PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post contains discussion of topics that may be upsetting, including suicide. Please take care of yourself as you read this article. If you are in… Read more »
#FacesOfOCD: Jasmine Browning, Part 1
Posts By International OCD Foundation
A message to the OCD community from the IOCDF
To the OCD community, and especially the Black OCD community: We at the International OCD Foundation have been thinking hard about how best to contribute to the conversation around racial… Read more »
Walking with Love and Possibilities
by Denis Asselin In confinement no one can hear you scream. I know from experience. It’s frustrating to be required to isolate and reduce a bigger world to a restricted… Read more »
10 things OCD community wants you to know about OCD
We’re so excited to release our new PSA, What the OCD community wants YOU to know about #RealOCD! Over the past couple of months, we’ve noticed an uptick in people using the… Read more »
Hope and help for individuals with BDD
by Eva E. Fisher, PhD PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post contains discussion of topics that may be upsetting, including suicide. Please take care of yourself as you read this… Read more »
Faces of OCD: Mara Wilson
Hi there! Shira here! Today we’re going to hear from Mara Wilson. You might know Mara from her work as a young actress. She played Matilda in the movie Matilda,… Read more »
Dear Parents, You Are Not Superhuman
by Lisa W. Coyne, PhD Dear parents, you probably won’t have time to read this, thanks to COVID-19. Maybe that’s because you just got home from an essential job like… Read more »
Addressing ‘I’m so OCD’ in the COVID era
by IOCDF Executive Director Jeff Szymanski ‘I’m so OCD.’ Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was a common phrase we heard both in our day-to-day lives and in the media…. Read more »
BDD-Related Quarantine Tips During COVID-19
by Angela Fang, PhD In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe with massive uncertainty about people’s jobs, relationships, and social lives, and has left behind an unprecedented… Read more »
Why the OCD Community Holds the Key to Coping with COVID-19 Anxiety
People with OCD are trained to thrive during a pandemic, but not in the way you think. By International OCD Foundation Ambassadors: Ethan S. Smith, National Ambassador Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT… Read more »