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 wondering if you can help me understand a weird imagery problem I’m having with thoughts. The best way I can explain it is that when I’m doing something (like typing this email) in my mind I see another location than where I am. I will see flashes of streets where I’ve been driving, [...]
Q: I keep having intrusive thoughts about having sexual intercourse with my mother and younger sister. I also have the intrusive thought that I might urinate uncontrollably at any given moment. These thoughts are driving me crazy! These thoughts make me feel like a horrible perverted person. I am a 27-year-old male who was diagnosed [...]
Q: I have a strange question/problem. Recently, I’ve been having a problem whenever I count. Whenever I get to the number twelve, instead of going on to thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, etc., I start over at one. It screws me all up, because I then have to recount, or add whatever number I get to, to [...]
Q: I am a 40-year-old woman who is married with 3 kids. I was adopted at 6 months and am the youngest of 4 (all of whom were adopted). My childhood included emotional and sexual abuse. I’ve never been able to speak about the sexual abuse, but am in therapy for depression, anxiety, and OCD. [...]
Q: I can’t stop thinking about my Ex. My (now) Ex and I lived together for 15 years. The first 10 years were great, but then I had a severe bout of depression because my brother and dad both committed suicide (in the same year). When I got depressed my Ex became cold and cruel [...]
Q: I suffer from Major Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My question is I often walk leaning to one side if I come under any kind of stress or within a foot of another individual. This happens even with people I really like and trust. In hallways [...]
Q: Can you get earworms from having premenstrual dysphoric disorder? The reason I’m asking is that before I got the music (earworms) I do remember becoming depressed around that time of the month. So I was just wondering if that could have lead to the earworms. Thanks. A: An “earworm” is a song or a [...]
