Jars of kimchi stored in an L.A. restaurant refrigerator. The author's wife recently purchased a kimchi refrigerator without telling him. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) My wife and I have many ...

With obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), certain thoughts can compel a person to perform cleaning rituals or behaviors in order to prevent a consequence they dread. Specific thoughts, known as ...

PETALING JAYA: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health issue marked by a pattern of unwanted thoughts, known ...

You like your kitchen sink to shine, and your stove can never be clean enough. Does that mean you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Answering that question requires a deeper look into what OCD ...

On Thursday, Oct. 9, Psychology Club hosted an awareness event on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The vice president of ...

While there is nothing wrong with light clutter or a junk drawer, what if an entire room — or even home — becomes jam-packed with items the owner cannot throw away? Hoarding, like other compulsive ...

Many of us are reluctant to throw things out. We buy. We accumulate. We collect. Eventually our attics are packed with dusty heirlooms that we rarely, if ever, look at. Eventually we're forced to pare ...

Rose Edmunds knew something was wrong, but she didn’t know what. The 10-year-old in Leeds, England, lived in a home cluttered with piles of old newspapers, stacks of books, heaps of clothes, ...

Recently, the phenomenon known as hoarding has come into greater public awareness, propelled by graphic scenes on television showing homes crammed floor-to-ceiling with an astonishing amount of stuff.

My wife and I have many issues. Throw in a year-plus of COVID in close quarters, and how could we not? We’ve been married for 39 years. There are the cultural issues, since one of us is Korean. And ...