Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It’s a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you’ve ...

Anxiety is a normal, adaptive emotion, but becomes an anxiety disorder when fears are persistent, intense, and interfere with daily life, affecting about one in three people. Obsessive Compulsive ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder affects millions, but many people don’t recognize its lesser-known forms. Here’s how doctors explain OCD and its treatment. Obsessive-compulsive disorder affects millions ...

It stands for Paedophile-Themed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is recognised as a distressing subtype that causes its sufferers to have an obsessive fear of becoming a paedophile. It can even cause ...

For years I avoided talking about it," said Molly Lambert, who was diagnosed with pedophilia-themed obessive-compulsive ...

Molly Lambert has revealed how she was diagnosed with P-OCD after suffering with distressing intrusive thoughts for years.

Woman with OCD says she was flooded with 1,000 messages after sharing her experience of intrusive thoughts on TikTok, helping others suffering ...

Cognitive behavioural therapy may help her to cope with her anxiety and learn that she doesn’t need to respond to intrusive thoughts ...