Sensorimotor OCD
Have you ever been hyper-aware of your heartbeat? Or thought about breathing and now have to do it manually? Maybe you think about the feeling of swallowing and cannot escape it despite trying your hardest. Sensorimotor OCD involves being obsessed or hyperaware of our bodily functions. It is an obsession with bodily functions and sensations, […]
Why do I keep checking my heart rate?
Heart rate OCD is a theme of OCD that is linked to heart health, or the worry of a heart attack and associated problems. It can be paralysing, making us fear disease or heart failure, preventing us from exercising and worrying too much about our diet. In the last few years I have become obsessed […]
Hotel room-number obsession
I write this one not just as a sufferer, but also a witness to how many others go through this specific theme of obsessive thinking. Working in hotels throughout my twenties helped me realise that I wasn’t the only one with certain compulsions. A hotel room-number obsession often revolves around certain room numbers being ‘bad’ […]
Food allergy OCD
A food allergy disrupts day-to-day life. But I don’t have a food allergy. This doesn’t stop me avoiding certain foods like seafood and peanuts, particularly during travel or in remote areas. Food allergy-anxiety manifests as the fear of an allergic reaction after consuming certain foods, sometimes due to OCD. This fear can increase in an […]
What is TOCD? An acronym for two OCD subtypes
Currently, there are at least two subtypes of OCD using the term ‘TOCD’. TOCD currently refers to Tourettic OCD, as well as Transgender OCD. Both subtypes of OCD are frequently searched, with many sufferers experiencing these. It is possible to experience both. Tourettic OCD is the combination of Tourette and OCD symptoms concurrently. It is a […]
Eternity and Infinity OCD
This is the kind of phobia that feels inescapable. Fear of crocodiles? Don’t go near a crocodile. Fear of loud noises? Wear earplugs. Fear of eternity? Well, that one’s here to stay. There were months when I wouldn’t talk about this out of pure fear. But I type this at a time when these thoughts […]
Existential and Depersonalization OCD
I remember the exact moment this worry began. I was 16 years old, burning a fire with friends under a clear night sky. I gazed up at the stars and this fear hit me out of nowhere. I felt like nothing. Trapped inside the universe, hurtling through the vastness of space not knowing where we […]
Scrupulosity and Religious OCD
OCD to religion is like fuel to a fire. It makes my anxiety so much more intense. For me, it’s been some of the most terrifying forms of OCD I have had. It feels like there is so much more at stake. It hit me when I was 16 I was having all sorts of thoughts. […]
Perfectionism and Starting over OCD
ocd blog Perfectionism and Starting-Over OCD This is the obsession with perfection, and starting something again if isn’t right the first time. Reasons for starting things over are often related to mental contamination and Tourettic-OCD. Latest articles
Social media OCD
Our posts are sent out to billions of people in an instant. It only makes sense that social media anxiety is becoming more and more of a thing. Here are six ways OCD and anxiety-related disorders can manifest through social media. Worrying that a photo will upload on its own Some photos we want to share. Others, not […]