“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves the presence of both obsessions and compulsions, though both of these features might not be externally visible or present at the same time. For this reason ...

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Are they also the windows into seeing another's struggle with mental illness? Perhaps. There are several ways to identify certain OCD and OCD related ...

OCD triggers can cause a flare-up of your symptoms. Yours will be related to both the type of OCD you have along with your past experiences and traumas. Obsessions are the unwanted and intrusive ...

Some diagnoses are no-brainers when it comes to treatment. Poll any therapist with a pulse and ask them the best intervention for OCD, and you’ll likely get the same answer: exposure-response ...