Helping Parents Understand OCD I tend to write about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from a parent’s viewpoint because, well, I’m a parent whose son has OCD. ...
Is Liking Your Therapist Enough? When my son Dan’s self-diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was confirmed by his longtime pediatrician, the doctor suggested ...
Good Therapy for OCD With the help of the Internet, my son Dan correctly diagnosed himself with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at the age of 17. After his ...
OCD, Guilt and Religion "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…."
~ Proverbs 23:7
Grace had grown up in a religious home. She ...
OCD and Homeschooling After reading many of John Holt’s books in college and subsequently working with him in Boston, I became committed to the homeschooling movement. This ...
OCD: When Once is Not Enough “Say good-night mommy, say good-night,” pleaded Johnny every night. It wasn’t as if he had not already ...
OCD and Humor Obsessive-compulsive disorder often is portrayed as a quirky, cutesy, bothersome at most, illness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. ...
OCD and Hyper-responsibility One of the driving forces behind obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an inflated sense of responsibility, known as hyper-responsibility. Those who suffer from ...
A Life Lived Ridiculously Dr. Annabelle R. Charbit, PhD in neuroscience, accomplished writer, and lifelong sufferer of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has used all three of these descriptors to write A Life Lived Ridiculously, her intriguing first novel. The book ...
OCD and Transitions in Life May and June are often months of transition. Within my own family, my son Dan graduated college last week and my daughter ...
I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD A friend of mine has obsessive-compulsive disorder. His OCD doesn’t take over his life, at least not ostensibly. He has some rituals, and occasionally he does things that raise eyebrows, but overall he’s a normal ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Uncertainty Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neurologically-based anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or thoughts (compulsions) that ...
