OCD is: Taxing Having OCD means that you feel like you have no option but to do something that you do not find logical or have any pleasure doing. Time-consuming Dealing with OCD means that time you would rather spend on other things must instead be spent managing your symptoms. The crit...
Today it is well-accepted that OCD is much more common than was thought previously. Typically 2–3 % of the general population is believed to have OCD or OCD-like symptoms. In many cases the task that an OCD sufferer does may seem simple to the layperson, but the sufferer feels that t...
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person with OCD feels the urge to do in response to an obsession. The goal of these acts is to reduce anxiety or distress, or prevent a perceived bad outcome from happening. But since engaging in compulsions brings only fleeting ...
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person with OCD feels the urge to do in response to an obsession. The goal of these acts is to reduce anxiety or distress, or prevent a perceived bad outcome from happening. But since engaging in compulsions brings only fleeting ...
I guess it’s kind of like ‘OCD’–a misunderstood idea that ends up (innocently) in the popular vernacular–“I have to stack these papers properly because ‘I have OCD,” for example. I thought, then, that I’d offer a first-hand perspective of what anxiety is really like for thos...
I have OCD, lately i've gotten thoughts that i'm acting bad. For example if i talk to someone I keep having intrusive thoughts that ill hurt them or that im secretly a killer or something. I don't want to do that and these thoughts make me go into a breakdown. I get the thoughts...
I have OCD, lately i've gotten thoughts that i'm acting bad. For example if i talk to someone I keep having intrusive thoughts that ill hurt them or that im secretly a killer or something. I don't want to do that and these thoughts make me go into a breakdown. I get the thoughts...
When comparing OCPD vs. OCD, it’s important to differentiate them as a personality disorder vs. a condition characterized by obsessive thoughts. Learn more.
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While there is no approved medication for masturbation addiction, a physician could help you determine if medications might help. Sometimes another mental disorder such as major depression orobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)is present, which could improve with medication. ...