It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi ...

Welcome to Diagnosis Diaries. Throughout this series, we'll share real stories from real people about receiving a diagnosis for a chronic condition. Share on Pinterest Illustration by Brittany England ...

I've been counting since I can remember. Balancing, blinking, scanning for cracks to step on with my right foot whenever my left foot accidentally landed on one. The feeling of something, anything, ...

An estimated 3.3 million people in the United States have obsessive-compulsive disorder, approximately 2.3 percent of the population. Over 100 million people in the U.S. are gamers, a number that only ...

After years of spiraling thoughts and second-guessing myself, I learned how to open up without letting fear take over.

01 The article was originally published on The Mighty on March 3rd, 2017. 02 In it, Angela Hartlin details her upbringing, the onset of her OCD, and how she's learned to cope with it in combination ...

My parents are away on holiday and they have left me to look after the house. The other day, as I left, I checked that the back door was locked ten times. I checked that the front door was locked 14 ...