You may have noticed a lot more chatter on TikTok these days about intrusive thoughts. While some people use the term to describe their random impulses to, say, open and close their fridge door ...

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"The phrase “intrusive thoughts” seems to be having a moment—that is, on TikTok, at least. The hashtag #intrusivethoughts has amassed over 830 million views, and research corroborates the growing ...

This First Person column is written by Mariom Ferrer, a social worker living with OCD in Ottawa. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. For as long as I can ...

This week, my intrusive thoughts hit me hard! The kind of hard that sits in your chest and refuses to budge. It was the first ...

When a crush turns into a harmful obsession, you might experience limerence, romantic infatuation characterized by extreme emotional highs and lows, intrusive thoughts and idealization. In this ...

Life can sometimes feel overwhelming when anxiety, panic, perfectionism, or overthinking take hold. Although you may appear fine on the outside, you may feel exhausted or stuck. Anxiety might be so ...