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I just read this great book about OCD. Check out the review by Psych Central. Everyone with OCD should read A Life Lived Ridiculously!!! http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/a-life-lived-ridiculously/

People say the darnedest things. And sometimes they say the most insensitive things. Whilst it’s great that obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has received enough media attention that it’s no longer a dirty secret, it is obvious that many people still fail to understand the true severity of...

When I was a child, before I’d ever heard of the term obsessive compulsive disorder, I didn’t know what to make of my thoughts, other than that they were embarrassing and had to be kept secret at all costs. Fortunately today, OCD is well recognized, so most people have heard of it. However...

I have a type of OCD which I finally understood to be Obsessive Compulsive Spartanism. For more than thirty years I suffered in embarrassed silence, not sure what was wrong with me. I suspected it was OCD, but my particular symptoms were documented in none of the textbooks on the subject. I...

You may have a partner with OCD, or you might be considering starting a relationship, but hesitant because the object of your affections has OCD. It can certainly be challenging if a person’s symptoms threaten to interfere with all the fun you’d like to have. But then again, nobody’s perfect. We...

Pity, as I do love a drink, or twenty :( Crazy in a Crazy World - A Life Lived Ridiculously Maxine

Interview with author Dr. Annabelle R. Charbit A Life Lived Ridiculously When a girl with obsessive compulsive disorder falls in love with a sociopath, she must fight for her sanity and her life. Now available at A Life Lived Ridiculously - OCD obsessive compulsive disorder and sociopath story

If you want to learn more about the biochemistry of what is happening in your OCD brain, I recommend looking up The OCD Circuit. It really explains what is happening in the brain of an OCD patient, why we have sticky thoughts and why they are accompanied by so much anxiety. It’s just something...

Popular thought seems to think that hoarding is OCD. But what about clutter phobia? I am clutter phobic and feel that we get way too little attention. So any fellow clutter phobes, out there, please contact me Hoarders can contact me too. In fact I'd like to get an idea of who's out there so...

I wish to raise awareness about children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Its such a lonely experience when you are a child, so embarrassing and difficult to talk about. So you suffer in silence and feel terribly scared and guilty about it. Matters are made worse by parents who are totally...

I dont know if this is OCD or what, but since I already have OCD, i thought i'd start by questioning the lovely folks in the OCD forum :) OK so here's the thing and if anyone can help me to understand this i would be most grateful. I do all my eating at work. From the moment i leave the house...

In a nutshell: I am ridiculously oversensitive and want to harm and take revenge on anyone who disagrees with me or says no to me. Instead of being momentarily peed off, these feelings last for hours, days even, whereupon i ruminate on how i would hurt them given half a chance and what i ought...

I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I dont know why this is but every day I am so horrible to my work colleagues. I cant think of a single nice thing to say to them so i just sulk and brood in my corner and if anyone speaks to me i start an argument. Then i get paranoid that they want to...