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OCD / Rituals & Intrusive Thoughts

Unwanted thoughts that won't leave, and the rituals that feel impossible to skip.

48 picks matched to this feeling

Films

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  As Good as It Gets
  Film · 1997
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  Matchstick Men
  Film · 2003
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  Toc Toc
  Film · 2017
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  The Aviator
  Film · 2004
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  Dirty Filthy Love
  Film · 2004

TV shows

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  Monk
  TV · 2002–2009
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  Girls
  TV · 2012–2017
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  Obsessed
  TV · 2009

Documentaries

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  UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Movie
  Documentary · 2017
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  OCD: The War Inside
  Documentary · 2001

Books

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  Turtles All the Way Down
  Book · 2017
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  Every Last Word
  Book · 2015
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  Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
  Book · 2016
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  Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
  Book · 2009
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  The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
  Book · 2001
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  OCDaniel
  Book · 2016
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  The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
  Book · 2014
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  Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
  Book · 1996
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  Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" — and Parents Say "Way to Go"
  Book · 2006
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  Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  Book · 1999
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  Kissing Doorknobs
  Book · 1998
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  Pure
  Book · 2015
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  Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
  Book · 2017
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  The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  Book · 1989
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  Is Fred in the Refrigerator? Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life
  Book · 2018
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  Not as Crazy as I Seem
  Book · 2003
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  Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
  Book · 2023
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  The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
  Book · 2013
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  Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition)
  Book · 2001
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  Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Treatment
  Book · 2013 (3rd edition)
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  What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
  Book · 2007
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  Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD
  Book · 2004
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  Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD
  Book · 2017

Songs

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  Holding On to You
  Song · 2011
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  Tiny Dictator
  Song · 2024

Podcasts

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  Divergent Conversations
  Podcast · 2022–2026 (status unclear after Feb 2026)
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  Invisibilia
  Podcast · 2015–2023
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  The Anxious Truth
  Podcast · 2015–present
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  The OCD Stories
  Podcast · 2015–present
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  Your Anxiety Toolkit
  Podcast · 2016
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  Life Kit: How to deal with intrusive thoughts
  Podcast · 2025
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  Therapy in a Nutshell: Harm OCD - Intrusive Thoughts that I Might Hurt Someone
  Podcast · 2025
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  Inner Cosmos: Why Can't Some People Stop Thinking Certain Thoughts? (Ep. 155)
  Podcast · 2026

TV episodes

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  Glee: Born This Way (S2E18)
  TV episode · 2011
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  The Great North: Arranger-ous Minds Adventure (S3E11)
  TV episode · 2023

Videos

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  Debunking the myths of OCD - Natascha M. Santos
  Video · 2015
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  OCD and Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29
  Video · 2014
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  "I'm so OCD": the reality of OCD | Jayde Edgren | TEDxUBC
  Video · 2023