Compulsions are repetitive and ritualistic acts that are typically carried out primarily as a means to minimize the distress that obsessions trigger or to reduce the likelihood of a feared event (APA, 2013). Compulsions often include such behaviors as repeated and extensive hand washing, cleaning,...
Compulsions are attempts to find clarity by alternative means ("washing my hands ten times will make them clean enough"). To support their hypothesis, the authors cite research showing that people with OCD are less accurate in gauging their own experienced emotions and report difficulties in ...
This means that OCD sufferers are often (inadvertently) adept at developing trance states – but the wrong kind of trance state. One of our goals in treating OCD is to teach them how to develop positive trance states that prevent them from falling into the OCD trance. ...
This means stressful or traumatic situations, such as abuse or the death of a loved one, may affect your likelihood of developing OCD. 8 Causes of AnxietyWritten by Kerry R. McGee, MD, FAAP Read Moreexpand_moreSymptoms of OCD The hallmark symptoms of OCD are obsessive thoughts and ...
What if having bad thoughts/ images/ bodily sensations means that I’m a bad person? We can become obsessed with theinaccurateidea that having “bad” thoughts/ images/ bodily sensations isthe sameas being a “bad” person. So we try to avoid triggers that we see as bringing on these ...
The Telepsychology Approach Telepsychology, by phone, webcam, email or text message, has been around in one form or another for over 20 years. The ease and convenience of scheduling a therapy appointment online and talking with a therapist from the privacy of one's own home can be a huge...
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in nature. In the context of OCD, intrusive thoughts may be constant and may involve thoughts of harming a loved one. Because they are involuntary, these thoughts may result in extreme emotional distress and OCD sufferers may resort to compulsive behaviors as a means of removing such thoug...
You may have once thought you had OCD before because of an obsessions or habit that you pay attention to now and again. An example of this would be wanting to have a very neat or clean house and starting to think that it means you are a “neat freaks”. With this in mind, it woul...
What if having bad thoughts/ images/ bodily sensations means that I’m a bad person? We can become obsessed with theinaccurateidea that having “bad” thoughts/ images/ bodily sensations isthe sameas being a “bad” person. So we try to avoid triggers that we see as bringing on these ...