Posts Tagged ‘OCD’

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Pulling Hairs from My Legs: OCD or Trichotillomania?

Last updated 23rd April 2008

Q: I will spend hours daily going over my legs with tweezers searching for any hairs I can pluck (including ingrowns). I examine the hairs I pull and feel disappointment when there is no “root” or bulb at the end. It may sound sick, but I stick the hairs to a piece of paper organised [...]

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Tormented by Earworms: Music Stuck in My Head

Last updated 8th April 2008

Q: This is weird for me, but probably not for you. This has never happened to me before in my life, but for the last few months I get a few lines from a song stuck in my head and I can’t get it out. It’s CONSTANT and driving me nuts! If I’m not actually [...]

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Tormented by Complex Scientific Concepts: OCD or Something Else?

Last updated 31st March 2008

Q: I have a really nasty problem. I’m unable to handle complex ideas. For example: I can’t handle the fact that the Universe might be infinite, never ending. When I think about it for some reason I can’t accept it and it usually results in a panic attack. Or I will try to think of [...]

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School Trip, LSD Trip, and Now Possible Depression

Last updated 25th March 2008

Q: I’m a 17 year old male. I recently went on a month-long school excursion to Vietnam in early January. I had so much fun, it was the best month of my life. Almost as I soon as I returned I felt different.
Symptoms:

Detached from my surroundings. Things kind of looked different — very difficult [...]

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What Causes Inappropriate Laughing After Every Sentence?

Last updated 17th March 2008

Q: I would like to ask if there is a disorder for laughing after every clause or words. If so, would you mind telling me what is the proper name for the disorder? I am trying to find a way to deal with an issue like this in my office. It bothers my colleagues and [...]

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