The Journal
Types of OCD: Understanding Different OCD Themes
Wondering what type of OCD you have? Learn about the most common OCD themes, including contamination, harm, checking, relationship OCD, false memory OCD, health OCD, and more, and see how they all follow the same underlying pattern.
“What If This Isn’t Really OCD?” Understanding Meta OCD
Sometimes OCD targets the disorder itself. Learn how meta OCD can create endless doubt about whether your symptoms, treatment, or diagnosis are “really OCD” and why trying to find certainty often keeps the cycle going.
When AI Becomes Part of the OCD Cycle
AI can be a valuable source of information, but for people with OCD it can also become part of the obsession. Whether it takes the form of reassurance-seeking, compulsive research, rumination, or endless self-analysis, AI can unintentionally reinforce the very cycle people are trying to escape.