‘OCD’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 3

Q: I have always known that I was different but haven’t been able to figure out exactly why.
When I was in kindergarten, I wasn’t interested in other children. And even during the times I was interested, I didn’t know how to play with them. I also had some motor skills problems, so I wasn’t very [...]

Q: I have come to believe that I suffer from some kind of disorder. I’ve thought it might be Asperger’s Disorder or perhaps Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
I recently saw the film The Assassination of Richard Nixon, with Sean Penn. The film is about an unlucky, divorced man who gets obsessed with how rotten society is and [...]

Q: I am a 22-year-old male and I’ve been going through a weird disorder of some kind that doesn’t seem to match the queries of others that I’ve found in this column.
I’ve been in a good relationship with a girl for about 6 months. She seems a trustworthy person and has given me no [...]

Q: I was taking Prozac for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for about 6 months. I was on a dose of 60 mg per day for about 3 months. However, I started having “brain shivers.” I have heard that such things can happen if you change your dose, but I wasn’t lowering my dose or raising it. [...]

Q: I am a 19-year-old male and I have been diagnosed with OCD and Major Depression. I’m not that convinced that medications (SSRIs, etc.) are the real answer because they probably don’t treat the “roots” of my problems. In a way, it seems like lying to myself to just take a pill to alleviate my [...]