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, ...

01 Since the age of nine, Steph has struggled with intrusive thoughts about contamination and accidentally harming others. 02 When her intrusive thoughts started to get violent, she finally did ...

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 ...

In the early days of my son’s struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder, I was driving 138 miles a day for his intensive treatment. Consequently, my car needed servicing. I was given a loaner, but I ...

When I was first diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in college, a psychologist gave me a book called The OCD Workbook. That night, in my dorm room, I read the book cover to cover and ...

Going to bed started with eleven layers of chapstick and a thorough search with a flashlight to make sure no one was in my room. I could not go to bed when the clock was on a multiple of thirteen and ...

Man in yellow protective suit. Source: Cottonbro/Pexels Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is by its very nature excessive. Most people don’t need to wash their hands twenty times a day. Or make ...

My wife and I have many issues. Throw in a year-plus of COVID in close quarters, and how could we not? We’ve been married for 39 years. There are the cultural issues, since one of us is Korean. And ...

TOKYO -- Still dazed after losing a fight that could end her Olympic career, American boxer Virginia Fuchs offered insight into her struggle outside of the ring. She has obsessive compulsive disorder ...