Symptoms...
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Avoiding Stressful Situations
Many people with OCD will go out of their way to avoid situations that create stress in a bid to limit its symptoms. This is particularly common for students with...
Being Unable to Stop Hoarding
Many Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) sufferers develop a hoarding obsession in which they cannot bring themselves to part with anything, including items that are...
Common OCD Obsessions
The symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) often revolve around compulsions and obsessions. These can take a variety of forms, including cleaning and...
Compulsive Buying
There is some debate as to whether Compulsive Buying Disorder can be classed as one of the symptoms of OCD. Some experts have suggested that it is better described as...
Dealing With Intrusive Thoughts and Paranoia
Intrusive thoughts and paranoia are one of the OCD symptoms that cause the most anxiety and distress, as sufferers often feel that these...
Obsessive Checking Explained
Many people sometimes feel the need to go back and check certain things, but for some OCD sufferers, this can be much more extreme. Compulsive checking is one of the...
Obsessive Cleanliness
Obsessive cleanliness is one of the most common OCD symptoms. OCD sufferers often spend a significant amount of time cleaning, as this is a prominent OCD compulsion...
Obsessive Tidiness
Clinical tidiness is one of the common OCD symptoms. For many OCD sufferers, this is something of an obsession and is far more extreme than a general desire to be...
Praying and Confessing Compulsions
The symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can vary a lot in terms of obsessions and compulsions, but it is not uncommon for some OCD sufferers to have...
Quiz: Do You Have Pure 'O' OCD?
Pure Obsessional OCD (otherwise known as Pure 'O' OCD) is different to traditional OCD as the physical compulsions that make up a large part of OCD are not present....
Quiz: Is Your Child Suffering from OCD?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is more prevalent amongst children and teenagers than many people realise. It is often thought that most OCD...
Repeatedly Performing Tasks
One of the prominent OCD symptoms is the repetition of certain behaviour (known as compulsions), which are often based on obsessive behaviour. For example, some OCD...
What If Your Compulsive Thoughts Are Making You Suicidal?
OCD symptoms can be very overwhelming, especially intrusive thoughts which seem to come out of nowhere and keep going around your mind....
What To Do if OCD Leads to Self-harm
For some sufferers of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), obsession can lead to self harm. While this is often related to the obsession side of OCD, it can also...
