The term "trichotillomania," refers specifically to the actual removal of body hair. However, there is a process of behaviors or experiences that eventually lead up to the actual hair pulling. TM has been the center of debate for years as to which of four diagnostic categories would best describe it. The official classification of [...]

Obsessive-compulsive disorder may not be life-threatening but it can definitely threaten your way of life and quality of living. Many people are finally getting help for it through both medications as well as cognitive behavior therapy. However, there are times when a person might need more of a boost than what the medication and therapy [...]

Someone affected by impulse control disorders usually have little regard for laws, rules, regulations, other people or even themselves. Many times the natural instincts that would tell you and I not to do something are totally ignored. Impulse control disorders are complicated. There are many different diagnoses that fit into this category. [...]

You have probably heard of cases on the news where houses have been condemned because the owners had so much junk in their homes that they could no longer live there. Piles of newspapers, magazines and things that they just could not throw away were piled everywhere and even included food items. This type of [...]

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an illness that affects 1 in 50 adult Americans and 1 in 200 children. Even more disturbingly is that twice that many will have experienced it at some time in their lives, just not to the debilitating degree that some others have. It ranges from merely annoying to an [...]

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is in the family of anxiety disorders which captures people suffering from it in a relentless cycle of recurring behaviors and thoughts. These thoughts are hard to control, can be distressing and include mental images and fears that cannot be blocked out. Only through certain actions and rituals can these disturbing thoughts [...]

Suffering from OCD can be debilitating. Of the entire natural, drug free treatment options for OCD, yoga is probably one of the best. The key in treating OCD is to occupy the mind with something useful and creative. You need tog get your mind off the obsessive thoughts and keep it occupied [...]

The Pack Rat keeps everything; there is nothing that is too insignificant for them. They are literally controlled by their possessions and fear what will happen if they someday “need” what they threw out.

OCD is characterized by the frequency of obsessions and compulsions. An obsession is a persistent thought, image or urge that comes into your mind and sets off feelings of anxiety and distress. These obsessions occur frequently, are intrusive and not easy to get rid of. For example, common obsessions in OCD include thoughts or images [...]

The key to the problem is that people with social anxiety want to be liked and can’t handle rejection of any kind. They take “taking things too personally” to another level. They want very much to be seen as witty, dynamic and sociable. They want to fit in. However their anxiety about not performing [...]