In recent contributions here, we’ve been urging you to stop avoiding stuff. Stop avoiding fear, stop avoiding vulnerability, stop avoiding pain. Stop living a life so focused on controlling these ...

A lot of articles talk about the downside of negative thoughts—including how they can shape our outlook, relationships, and potential for success. But the problem with this general framing is that ...

Do you ever have thoughts that make you feel uncomfortable or strange? If so, you're not alone. Intrusive thoughts or assumptions can take on many different forms. As a therapist, I want to reassure ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. We create the world as we are. In a very real sense, you create in the external world ...

None of us can escape intrusive thoughts, the random and usually off-putting musings that include visions of shoving your hand through the center of a beautifully decorated cake or a bridge collapsing ...

Let’s be honest—most of us don’t need a grand spiritual awakening. We just want to stop overthinking everything. To go to bed without replaying every conversation. To sit in silence without being ...

Intrusive thoughts, according to the Anxiety and Depression Society of America, affect six million Americans. Mental health experts in TIME describe these troubling reflections as unwanted and ...

OCD can occur in many forms and, like any other mental disorder, there isn’t a specific set of symptoms or signs to look out for. The behaviors of one person with OCD will differ from the other.