http://www.incertus.imntb.com The Weblog of Doubt and Other Disorders - Living With OCD Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:28:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow, it is amazing to read everyones different experiences. It gives me a sense that I am not alone. My story is a long one, but I will try to condense it. When I was sixteen years old I was raped by an older man at a party, while heavily intoxicated. What makes ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2009/12/22/ocdgirls-story/ Getting closer to the cause of PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) Antibodies to strep throat bacteria linked to obsessive compulsive disorder in mice ...support the view that this condition is a distinct disorder, and represent a key advance in tracing the path leading from an ordinary infection in ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2009/08/11/more-on-strep-and-ocd/ My name is John and I have OCD, It's taken me quite a while to admit to it. 35 years. Phew. I have had anxiety on and off throughout my life but OCD in in the latter part of my life. It's triggered by stress so if I get really run down then ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2009/04/01/johns-story/ Recently I was diagnosed with OCD after a solid year of battling extremely distracting and aggressive, violent, gory thoughts about the death of myself and my loved ones, in some cases I would think about myself hurting them. I loved to think about falling down the stairs, jumping off a bridge, falling or impaling ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/08/20/lucys-story/ BPS RESEARCH DIGEST: Is a vivid imagination at the heart of OCD? Is a vivid imagination at the heart of OCD? Considering that obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by a fear that "bad things" will happen if certain rituals are not performed, it's surprising that so little is known about the ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/07/28/ocd-and-imagination/ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Linked To Brain Activity The scientists have discovered that people with OCD and their close family members show under-activation of brain areas responsible for stopping habitual behaviour. This is the first time that scientists have associated functional changes in the brain with familial risk for the disorder. Interesting. ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/07/17/ocd-linked-to-brain-activity/ This is a really decent article on OCD. Are you crazy enough to succeed? - Behavior- msnbc.com The medical director at the center, Michael Jenike, M.D., is both a maverick and a pioneer in the OCD community. He founded this facility, the first of its kind, to help sufferers of what he ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/07/16/are-you-crazy-enough/ DIRT provides hope for OCD hand washers 16 June 2008 A new treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) pioneered at the University of Sydney is having great success by targeting the beliefs behind the obsessive behaviour rather than the behaviour itself. Now this is interesting. The OCD I live with has, ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/06/17/dirt-provides-hope-for-ocd-hand-washers/ I am a lifer. 45 years of the disease. A ruined life (or should I say a severely compromised life). How good it could have been, if only. . . I function in society, run a business, but feel pain and anguish most of the time. I won't even ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/04/03/henrys-story/ Hoarding is one form of OCD that I have no symptoms of. For that I am grateful. This film looks into the lives of four hoarders. Very nicely done. About 20 minutes. POSSESSED on Vimeo 'POSSESSED' enters the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives are dominated ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/03/11/possessed/