I've struggled with OCD all my life, and part of that includes dermatillomania (skin picking) and trichtillomania (hair pulling). In the last 6 years or so, I've gotten...

I met with a very embarrassing situation nearly two years ago but I am still unable to forget it , every day it pokes me as if it has happened just yesterday . I want to know how...

I have this horrible fear of getting pinworms or ringworms, the smaller parasites you can't see in your feces and that don't always have any symptoms. i can't sleep PLEASE HELP...

How can I stop my ocd - dermatillomania that's caused by too high levels of anxiety developed?

every couple of weeks, i have an intense fear that i'm a pedophile. i've talked to a therapist about this, who said that it was definitely intrusive thoughts (pure OCD w/out...

I don't think this belongs in the OCD catergory but does anyone have trouble with sensitivity to fabrics and smells? I am really picky about fabrics. I am easy bothered by...

help!! I get sooo scared cause I think bad thoughts about people. i talked to my therapist and she agreed i'm not dangerous,and I'd never act on those thoughts and she's going to...

for the past couple years since my anxiety started I started worrying if I really commit to God and get closer to Him, that someone I really love will die. a relative and a pet...

When I was in 6th grade I started having bad thoughts about people. I would mentally delete those thoughts in my head. I also got the occassional urge to stand up in the middle...

I've had OCD since I hit puberty, it was a tad more extreme then, now it's mostly germaphobia, and constantly worrying about my own health, with of course the certain routines I...

1. Does ocd make it hard for you to deal with other people's emotions? For me the "scenes" of memories, whether it's real-life or on television, stick and bother me...

I know intrusive thoughts seem and are ridiculous, but they're driving me so crazy that I feel it's possible that the intrusive thoughts will take over my body. Is this possible?

Third week of anxiety and I'm starting to kick it. I haven't taken medication or sought out a therapist, but I'm starting to be happy and finding distractions. Sleeping's off and...

I'm not diagnosed specifically with OCD, but I put the question in this form because I felt people might be able to relate to it more. So I've had this thing happen a couple...