OCD and anxiety are attempting to serve a purpose in our lives. It may not feel like it, but they truly are. When we experience anxiety,...

Evolution has instilled some essential mechanisms for survival in the human genome, for example, anxiety and fear. We essentially...

I look straight ahead toward my exit. It's not as easy of an escape as I was expecting. The only thing that stands between me and freedom...

Having gone through proper OCD treatment (CBT/ERP), I have had some interesting dilemmas arise in the context of treatment itself....

Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher living in the early to mid-1800s. He had presented an interesting idea which reminded me of...

OCD has infiltrated just about every aspect of my life at some point. When I was in high school I used to be terrified that red marks on...

A common suggestion to a sufferer caught in an obsessive-compulsive cycle is to "identify it as OCD and refocus your attention on...

Struggles with uncertainty are at the core of most manifestations of OCD (there are exceptions to this that I may write about in a future...

*This is a true story In 2007, when I was 24 years old, I moved into my first apartment in North Hollywood, California. It was a junior...

The terms intrusive thoughts are ubiquitous within the OCD community. Intrusive thoughts tend to be characterized as being unwelcomed,...

I may develop a life-threatening condition and die any day now. Perhaps writing this is increasing the likelihood of it coming true...

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I began mountain biking regularly as the gymnasium I typically frequent shut down. With my...