Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever imagined yourself doing something pretty distasteful, like that time someone cut you off on the highway and you had visions ...

You're chopping vegetables to make dinner when suddenly, out of nowhere, a thought flashes: "What if I cut my finger off?" You don't want to hurt yourself, and the ...

Actor Kimberley Nixon speaks openly about perinatal OCD, intrusive thoughts and postnatal mental health after childbirth, and ...

The term “intrusive thoughts” has become common parlance from mental health creators on social media such as TikTok, and people have resonated with it. In psychiatry, we don’t usually talk about ...

Have you ever had a disturbing thought pop up into your head? Thoughts that are distressing, repetitive and unwanted are called intrusive thoughts. NPR's senior Visuals producer LA Johnson talks with ...

Intrusive thoughts are more common than some might realise. New parents are dealing with far more intrusive thoughts – described by researchers as 'unwanted or distressing ideas or images' – than ...

Too often, people say they “let their intrusive thoughts win” after spontaneously dyeing their hair or making a late-night purchase. There’s a difference between impulsive and intrusive thoughts, ...