http://www.incertus.imntb.com The Weblog of Doubt and Other Disorders - Living With OCD Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:13:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ News | White matter abnormalities in OCD correlate with symptom severity | Radiology News | Radiology Articles | Medical Imaging News | Healthcare News "Our study results," Dr. Saito told Reuters Health, "support the widely held view that the orbital prefrontal region is involved in the pathophysiology of OCD. It is ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/02/20/white-matter-abnormalities-in-ocd/ Here is a nice article on OCD in the NY Times When Anxiety Is at the Table - New York Times "Sometimes the trouble is the element of public theater in the dining room, meaning we have to indulge in our often-embarrassing rituals under the eyes of so many strangers while trying ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/02/06/ocd-in-the-dining-room/ I came across this short film this morning. I am not sure I like it, well I do, it's the ending that bothers me some. The first part is an interview with a young man who has OCD and the second part is a fantasy about what it is like ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2008/02/01/ocd-what-it-can-be-like/ Most people with OCD go for years, decades even, before seeking help or even being diagnosed. One of the main reasons for that is the fear of being stigmatized. We are very aware that our thoughts and behaviors are different, unusual or even bizarre. And they can ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/09/25/ocd-stigma/ As in the case of many sufferers, OCD has taken on many forms during my life, ranging from compulsive hand-washing to paranoia about AIDS. Then there was, of course, "If I don't get out of the bathroom within five seconds, my mother will die”, and all that kind of rubbish. The ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/09/24/rosemaries-story/ For the vertical jump from a seated position. My computer blew up. Literally. Loud bang. Smoke. And the house mains tripped off. That's a relatively catastrophic computer failure. I don't know if it took out the mother board or not as it's a proprietary power ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/09/17/i-now-hold-a-world-record/ This is really interesting. It points to something not working correctly that had not been suspected in OCD before. And it was apparently serendipitous as well. Gene Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-Like Syndrome in Mice: Study Suggests New Treatment Targets: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Using genetic engineering, ... http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/08/22/ocd-mice/