To shine a light on the daily realities of mental illness, Good Housekeeping and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) surveyed more than 4,000 people, and found that over a third had a close friend or relative with mental illness. In our special package on how to support lo...
People with sexual orientation OCD are obsessed with their sexuality. SO-OCD can present as a constant worry or wonder about sexual orientation, without actually having an attraction to someone of the same sex. For this reason, it’s sometimes referred to ashomosexual OCD (HOCD). But this nam...
such ascognitive behavioral therapy, can be beneficial. Understanding the anxiety feedback loop helps people identify thethoughts that trigger feelings of anxietyand panic, and discover any unhealthy responses to those feelings (such asavoidance behaviors). With practice, children with anxiety can learn...
A person withlowself esteem might experience heavy self criticism, chronic indecision, eagerness to please others, perfectionism, neurotic guilt, pessimism and envy. I think you can see why people with OCD struggle with low self esteem…. So the question is, can we raise it while still dealing...
Why do people shoplift? Find out some common shoplifting traits, learn how to curb them, and discover the tools you need to implement a loss-prevention policy for your store.
While people associate OCD with things like germs and door knobs, the truth is that OCD can manifest in many ways, because "obsessions" can be about nearly anything.Because relationships play such an important role in people's life, it's possible to suffer from OCD symptoms related to your...
Suppression is one of various mental control techniques that people may use to manage unwanted thoughts. Evidence suggests that it is at best unsustainable and at worst counterproductive. This leads to the question: If suppression is a futile way to respond to unwanted, intrusive, thoughts, what ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD): People with OCD may feel overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts about things that could go wrong. To relieve these thoughts, they may engage in rituals, such as checking door locks, cleaning, or counting.
Mental health treatment can help people deal with OCD. Mood disorders: Both environmental and biological factors might lead to people developing mood-related conditions. Anxiety disorders cause people to feel inordinate levels of fear or stress, while depressive conditions like bipolar disorder might ...
Often in my practice people asked, “Natasha, when will the OCD thoughts and feelings go away?” I would tell them they are asking the wrong question. What they should be asking is, “When will I be able tohandlethe discomfort these thoughts and feelings cause?” Because that is really ...