Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which time people
have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas or sensations (obsessions) that make
them feel driven to do something repetitively (compulsions).
The repetitive
behaviors, such as hand washing, checking on things or cleaning, can
significantly interfere with a person’s daily activities and social
interactions.
Obsessions:
Obsessions are recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses,
or images that cause distressing emotions such as anxiety or disgust.
Compulsions:
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a
person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession. The behaviors are
aimed at preventing or reducing distress or a feared situation.
5 Symptoms Subtypes of OCD
1.
Contamination Obsessions
With Washing/Cleaning Compulsions: If you are affected by this symptom subtype,
you will usually focus on feelings of discomfort associated with contamination
and wash or clean excessively to reduce these feelings of distress
2.
Harm Obsessions
With Checking Compulsions: If you experience this symptom subtype, you
will often have intense thoughts related to possible harm to yourself or others
and use checking rituals to relieve your distress.
3.
Obsessions Without
Visible Compulsions: This symptom subtype often relates to
unwanted obsessions surrounding sexual, religious or aggressive themes.
4.
Symmetry Obsessions With
Ordering, Arranging, and Counting Compulsions: When experiencing
this subtype, you feel a strong need to arrange and rearrange objects until
they are "just right."
5.
Hoarding: Hoarding is now
recognized as a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5. Hoarding involves the
collection of items that are judged to be of limited value by others such as
old magazines, clothes, receipts, junk mail, notes, or containers.
Related Conditions:
body dysmorphic disorder (preoccupation with imagined ugliness)
hypochondriasis (preoccupation with physical illness)
trichotillomania (hair pulling)
Excoriation (Skin-Picking
Disorder)
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