Psychology Today

OCD Checking and Washing

"Exposure Therapy/Exposure and Response Prevention." Anyone who does any reading about OCD comes across these terms all the time. Most people (including professionals) THINK that they know what ERP is ...
Healthline

Controlling Behaviors May Be a Sign of OCPD, Not OCD

Trying to control others by imposing rigid rules, demanding conformity, micromanaging tasks, or punishing deviation is more ...
Yahoo

When I'm around someone I'm comfortable with, I stop hiding my OCD symptoms, and they can actually intensify. I'm working on it.

I've been counting since I can remember. Balancing, blinking, scanning for cracks to step on with my right foot whenever my left foot accidentally landed on one. The feeling of something, anything, ...
AOL

When I'm around someone I'm comfortable with, I stop hiding my OCD symptoms, and they can actually intensify. I'm working on it.

I was diagnosed with OCD when I was 16, but have had compulsions as long as I can remember. It's counterintuitive, but the symptoms of my OCD intensify around people I'm comfortable with. I'm working ...