Types of OCD
This type of OCD involves fears around getting sick or dirty, sometimes via germs, bodily waste, or sticky substances.
What is contamination OCD?
This TV show host, and unofficial Rogers hero, is an advocate for OCD awareness and speaks often about his fear of germs.
Who is Howie Mandel?
This model of psychotherapy involves examining the interactions between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is CBT/cognitive behavioral therapy?
The state in which "Big Rogers" is located
What is Wisconsin?
This disorder involves fears around embarrassing oneself in public or being rejected by others.
What is social anxiety?
This type of OCD involves intrusive unwanted thoughts about intimacy with people (sometimes including family or children) and/or animals. It could also involve worries about one's sexuality and concerns that they are repressing their "true" sexual preference (i.e. "I'm actually gay").
What is sexual OCD?
Famous for films like Titanic, Wolf of Wall Street, and finally winning an Oscar for Revenant, this actor reports struggling with "just right" compulsions, such as going in and out of doors multiple times.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
The full name for ERP, which focuses on doing the things we fear and not doing the things that would make us feel better
What is exposure and response prevention?
The place you can look to find past patients' nicknames
What is a discharge flag?
The shortened name for avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, which is characterized by fears or extreme disgust around certain textures and tastes
What is ARFID?
This type of OCD involves fears around hurting others physically, emotionally, or psychologically. People may be afraid to speak to others because they think they will blurt out insults or slurs. They may be afraid to use sharp objects due to worries about becoming violent. Some people fear that if they do not complete certain compulsions, something awful will happen to themselves or people they love.
What is harm OCD?
This pop singer, famous for "Bad Guy", "Lunch", and "Ocean Eyes" experiences facial tics.
Who is Billie Eilish?
The term for the time it takes for anxiety to decrease by at least half
What is habituation?
A favorite adult side staff member whose nickname would suggest he founded this place
Who is Uncle Roger (Robert)?
This disorder involves specific fears around something that cause significant distress and/or problems in someone's life. Common examples include fears of insects, elevators, heights, or blood.
What is a phobia?
This type of OCD involves wanting to complete tasks correctly to the point that people may redo or edit projects for hours. They may feel that if they don't do things well, others will reject them or they may feel like bad people.
What is perfectionism?
This singer/dancer, (in)famous for songs like "Karma" and "Guilty Pleasure", reports picking at her scalp and hair follicles to the point that she created a bald spot.
Who is Jojo Siwa?
A type of exposure in which a patient writes about something that has not actually happened and how it might make them feel if it did.
What is an imaginal exposure? (Uses imaginal or worry scripts)
A favorite adult side staff member who is known to give side eye, asks lots of questions during exposures, and is a gifted dancer
A disorder characterized by overwhelming urges to blurt out phrases, sounds, and/or to make sudden facial or bodily movements
What is Tourette's syndrome/tic disorder?
This type of OCD involves fears around offending God or another spiritual being. People may fear that they are evil and will go to Hell or otherwise be punished in the afterlife. Some people, including those who are not religious, may apologize often or seek forgiveness from others for minor or non-existent mistakes.
What is scrupulosity/morality OCD?
This controversial "King of Pop" reportedly had a fear of flying.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The name of the assessment clinicians use to diagnose and determine the severity of a patient's OCD
What is the CYBOCS/YBOCS? ((Child) Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale)
A picture of fruit that has been passed down patient to patient over the course of several years
What is the smirking apple?
The traditional name for hair-pulling disorder
What is trichotillomania?