01 Alegra Kastens is an OCD sufferer, and Marriage and Family Therapist trainee based in Los Angeles. 02 Misunderstanding OCD is often not malicious, but it does carry real consequences. In order ...

Learn more at takewhatserves.podbean.com. Living with OCD is anything but funny. And yet, learning to find moments of humor has been part of the healing journey for Peter Scobas.

Health & Wellness Lena Dunham's OCD isn't really that funny In Sunday's episode of Girls, everything comes in eight for main character Hannah (played by Lena Dunham).

Humor shifted my perspective, reframing my struggles not as weaknesses but as parts of my story worth sharing. The burden lightened, and the laughter that followed was healing in itself.

Presented by the International OCD Foundation, “OCD Stories: An evening of reflection, humor and education,” is a national event that will give voice to those who are intimately affected by OCD.

This healthy approach to humor—as opposed to denigrating your own or others’ dignity—in everyday life can broaden perspective, enhance creative thinking and communicative skills, and keep ...

I can’t hate anyone for making OCD jokes, partly because it’s an unfortunate part of our lexicon — whether I like it or not — and partly because I’d have to hate most of the people I know.

I love to clean and I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Funny, right? The media representation of OCD is stereotypically clean, and characters like Emma Pillsbury from “Glee” or Monica Geller ...

Everything is funny in context. Taking yourself out of the frame and seeing it as others do is the key. OTOH this may not be possible for someone with OCD.<BR><BR>Being fat isn't funny.

Country music singer Luke Combs recently opened up about his experiencing living with Pure O, a subtype of OCD characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts without any visible compulsions.