OCD may be upsetting and drastically impair your quality of life, but therapy can help you maintain control over it.
People with OCD are often hesitant to seek assistance out of shame or embarrassment. OCD is a health illness like any other, therefore there is no need to feel embarrassed or ashamed. Having OCD does not make you “crazy,” nor is it your fault that you have it. Multiple variables may play a role in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Individuals are more prone to acquire OCD if a close relative has the disorder, probably due to genetics. While some persons with OCD have regions of exceptionally high activity or low amounts of a neurotransmitter called serotonin in their brains. In addition, significant life events, such as delivery or a bereavement, may induce OCD. It is frequent in persons who have been bullied, mistreated, or neglected, and it sometimes begins after a significant life event, such as childbirth or a death. Compare these 5 most common symptoms, which may suggest somebody is suffering from OCD.
OCD may be upsetting and drastically impair your quality of life, but therapy can help you maintain control over it.
People with OCD are often hesitant to seek assistance out of shame or embarrassment. OCD is a health illness like any other, therefore there is no need to feel embarrassed or ashamed. Having OCD does not make you “crazy,” nor is it your fault that you have it. Multiple variables may play a role in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Individuals are more prone to acquire OCD if a close relative has the disorder, probably due to genetics. While some persons with OCD have regions of exceptionally high activity or low amounts of a neurotransmitter called serotonin in their brains. In addition, significant life events, such as delivery or a bereavement, may induce OCD. It is frequent in persons who have been bullied, mistreated, or neglected, and it sometimes begins after a significant life event, such as childbirth or a death. Compare these 5 most common symptoms, which may suggest somebody is suffering from OCD.
Possibly the most prominent kind of OCD, this type is characterized by a preoccupation with objects being in the correct position or symmetrical. For instance, a person may feel compelled to ensure that all wall hangings are level, that all labels on cans in the pantry face outward, and that everything on their desk is spotless. If a person does not exercise their compulsions to ensure that everything is perfect, they may feel anxiety or fear that their lack of order will lead them or their loved ones to suffer unrelated damage.
Two fundamental concepts comprise contamination OCD. The first is the notion that non-viral diseases may be transmitted via contact or close proximity. The second is that commonplace objects, ideas, and phrases may “contaminate” an individual, causing them to feel dirty. People with this kind typically feel the need to continuously wash their hands and sanitize their surroundings in order to prevent the spread of infection. They may fear infecting themselves or others via carelessness, or they may feel disgusted and uneasy around “unclean” things, which may lead to avoidance of specific objects, people, or locations.
People who have intrusive thoughts have painful and often disgusting concepts appear apparently at random in their minds. These obsessions may entail injuring a loved one, harming a stranger, or even the belief that just thinking about something increases its likelihood of occurring. A person may need to execute an activity, such as stating something loudly or mentally repeating something, in order to calm these obsessions. People with intrusive obsessions may have aggressive or dangerous ideas, but they neither concur with them nor act on them. In fact, these notions are so opposite to how they feel that individuals are often upset that their mind ever generated them.
Similarities exist with intrusive thought-based OCD, but there are significant variances. The concepts that a person with rumination-based OCD cannot shake are not disgusting or upsetting. Rather, they may be philosophical, theological, or metaphysical enigmas (essentially questions that have no proven answers). People who have ruminations will be preoccupied with this issue for some time and may neglect their tasks as they attempt to find a solution. People may feel dissatisfied or empty after pondering this issue for so long due to the lack of conclusive answers to these problems.
Checking is a preoccupation characterized by a fear of inflicting damage or injury via carelessness. Their compulsions may include checking doors to ensure they are locked, stoves to ensure the burners are turned off, and their wallets to ensure their credit cards, identification cards, and cash are all present. Before they can feel at comfortable, they may need to inspect something many times or even gaze at it for a length of time.
Schedule an appointment with your Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group primary care physician if any of these obsessions or compulsions seem familiar, or if the broad notion sounds correct (even if the thoughts and behaviors do not align exactly). Consult a physician if you suspect that your kid is displaying OCD symptoms. They are able to send you to a psychiatrist and assist you with diagnosis and therapy.
It’s important to get help if you think you have OCD and it’s having a significant impact on your life. OCD is unlikely to get better on its own, but treatment and support is available to help you manage your symptoms and have a better quality of life. If you are experiencing any of the following traits you could have OCD.
Common traits:
• counting material objects and money
• ordering and arranging
• hoarding
• asking for constant reassurance
• repeating words in their head
• reoccurring obsessive thoughts
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