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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.