Obsessive compulsive traits are part of anxiety issues recognisable by recurring negative, upsetting thoughts or fears (obsessions), managed by compu…

The continuous barrage of new developments regarding the current outbreak of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) is causing particular challenges fo…

A while back multiple personality disorder was the label used for dissociative identity disorder (DID). Films and books were the subject of what many…

As the new year has arrived the hype quickens around us all; the implicit and explicit expectations have many people feeling like they ‘should’ be do…

Anxiety is a response that prepares us to cope with threats in our environment. For instance, if you are walking in the woods and you encounter a bea…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a common mental health disorder in which a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. These obsessions…

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to read this. We are on a journey of change from an unhealthy pattern of ‘exits’ from our life to a healthier pattern…

Our mind and our thoughts are not always under our complete rational control, even if we would like them to be. We can’t always decide rationally whi…

Most people have heard of the condition called OCD. Actually it is currently ‘in vogue’ to call your neat perfectionist behaviour “my OCD” which is s…

What is obsessive compulsive disorder? OCD is a serious mental illness that affects 1-2% of the population. Its effects are so severe the World Hea…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) often develops in childhood and adolescent years. It can begin as a form of self-soothing, to situations where th…

Recently there has been a lot of talk about OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) in the media and it seems that more people suffer from it then is gen…