents

If you're a new mom who constantly hovers over your baby to make sure he or she is still breathing, or sterilizes the same bottles time and again, res...

The Dangers of Perfectionism: More Than Dotting Your I's and Crossing Your T's

Her Campus | Posted 01.26.2013 | College
Her Campus

Perfectionism is more than just a need to dot your I's and cross your T's; it's a state of mind characterized by "all or nothing" thinking, holding your own actions to unreasonably high standards, focusing heavily on results and a fear of failure.

LOVE FLOATS: Husband Explores Unusual Photographic Obsession

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 10.22.2012 | Arts

We all enjoy taking photos of our loved ones, but Fred Clark's fascination runs deeper than mere snapshots for the family album. The loving husband se...

'Hoarding: Buried Alive': Kitchen Catches Fire During Clean-Up

Posted 09.22.2012 | TV

On the latest episode of "Hoarding: Buried Alive" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on TLC), a fire erupted in the kitchen of Laura's home, bringing to life one of the...

'Extreme Couponing': Judy Admits She May Need Medication

Posted 08.19.2012 | TV

So, is "Extreme Couponing" (Mon., 10 p.m. ET on TLC) as it's depicted on the popular reality show simply people being thrifty and smart about saving, ...

What Is Your Breakdown Trying to Tell You?

Holly Sidell | Posted 08.13.2012 | Healthy Living
Holly Sidell

I am aware now that I need to deal with my real feelings. I have to actually feel the grief, feel the fear. I have to process it all. Which sucks, honestly. It's painful. Who wants to feel pain? But, it's the only way through it.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Bud Clayman on OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive Major Depression Bipolar Asperger's Movie

Dan Persons | Posted 08.08.2012 | Entertainment
Dan Persons

You could say that a documentary with the title OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive Major Depression Bipolar Asperger's Movie is maybe biting off more than it could chew, but no more so than the filmmaker who found himself coping with all those afflictions.

D Is for Disorder

Dr. Jeff Szymanski | Posted 08.05.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Jeff Szymanski

For many, OCD is a time-consuming, debilitating disorder resulting in lost jobs, relationships and important life opportunities. When it comes to trying to understand OCD, people often make the mistake of looking only at the compulsions, and so they miss the real story.

'Khloe & Lamar': Rob Admits He Has OCD

Posted 05.07.2012 | TV

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 ...

'My Mom Is Obsessed' With Going To The Gym

Posted 04.13.2012 | TV

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...

'My Mom Is Obsessed' With Her And My Weight

Posted 04.06.2012 | TV

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 ...

Parents, Kids and OCD

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 06.04.2012 | Parents
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."

How OCD Helps Me Understand Certain Kinds Of Religious Experience

Matt Bieber | Posted 06.02.2012 | Religion
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.

Why Everyone Is A Bit OCD

Fletcher Wortmann | Posted 04.11.2012 | Books
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.

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

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.22.2012 | Healthy Living
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.

Jessica Pearce Rotondi

The Case For An Imperfect Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 12.14.2011 | Women

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...

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

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 02.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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.

Coming Home After 9/11

Tom Davis | Posted 11.11.2011 | New York
Tom Davis

While so many others were mired in chaos, my mother found stability.

How Do I Talk To Someone With OCD?

Posted 10.10.2011 | Healthy Living

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...

Is It ADHD, OCD Or Both?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 08.31.2011 | Healthy Living
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.

David Moye

Brazilian Woman Legally Entitled To Masturbate At Work

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

In a decision that can only be described as touchy, a Brazilian judge has reportedly ruled that a 36-year-old female accountant can legally masturbate...