by Cloudways | Apr 17, 2012 | Checking-Related Symptoms, OCD
Compulsive checking often begins innocently enough. One check here, two checks there… But OCD’s greed knows no bounds. What starts out as a simple check “just to make sure” eventually spirals into disabling OCD doubt that can come to...
by Cloudways | Apr 12, 2012 | “Pure-O” Symptoms, OCD, Sexual Symptoms
Fear of Being Gay (Homosexual OCD / HOCD) Emerging sexuality can be confusing for any teen or young adult, and gay teens face a variety of unique challenges over the course of adolescence. In addition to learning to understand their own sexuality, gay teens must...
by Cloudways | Apr 10, 2012 | “Pure-O” Symptoms, OCD, Sexual Symptoms
Sexual obsessions in OCD are recurrent unwanted sexual thoughts, such as the fear of being attracted to something unwanted, taboo, or morally “unacceptable” based on one’s particular worldview. Although all forms of OCD can be debilitating, sexual...