Love is often perceived as a beautiful journey of human connection. However, it can sometimes be obsessive to the point of chaos. Romance is not a simplistic emotion, but a complex web of egos and ...

Symptoms of Pure O. Obsessive-compulsive disorder itself involves having reoccurring obsessions and behaviors (compulsions).

Like a greedy and insatiable child, OCD demands more proof in its pursuit of perfect certainty, placing unreasonable demands ...

Stressed. Constantly worrying. Fidgeting. Obsessing. These are just a few of the many constant symptoms affecting millions of people around the world. In the United States, approximately 40 million ...

What does it mean to act “insane?” In the moment, few individuals attribute their choices and behaviors to “insanity.” Even the most extreme manifestations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder seem ...

Eighteen months ago I was in the throes of some of the darkest moments of my life—but on paper it didn’t look like that. I had just finished a national tour for my first book, The Crowdsourceress, and ...

If you’ve ever watched Sheldon Cooper have a very particular preference about the chair he sits in on The Big Bang Theory, you’ve seen how pop culture portrays people with different types of obsessive ...

Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are disabling psychiatric conditions and the major contributors to global burden of nonfatal illness. The lifetime prevalence of anxiety ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...

Every week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. John Green has written hit young adult novels like "The Fault in Our Stars" and built a YouTube ...