Obsessive and Intrusive Thoughts Often Increase After Shooting Tragedies Says...
In recent weeks, we have all heard about the terrible shootings happening across America; first, the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado, and then the Sikh temple shooting near Milwaukee. These...
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Hypersexuality or sex addiction is a dysfunctional obsession with sex. The disorder is characterized by: Compulsive sexual behavior consisting of extreme sudden or frequent sexual urges or activity...
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HOCD or Homosexual Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is defined as the questioning of one’s sexuality by a person who already suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). What this means is that...
View ArticleSuperstitious Behavior Psychology
Let’s face it, everyone has exhibited superstitious behavior at some point: we probably can all think of someone we know who always plays a certain set of lucky lottery numbers and most of us have...
View ArticleWhat is Religious OCD?
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by unwanted, intrusive thoughts and anxiety (obsessions) about something and the behaviors (compulsions) that people who suffer from the condition...
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With new motherhood comes a variety of changes. Of course, most parents are told to expect the sleepless nights and the constant feedings. What you may not be told, however, is how much you’ll worry...
View ArticleHoarding and OCD
We all know someone who has a collection of some items that has special meaning to them. You probably have a friend who loves turtles, for example, and has a shelf full of whimsical turtle statues....
View ArticleWhat Is Harm OCD?
Studies show that the vast majority of us occasionally have unwanted violent thoughts about injuring ourselves or others. For example, we might briefly fantasize about harm befalling the guy who just...
View ArticleHOCD: Everything You Didn’t Know – A Primer for Understanding & Overcoming...
If HOCD has left you struggling with relentless questions about your sexual identity, a new book by Dr. Rosen, Founder and Clinical Director of The Center for Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders...
View ArticleHOCD and Intrusive Thoughts
HOCD (homosexual obsessive compulsive disorder) is a subgroup of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It causes relentless questioning of one’s sexual orientation via the intrusive thoughts that are...
View ArticleHope for OCD: One Man’s Story of Living and Thriving With Obsessive...
Millions of Americans go through each day tormented by the uncontrollable thoughts (obsessions) and compulsive rituals and behaviors that characterize OCD. Difficult to understand and even harder to...
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