I started having intrusive thoughts as a teenager. It always worsens around Christmas because it's a religious holiday, and I feel inadequate. Therapy helped me control some of my thoughts, and I'm ...

I know I have little control over many things in my life, but I would like to control the contents of my mind. My thoughts seem to have their own ideas about who is in charge. My mind runs in ...

At 35, I started having intrusive thoughts about harming my loved ones. I was diagnosed with OCD, which was a relief but also confusing. I eventually learned more about OCD and how to manage it to ...

DEAR BONNIE: I am writing to you with a question that has been on my mind for a while. As a renowned psychic medium and Reiki master, I believe you are the best person to provide me with an answer.

A tiny finger counter became my quiet tool to pause racing thoughts. For one month, I used it to chant mantras and interrupt ...

Six years ago, I had a resurgence of what psychologists call Pure O, obsessive, intrusive thoughts that don’t lead to visible compulsions but which spin endlessly inside the head. The more I tried not ...

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night with upsetting thoughts spinning through your head? Maybe you argued with your partner and you’re reliving the fight in agonizing detail. Perhaps you ...

Christ’s death is the beginning of my relief from mental illness. This is an excerpt from A Quiet Mind to Suffer With, which was the winner in the Christian Living/Spiritual Formation category of CT’s ...