There's a good chance these people have obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD -- a brain-behavior disorder that affects approximately 2 to 3 percent of the population, according to Jeff Szymanski ...

1. “It’s okay, we’re all a little OCD.”You might think statements like this will normalize what your friend is feeling, but Fedrick tells us they’re actually hurtful and damaging. “The ...

What not to say to someone with a mental health condition It's just as important to understand what responses may be unhelpful — or worse, damaging — to someone who opened up to you.

The term OCD gets thrown around way more than it should do. And some people don’t realise just how insensitive it is to do so. When people who haven’t been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive ...

We’ve already established how harmful it can be to toss around the phrase “I’m so OCD,” when you’re really just passionate about keeping your kitchen clean, but what about other things you shouldn’t ...

1. “It’s okay, we’re all a little OCD.”You might think statements like this will normalize what your friend is feeling, but Fedrick tells us they’re actually hurtful and damaging. “The ...