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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
However, Hippler said, defense experts could speak to those certain ASD or obsessive-compulsive behaviors for rebuttal arguments.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
About two-thirds of people with ADHD have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).8
Symptoms and Traits
While every neurodivergent individual experiences unique emotional and behavioral symptoms.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
For instance, exposure therapy tends to be the go-to for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 2025
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Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
However, Hippler said, defense experts could speak to those certain ASD or obsessive-compulsive behaviors for rebuttal arguments.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
About two-thirds of people with ADHD have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).8
Symptoms and Traits
While every neurodivergent individual experiences unique emotional and behavioral symptoms.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
For instance, exposure therapy tends to be the go-to for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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Does Marnie's response to her plans getting derailed come off as a bit neurotic?—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
18 July 2025
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Names, dates, positions; her friends, his friends, her own first cousin, Ceil, long dead now, from cancer of the breast—beautiful, neurotic, unmarried Ceil had schtupped her Walter!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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One of Nicole Mitchell’s aunts testified that Carol Mitchell’s communications became increasingly paranoid in the months following the death of her husband Rod Mitchell.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
17 July 2025
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Ruiz’s father told San Antonio Express-News that his son had been exhibiting signs of a mental disorder, including having hallucinations and making paranoid accusations, in the days leading up to the stabbing.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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That this sociopathic posting style is coming out of this administration—that it has been so thoroughly mainstreamed by the right—suggests that the cultural architecture of the internet has changed.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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The exception might be those with sociopathic tendencies, research shows that to be a relatively small percentage of the population.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Two others, delirious from drinking seawater, slid into the ocean and were killed by sharks in front of Cavanagh and another crewmate.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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For the past few days, though, the internet has been gripped with Monterrey wall fever, the kind of mass hysteria that can really only take hold during the long, delirious advance of a summer tournament.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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The only aberrant response came from a gaunt middle-aged man on a towel.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Furthermore, some data suggests that the spice's rare toxicity may be linked to aberrant immune responses to curcumin, which may lead immune cells to attack the liver.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
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Reeder had been reportedly running in the road and Irondale Police were called on a mentally disturbed person.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
22 July 2025
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That something dark, disturbed, or rotted lurks in a place of light.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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