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Existential OCD: Your Guide to Understanding and Managing This Form of OCD

Existential OCD: Your Guide to Understanding and Managing This Form of OCD

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can take many forms. While OCD always involves obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, these are not the same for everyone. OCD is often centered around themes, such as contamination or harm. One theme is existential OCD, which...
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Challenges With Making Friends: The Unspoken Impact OCD Can Have on Your Social Life

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Finding people you can have fun with and whom you can also lean on during difficult times isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it when you find them. Friendships play a significant role in having a well-rounded lifestyle. Friends can provide you with a support system...
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Can OCD Be Hereditary? Explaining the Link Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Genetics

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by distressing intrusive thoughts and behaviors meant to provide relief. These compulsive actions become habit in OCD because they only work for a short time. The obsessions keep coming...
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Many people struggle with mental health conditions that make it hard to go outside. Mental health disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression might make you think, “I can’t leave the house.” The idea of stepping out of your home may bring...
Response Prevention for OCD: 7 Common Strategies Used During Treatment

Response Prevention for OCD: 7 Common Strategies Used During Treatment

by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Apr 9, 2025 | OCD

Compulsions are the behavioral part of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that keeps the obsessive thoughts coming back louder and more upsetting than before. They begin as ways to get temporary relief from distressing, unwanted thoughts. However, the relief is...
Hoarding OCD: What Is It and How Can It Affect One’s Physical and Mental Health?

Hoarding OCD: What Is It and How Can It Affect One’s Physical and Mental Health?

by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Apr 6, 2025 | OCD

Hoarding behaviors are sometimes a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There’s also a separate condition called hoarding disorder. Hoarding usually comes along with significant distress. It can affect a person’s physical health and safety, and people who...
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