Written by Melissa Harrison, LPC After more than 15 years of treating eating disorders, including binge eating disorder, I’ve spent thousands of hours working with people maneuvering the painful overlap of eating, body image, and shame. As I’ve thought about GLP-1 medication in the eating disorder space, I’ve come to see GLP-1 medications as a… […]

When most people think of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), they picture someone washing their hands over and over, checking the door lock repeatedly, or arranging things in a particular way. These are examples of physical compulsions, or visible behaviors done to ease the distress caused by obsessive thoughts. But there’s another side of OCD that’s often… […]

Written by Dr. Paulina Syracuse, Psy.D. Recently, country music star Luke Combs opened up about his experience with, as he said, his “particularly wicked” obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), shedding light on a particularly misunderstood aspect of the condition. He shared that he has struggled with a form of OCD known as “Pure O,” which involves intrusive,… […]