Most of us have found ourselves in an urgent state of motivated cleaning at some point, as we feel compelled to clear the sink of dirty dishes or organize an entire closet. Social media users have now ...
Mental health professionals say obsessive-compulsive disorder affects millions and can involve intrusive thoughts, anxiety, ...
Most of us have found ourselves in an urgent state of motivated cleaning at some point, as we feel compelled to clear the sink of dirty dishes or organize an entire closet. Social media users have now ...
From the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, experts have warned of a mounting mental health crisis as people contend with a pandemic that has upended their lives. People with OCD feel compelled ...
Exposure therapy helps some people affected by compulsive washing, but often the contaminant is intangible, says Stanley Rachman. “Will these hands ne'er be clean?” In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Lady ...
In our current world, there are behavioral compulsion traps everywhere, activities that unnaturally spike your dopamine receptors and motivate you to seek more of those good feelings repeatedly. A ...
People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other severe anxieties faced mental health issues, trying to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from general fears shared by the ...