OCD Articles

Unsure What’s Wrong with Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Hi. This is a hard for me to write. I'm paranoid that my parents will see it somehow and figure out that it is I. I'm goon to take the risk. First of all, I have been dealing with my problem for a while. I ...

Disturbing Images, Thoughts about Loved Ones

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, manic depression, OCD, and generalized anxiety disorder. Before I continue I must tell you first that I DID consume psychoactive elements such as psilocybin mushrooms and a MDMA for a year and a half, i took MDMA ...

Social Problems, Clutter and Addiction

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 20th, 2012
I have some behavior issues that are starting to really affect my life. I'm having problems at school, work, home, and socially. I really need some help and I'm sorry for such a long and chaotic post. I'll try and briefly go ...

[Video] Psychiatrist Talks To Mom, Not Me

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Q: I have bipolar disorder, along with ADHD and OCD. Recently, I have started going to see a psychiatrist about my issue. But when I go to her, I feel as though she doesn't ask ME how I am, she asks my mother. There are ...

[Video] Do I Have OCD?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Monday, May 14th, 2012
Q: OK, I been having a problem where if I see someone that's uneven or something it will bother me greatly and my mind tells me that if I don't fix it something bad will happen to my mom. It's weird, but say I'm reading ...

Anxiety about Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
I have a question about state i am currently in. I'm 22 year old female, engineering student. 2.5 months ago my relative had a psychosis and was diagnosed schizophrenia. As i am a member of family i heard a lot of symptoms that she had ...

Sexually Confused

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, April 30th, 2012
I'm 18 and for some time I have been debating whether or not I'm gay, bi, or neither. The thing is that I am really turned on to other males from a physical perspective, but the thought of having sex with another male isn't all ...

OCD vs. Phobia Problem?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, April 13th, 2012
Hello, please help! I am a 48 year old male, married with kids. I have always had some degree of anxiety (a worrier), usually very minor but with all the stressors I've endured lately (double job loss, part time business failure), I believe it ...

Do I Have Trichotillomania?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
I was reading one of my client's profiles when I came across the term "trichotillomania" so i googled it. Now I am bothered by it. I remember when I was young my parents would always scold me to stop pulling my hair. Now that I ...

Little Control Over Thoughts

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
I can't tell what I have. I feel frustrated sometimes because I have little control over my thoughts. I will often get very stressed out because of some horrible thing I think, like saying bad things about people in my mind. I never mean ...

Teen Feels “Different”

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
I am 14 years old, I am female, and I have known I was different ever since I was about seven years old. When I was seven, these "voices" started talking in my head. I didn't know any different, but what they were saying scared ...

OCD or Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Hello, I have never had a formal diagnosis however over the past 13months I have been dealing with OCD (I believe). I had some issues when I was younger with OCD symptoms (checking etc) however it went away and has remained dormant for ...
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