Intrusive thoughts are some of the most personal and agonizing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Thanks to OCD, just one single unpleasant thought or image—violent, sexual, obscene, ...

Intrusive thoughts are a major feature of mental illnesses such as OCD and PTSD, where they cause compulsive behaviours or manifest as flashbacks, but for most, they are just another bothersome ...

OCD is made up of irrational obsessions and compulsions that become so repetitive they severely impact daily life.

OCD can manifest itself in many different ways, such as a focus on contamination and cleaning, or compulsions to make your environment symmetrical.

The mind can wander to strange places. Sometimes those places and the images that come with them are unwanted, dangerous and negative. We all have intrusive thoughts, but some of us deal with them ...

The Noise In Your Head and How To Stop It. When negative thoughts spiral out of control, they can paralyse productivity and destroy self-worth. I have included a real-life-inspired case study, that ...

Everyone has passing intrusive thoughts that seem to come from outside their control: The content may feel alien, absurd, or threatening, and may pass after a few weird moments. Intrusive thoughts can ...

Obsessions and compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) vary between people and may focus on one or more themes. The term “taboo OCD” refers to OCD themes that center around socially ...

The violent thoughts came to me suddenly, and without hesitation, in the summer of June 2017. It was 5pm, and I was lounging around the beach house with my parents, when all at once, I was hit with a ...