Some people with OCD may feel the need to check something over and over again. Door checking is a common example here. "When 'OCD checkers' lock a door, they can see the key turn, hear it lock ...

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Compulsions, meanwhile, can take the form of repetitive outward behaviors such as hand washing or frequent checking, or else ...

Other common examples include: counting, hoarding, excessive hand-washing, arranging objects to feel ‘just right’ and repeated checking. “It’s like OCD is trying to solve a problem that ...

I've been counting since I can remember. Balancing, blinking, scanning for cracks to step on with my right foot whenever my left foot accidentally landed on one. The feeling of something, anything ...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Gazal Jones defines OCD as “intrusive thoughts, images, impulses or doubt that cause an incredible amount of distress,” for example “giving someone a fatal illness ...

When most people think of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), they picture someone excessively tidy, washing their hands repeatedly, or double-checking locks. But this stereotype barely scratches ...

So the paired compulsion is to check and ensure the oven is off, but with OCD this can manifest itself as checking the oven is off 20 or 30 times, sometimes branching into additional compulsions ...

Luke Combs has no problem opening up about his life in music, fatherhood, or even his humble beginnings. But when it comes to ...

The 35-year-old country star has previously discussed his lifelong struggle with purely obsessional OCD, a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder that he called "particularly wicked." ...

The "When It Rains It Pours" singer said he can struggle with OCD and "all-consuming" intrusive thoughts even when he's on ...

When I'm around someone I'm comfortable with, I stop hiding my OCD symptoms, and they can actually intensify. I'm working on it.