It started when I was young, about seven. I washed my hands again and again until the skin on my knuckles cracked and bled.” ...

Joanna Fortune: "Someone with OCD will often feel compelled to engage in the compulsive behaviour as a response to or an ...

The Indianapolis Colts didn't offer many specific details when they placed offensive tackle Braden Smith on the ...

Braden Smith has been fighting demons well beyond the football field. The Colts’ right tackle revealed that his obsessive ...

Colts RT Braden Smith missed the final five games of the 2024 season. What he was battling was his own mind, a war he believed was for his very soul.

Unlike the physical manifestations of OCD — hand-washing or counting objects — Smith’s compulsive behaviors are mostly an internal struggle. “I’ll latch onto certain pieces of the Bible ...

Instead, Smith’s OCD accelerated. Unlike commonly known OCD markers such as repetitive hand washing or counting objects, Smith’s compulsions were mostly internal. A bad thought entered Smith ...

What sets 'pure O,' as experienced by country music star Luke Combs, apart from broader OCD? Here's what the experts have to say and how to treat it.

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Country star Luke Combs recently opened up about living with “pure O,” a lesser-known form of OCD that’s often misunderstood—and overlooked.