The following questions are related to ‘OCD’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: A friend of mine is suffering from a problem of repetition of behaviors, like, if he wants to pick something up, he picks it up, and puts it down again before he finally picks it up. Likewise if he opens a door — he opens, closes and finally opens to enter the room. What […]
Q: I’m a young guy, aged 20. I was a jovial person with a lot of friends, having a good life like every other young person my age but for the past two months I’ve been deeply depressed. I used to watch porn clips — from the age of 13 — but I started getting […]
Q: I am 27 years old, and I have had OCD since I was in 6th grade. I can be cooking and bad thoughts just pop into my head about people I love. The thoughts are horrible; I’d never do any of it, but I can’t help these horrible thoughts. I cry, thinking I am […]
Q: My wife is a 56-year-old mental health nurse who has been going through menopause and has recently become somewhat obsessed with her health. In particular, she has been experiencing periodic, daily heart palpitations for four to six months. She doesn’t sleep properly, hates her job, is always down and isn’t able to control her […]
Q: My friend has a problem. She says she has a chemical imbalance in her brain, and from everything I’ve talked about with her, I don’t doubt it. She has extreme OCD and a pretty negative self-image, all of which gather together into a huge…something like a ball of stress and pain that is ruining […]
Q: I have thoughts and sometimes images of killing people I know, and thoughts that I’ve hurt a child, although I have no intention of doing anything like that. So I will check them over and over again. I always find myself checking things over and over for fear something bad will happen, and I […]
Q: I’m debating whether or not I should seek help in therapy for my anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which have worsened recently. Although I would really like to do so, there are a couple of issues that are holding me back. I saw a psychologist a while ago and, strangely enough, my worst anxiety occurred during […]
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