By Michael Vallejo Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a type of mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Despite this, many people still have misconceptions about OCD… Read more »
By Summer Contreras When I was 13 years old and in 8th grade, a friend invited me to church. It was there I experienced my first religious intrusive thoughts, even… Read more »
By Krista Reed, LSCSW In all the years that I have been treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents, one question comes up with every single case. “What… Read more »
Scrupulosity is a subtype of OCD that is defined by a prevalence of moral and religious obsessions and compulsions. Scrupulosity affects 1 in 20 of Western OCD sufferers; in some… Read more »
Prediction, understanding, and treatment of perfectionism using acceptance and commitment therapy Used for OCD and other mental health disorders, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a form of cognitive behavioral… Read more »
By Aly Prades I can still remember the drop of red food coloring my Sunday school teacher squeezed into a jar of water as an illustration of sin. She lined… Read more »
By Natalia Aniela PLEASE NOTE: This blog post includes mention of several topic areas that readers might find troubling or distressing, including intrusive thoughts of suicide, intrusive thoughts of harming… Read more »
By Jonathan Hoffman, PhD, Dee Franklin, PsyD, LMHC, Ciana Mickolus, PsyD, & Myriam Padron, PsyD This article was initially published in the Winter 2022 edition of the OCD Newsletter. Eating… Read more »
By Sandy Robinson A few weeks ago, I was an inpatient at my local hospital. I had a bowel obstruction and needed medical intervention to address it. This is one…
By Andrew GottWorth Thinking thinking thinking… wait, am I obsessively thinking or compulsively thinking? Oh no. I don’t know! Hi there! If we’ve not met before – I’m Andrew. I’m… Read more »Ruminating on Ruminations: Mental Compulsions and What to Do About Them
