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- Verywell Mind Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which people experience disruptive obsessions and compulsions. Learn more about OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Questions and answers Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may bring to mind an overly tidy person or a ...
Meditation and mindfulness can also be a good way to focus your mind and reduce the anxiety attached to this diagnosis. Helping someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a complex mental health condition, and knowing how best to support someone with this diagnosis ca...
Sleeping Well:Getting into thehabit of sleeping enougheach night can be beneficial for coping with OCD. Being well-rested can contribute to a calmer mind, which is helpful for anyone with OCD. It’s possible to experience more OCD symptoms if you are tired or have a diminished capacity to ...
For the great majority of us, the repetition becomes mildly annoying; for one with OCD, the intolerance and rejection of this mental experience generates a tremendous amount of agitation and anxiety over losing control of one's mind! The most common and well-studied branch of OCD involves...
Convincing ourselves that maybe we do not have OCD, and that really everything we fear is actually true, is a very common “trick” that our OCD mind plays on us ~ we end up convinced that these things our real, rather than stuff we have just made up (even if it feels like we did...
The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product or his or her own mind (not imposed from without as in thought insertion). Compulsions as defined by (1) and (2): Repetitive behaviors (e.g., hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g....
Nonsensical words or phrases repeating themselves in the person's mind. The "what if's"... Hoarding of objects with usually no apparent value -- as in one man collected small pieces of lint from the dryer. The person usually saves such objects under the rationalization of "what if I ne...
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