Video: Why stopping compulsions is so important
This is my first YouTube video on the subject of stopping compulsions, delay and reduce.
OCD Life is now on Facebook!
Just a quick note to let everyone know that is now on Facebook. The Facebook page is just starting out but will be updated regularly. Along with Twitter, it's the…
Sufferers crave reassurance; Why you shouldn’t give it
When a person has OCD, asking for reassurance is a compulsion. It is a compulsion, as sure as checking, tapping, washing, cleaning or ruminating. And sufferers who seek reassurance will…
The OCD Forum is now open
I'm pleased to announce that the OCD Forum is now open. It is my hope that the forum will come to be a place where sufferers will help sufferers on…
Overt and covert OCD compulsions
I've recently heard from several people on an online forum that their therapists don't think they have OCD because they don't have any outward compulsions. I've also seen some references…
OCD is a liar. All the time.
It's incredible how posting something a few times and in a few different ways can turn into your own personal meme. That's what happened to me recently as I continued…
How to talk to your doctor about OCD
You're sick and tired of your OCD. You've reached your breaking point. You can't go on the way you have been for months/years. The intrusive thoughts that you keep getting…
Having OCD and being a neat freak are not synonymous
Take a look at the picture to the right. I got that picture off Twitter. Someone posted it, commenting that it looked like his desk at work. And then he…
Will I know for sure when I recover?
OCD sufferers are filled with doubt. A woman washes her hands for the thirtieth time today because she doubts her hands are uncontaminated. A man checks the stove is off…
What is groinal response?
Groinal response is the term given to sensations in the sexual organs of OCD sufferers that show up along with OCD sexual obsessions. Groinal response is an obsession itself but…