Yikes! I can only imagine how pretentious that must sound. Who am I to speak on behalf of the OCD community? It's not as if we're some organized group (though I suppose many of us, ourselves, are ...

An article that recently appeared in the New York Post attempted to link OCD with violent political extremism, citing climate activist Greta Thunberg’s OCD as part reason for her activism. “Thunberg ...

In pop culture, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often portrayed as meticulous to an extreme degree. They’re highly organized, perfectionistic, or germophobic — like Jack Nicholson’s ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

(CNN) — When someone likes things just so or always seems to have their home in perfect condition, others may say “he is so OCD.” But OCD — obsessive-compulsive disorder — isn’t a nifty personality ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

Thröstur Björgvinsson, a psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, is a board member of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, which is holding its 14th annual conference in The Woodlands this weekend.

"Here's what it's like to enter a house that's controlled by an extreme germaphobe mom," user @zavhbruh's TikTok begins. Throughout the video, which has racked up more than 44 million views and five ...

People with symmetry OCD feel intense distress when things don’t feel “just right” or aren’t symmetrical, even if there’s no clear logic behind it. Symmetry OCD isn’t a personal choice or trait.