In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain the biology and psychology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and describe the neural circuitry behind repetitive "thought-action loops," including why compulsive actions actually strengthen the underlying obsessions rather than relieve them. I discuss the most eff...
Key Takeaways
- We are talking about obsessivempulsive disorder or OCD
- First of all, as the name suggests, OCD includes thoughts or obsessions and compulsions which are actions
- Most of the time the obsessions and the compulsions are linked such that the compulsion