The following questions are related to ‘OCD’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I’m a biological scientist. I’ve heard there’s some evidence that some people are more susceptible than others to falling in love. Supposedly, the reason for this is that they produce more oxytocin and vasopressin. If all this is true, I wonder if there are any medicines that can either stop a person from falling [...]
Q: I am 23 years old and I have had OCD for most of my life. I always think that I am going to die from everything and have horrible panic attacks. Recently I have got it into my head that I am going to go crazy and keep imagining this horrible scenario. The other [...]
Q: I am in school to be a clinical social worker and one of my cases has clear OCD (obsessions about something bad happening if she doesn’t repeatedly count/tap/touch things), but I want to know if she also may have Separation Anxiety. She is able to go to school and her sports/dance lessons, but becomes [...]
Q: I’m a 28-year-old guy who still lives at home, has never had a steady job, with no car and no friends. Why? Because I can’t stand to be around people. I can barely go outside because all I can think about is that people are watching and judging me. I can’t have a conversation [...]
Q: I cannot stand to eat around other people because I cannot stand the noise. The sound of other people’s chewing, biting, smacking just drives me nuts! I try to tune it out but end up focusing on the noise. Can you help me put a label on this condition? I have other symptoms of [...]
Q: I recently found that I have mostly likely been dealing with the effects of Asperger’s Syndrome for the last 20 years or so. Not knowing exactly what it was until within the last year, I have learned to adapt to and deal with most of the negative side effects. While I have for the [...]
Q: I have been trying to read up about autism because one of my exes asked me if I’d ever been tested for it. I’m not entirely sure what to write here, but some of the things that I do make me see why she asked. I have a somewhat difficult time in social situations, [...]
