‘OCD’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 4

Q: I’m a biological scientist. I’ve heard there’s some evidence that some people are more susceptible than others to falling in love. Supposedly, the reason for this is that they produce more oxytocin and vasopressin.
If all this is true, I wonder if there are any medicines that can either stop a person from falling [...]

Q: I am 23 years old and I have had OCD for most of my life. I always think that I am going to die from everything and have horrible panic attacks. Recently I have got it into my head that I am going to go crazy and keep imagining this horrible scenario. The other [...]

Q: I am in school to be a clinical social worker and one of my cases has clear OCD (obsessions about something bad happening if she doesn’t repeatedly count/tap/touch things), but I want to know if she also may have Separation Anxiety. She is able to go to school and her sports/dance lessons, but becomes [...]

Q: I’m a 28-year-old guy who still lives at home, has never had a steady job, with no car and no friends. Why? Because I can’t stand to be around people. I can barely go outside because all I can think about is that people are watching and judging me. I can’t have a conversation [...]

Q: I cannot stand to eat around other people because I cannot stand the noise. The sound of other people’s chewing, biting, smacking just drives me nuts! I try to tune it out but end up focusing on the noise. Can you help me put a label on this condition? I have other symptoms of [...]