Q: I am from Delhi, India and I am a 22-year-old computer science college student. I have had symptoms of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) like hand-washing and performing rituals, etc. since childhood, as well as slight ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) symptoms like being unable to hold concentration on class lectures or a study task for too [...]

Q: About two years ago, I started a very annoying habit. I began to write every one of my thoughts down on paper, and then I would keep the paper in a box. My pile of notes soon began to grow, and at the moment I have a whole shoebox overflowing with tons of paper [...]

Q: My wife is out of control with her pack rat/hoarding behavior. She is a mental health technician, so she knows she has a problem. I have begged her to get help, but she refuses (out of pride and concern for her profession). I also have a four-year-old grandson who has ADHD (and is currently [...]

Q: I’m 20 years old, and for the past 8 months I’ve been having some really upsetting obsessive thoughts and it’s driving me crazy. I started having random thoughts that I might be gay even though I know that’s not true. Then I started to think maybe it wasn’t that I was gay but rather [...]

Q: I am a 15-year-old male. I’ve just been thinking about some things I do and decided to ask somebody who knows about such things whether I have a problem or not. Sometimes, I sort of scrape my index finger along the edge of something like a desk, and then I feel as if I [...]

Q: I have been diagnosed with a Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. I have been dealing with these disorders, I think, pretty well. I have been researching my conditions and educating myself on effective coping methods. I’ve also been seeing a therapist once a week. I am very against medication, and [...]

Q: I’m 17, and I’ve recently come to accept that certain things about me could easily be considered strange. I used to think I was just a perfectionist because I needed everything in a project or anything to be exactly right. But I soon realized that if there was something even slightly off (like some [...]