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OCD
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive behaviors, obsessions, compulsions and anxiety. OCD is often managed through medication and behavioral therapy. Questions about the disorder, its effect and treatment should be placed in this category.
295 Questions
What does it mean when someone stores urine in bottles in their room?
This behaviour is associated with Obsessive-Compulsive disorder and also with hoarding. Howard Hughes is famous for having done this toward the end of his life, and he was clearly suffering from OCD and a number of other mental health problems.
Although the behaviour is harmless in itself, it is sufficiently unusual to warrant counselling.
OCD is not a real illness. We call it that to avoid the fact that you are addicted to something. The best way to end an addiction is to slowly lull yourself away from what you're addicted to. If you're addicted to washing your hands 5 times an hour, try washing them 4 times a lot, and a bit less the 5th time, every time, until you barely wash your hands the fifth time. Then, stop with the 5th time and only wash your hands 4 times, etc etc continue until you wash your hands only when you need to. Just like any addiction, the keys are motivation, determination and patience.
How do you make your spouse understand your OCD?
Sometimes, being the one to describe it to one's spouse is not effective. If you have educational materials on obsessive-compulsive disorder, ask your spouse to read them. If your doctor could discuss it with your spouse, that could help. If this is not possible, discussing it with someone else who has lived with a person with OCD, could help. Another option is to write in a journal about your OCD, expressing your feelings, and sharing that (leaving the room while your spouse reads it), since it can be too easy to get emotional about it when speaking.
Is OCD a borderline disorder and or disability?
OCD is not a personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder.They are both different mental disorders that can have different levels of disability depending on how severe the disorder is
What deficiency in the neurotransmitter is associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Norepinephrine and serotonin nuerotransmitters
What are the signs that a man with OCD is in love with you?
The same as the signs for anyone else bing in love with you.
What is the life expectancy of someone who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder?
OCD does not affect life expectancy.
Is Drew Brees suffering with OCD?
yes, he licks his fingers constantly, as a ritual. Baseball batters do things like this also.
Actually, if you look closely, many other quarterbacks lick their fingers before the snap also. So he is not the only one.
i dont think so. i have that too.
Are you possessed if you have OCD?
Most likely not.
I am a Christian OCD sufferer and I thought I was possessed because I had intrusive blasphemous thoughts. Some Christians believed I was possessed but I have a friend who is a Christian mental health nurse and she told me I needed to continue antidepressant medication and most of all to reassure myself that my thoughts were not from me but from the illness. Now I feel less guilty and no longer worry 24/7 that I am going to Hell.
Any stimulus that helps us recall information in long-term memory. The fact that retrieval cues can provoke powerful recollections has led some researchers to speculate that perhaps all memories are permanent. That is, perhaps nearly all experiences are recorded in memory for a lifetime, and all forgetting is due not to the actual loss of memories but to our inability to retrieve them. This idea is an interesting one, but most memory researchers believe it is probably wrong.
Is shoplifting an obsessive compulsive?
No. Obsessive compulsive behaviors are things like excessive handwashing, doing things a certain number of times. Shoplifting could be kleptomania, but not often.
What to do about OCD and scrupulosity?
There are some effective treatments available for OCD. The modalities vary, and you should discuss the issue with a mental health professional who has a lot of experience with OCD. You may need to contact a nearby university medical center or large metropolitan hospital to find a specialist.
Do you have OCD if you keep checking to see if you turned of a sink or turned off lights?
No.. but u do have OCD if you keep checking if all the light bulbs are turned exactly 36 degrees to the right
Can you give yourself a disorder like OCD?
well you can but only if you worry a lot or something, but i got my ocd from my family, by just inheriting it through my blood.
Well honey, there are actually more than four types of OCD, but I'll give you the popular ones. We've got checking, contamination, symmetry and order, and intrusive thoughts. But hey, OCD is a tricky beast and can manifest in all sorts of ways, so don't go thinking it's just limited to those four categories.
