Random Phycology facts

Obsessive Compulisve Didorder

1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental anxiety disorder which produces repeated thoughts or images about many different things, such as fear of germs, dirt, or intruders; acts of violence; hurting loved ones; sexual acts; or being overly tidy
2. On average, people are diagnosed with OCD when they are 19-years-old
3. In the U.S. 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children face OCD.
4. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and medication are two ways of treating OCD.
5.OCD symptoms are divided between obsessions: recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or impulses, and compulsions: repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession
6.OCD will make your thoughts more towards depression, Anxiety, and sorrows. It will make your personality more complex than a normal human being.",
7. The difference between OCD in adults and in children is that children may not be able to realize the reason for their behavior or thoughts (or that their behaviors or thoughts are unusual).
8.Intrusive thoughts, or obsessions as psychologists call them, affect everyone. But some people can't get rid of them as easily as others.
9. People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are plagued by intrusive thoughts that they can't banish from their minds, no matter how hard they try.
10. Obsessive-compulsives are tortured by these thoughts, which they find profoundly disgusting and distressing
11. The obsessions experienced by OCD sufferers can be grouped along with several common themes. like Common obsessions, Common compulsions, etc.
12. Common obsessions include fears of contamination by germs, dirt or chemicals, flooding the house, causing a fire, or being robbed
13. Some Common compulsions that washing hands or wiping household surfaces for hours on end.2)Checking - repeatedly questioning whether lights switches are turned off, or appliances are unplugged, etc.
14. Some OCD sufferers are so afraid of being misunderstood by others that they become very skillful at hiding their symptoms and can appear entirely normal. In other cases, symptoms can be so severe that sufferers receive disability compensation
15. Researchers have found that people with OCD often score very highly for particular personality traits. These include Neuroticism, Impulsivity, Responsibility, Indecisiveness, and Perfectionism.
16.Neuroticism - anxious and keen to avoid dangerous situations during OCD personality traits
17.Impulsivity - a tendency to engage in activities that bring instant gratification during OCD personality traits
18.Responsibility - an exaggerated sense of responsibility for their actions during OCD personality traits.
19.Indecisiveness - a tendency to take time in making decisions during OCD personality traits
20.Perfectionism - a need to get everything to feel right during OCD personality traits
21.common personality traits in OCD. Indeed, some researchers have described obsessive-compulsives as the ultimate perfectionists
22. The difference between healthy and obsessive love is that with the latter, those feelings of infatuation become extreme, expanding to the point of becoming obsessions. Obsessive love and jealousy that is delusional is a symptom of mental health problems and is a symptom that occurs in about 0.1% of adults.
23.OLD is one type of OCD. Obsessive love disorder” (OLD) refers to a condition where you become obsessed with one person you think you may be in love with. You might feel the need to protect your loved one obsessively, or even become controlling of them as if they were a possession
24. Symptoms of OCD may include: an overwhelming attraction to one person's obsessive thoughts feeling the need to “protect” the person you’re in love with, possessive thoughts & actions, extreme jealousy over other interpersonal interactions, and low self-esteem. Sometimes they physically harm themselves or that person also which turns into crime and mental illness.

| Hopefully this doesn't offend anyone who suffers from OCD.|