01 Many OCD sufferers learn to "check" their emotional responses to certain situations as a way of being aware of their OCD. 02 For some, this "checking" can turn into a compulsion. One in which a ...

My parents are away on holiday and they have left me to look after the house. The other day, as I left, I checked that the back door was locked ten times. I checked that the front door was locked 14 ...

When I was in the Army stationed in Germany, I went on vacation with my family and came almost to the French border before I realized that I had forgotten our passports. The trip back and forth took ...

"Exposure Therapy/Exposure and Response Prevention." Anyone who does any reading about OCD comes across these terms all the time. Most people (including professionals) THINK that they know what ERP is ...

Program has OCD sufferers kick tires, jump in Dumpsters, touch toilet seats. Feb. 15, 2010 — -- Away from home for a conference, Faye Lange takes a minute before heading out for what she calls ...

A man says taking the psychoactive ingredient in "magic" mushrooms has cured his OCD. People with OCD can have recurring thoughts and feel compelled to repeat behaviors multiple times. Before the ...

Dany Grimwood's OCD compulsions were so severe, they affected him from the moment he woke up every morning. (Supplied) My childhood was very normal – I thought I was like any other boy. I loved ...

A band-aid-sized brain implant has cured a woman's obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and epilepsy. Amber Pearson, 34, from Albany in Oregon, had suffered severe OCD since high school and spent eight ...

Before a "magic" mushroom trip, one man's o bsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms were so bad that he would check that the stove was turned off up to 20 times in a short time period to ease a ...