First, the pain is repetitive.
Do you have such people around you? Or is that who you are? In daily life, we will "think" or "do" something over and over again, and in this process, it is not accompanied by happiness, but with great pain, but if we don't do so, it will be even more painful. Such behavior is what psychology calls "obsessive-compulsive disorder". You can compare the following 20 methods to see if you have this "fashion disease":
Have a neat habit, wash your hands twenty or thirty times a day for ten minutes, and wash your hands back and forth, even in small places like fingernails, otherwise you will feel too dirty to touch anything.
Used clothes must be washed every day, so it is not easy to hang outdoors. Even if a gust of wind blows and they feel dirty, they will be taken back and washed again.
Every day when you go out, you have to think repeatedly about whether the gas is turned off, whether the door is locked, whether it may rain later, and then check your wallet repeatedly, always feeling that you have forgotten something;
An irrelevant past, a song or a sentence repeatedly said by others appears in my mind;
I think we should follow certain procedures when dressing, walking and sleeping, such as taking the left foot or the right foot first, sleeping on the left or sleeping on the right. Once you find that the program is wrong, you feel that the world is in chaos.
Some things have to be done several times until they think they have finished;
I have doubts about most things I have done, and I always think that I have done something wrong;
I often fantasize that my carelessness or a small mistake may lead to disastrous consequences;
Start counting for no reason, and start counting from "one" uncontrollably;
I often worry that I have some incurable disease;
Some unpleasant thoughts often appear in my mind, which makes it difficult for me to live a normal life.
Often late, because I spend all my time doing unnecessary things repeatedly;
On some occasions, I always worry that I will lose control and do things that embarrass others and myself;
Whenever I see a dagger, knife or other sharp objects, I feel uneasy;
Sometimes, for no reason, there will be an impulse to destroy something or hurt some innocent people;
Always inexplicably force yourself to remember something irrelevant;
Sometimes I suddenly have the idea of having a good meal, even if I was not hungry at that time;
It is said that suicide, crime and even catastrophic accidents in a certain place will haunt you for a long time and you can't help but think about it.
Worried about the wrong clothes, always check whether the buttons are buckled wrong.
Doing things slowly, because you have to check whether you have done something wrong repeatedly, and because you often can't concentrate.
These situations do not necessarily mean that you must have obsessive-compulsive disorder, but you must have this tendency. When one or more of the above situations appear repeatedly in your life, and even seriously affect your normal study, life and work, and this state of "knowing what you can't do" makes you feel very painful in your heart, you are likely to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is said in psychology, and it is necessary to pay attention to it at this time.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
1 What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, the full name of obsessive-compulsive neurosis, is a neurosis, and it is a neurological disorder characterized by repeated obsessive-compulsive ideas and behaviors. The disease mostly occurs before the age of 30, with more men than women, and teenagers are also a frequent group, especially mental workers. Some strong mental factors are the inducement of the disease. Strong, unbalanced people are prone to this disease, with subjective, willful, impatient, aggressive and poor self-control. A few patients are mentally fragile, timid since childhood, afraid of making mistakes, lacking confidence in their own abilities, being very cautious when encountering problems, thinking repeatedly, mumbling afterwards and checking many times, always hoping to be perfect. Very stiff in front of people, easy to feel embarrassed, too self-restraint, strict requirements, rigid living habits, not too many hobbies, not enough attention to specific things in real life, but special attention to possible things, even worry in advance, serious and responsible work, but often lack initiative.
In the minds of these neurosis patients, some thoughts, sights, emotions, impulses and intentions will appear involuntarily and repeatedly, and these symptoms will disturb the normal thinking process and emotional activities of patients, or make them unwilling to do certain actions. In other words, these symptoms are forced to invade the patient's mental activities and force the patient to accept them, so they are called obsessive-compulsive disorder.
2 Clinical manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder
The basic symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder are obsessive-compulsive concept and compulsive action. Patients may only have obsessive thoughts or compulsive actions, or both. Patients can fully realize that this compulsive concept and behavior are unnecessary, but they can't be controlled by subjective will. Due to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, patients may be accompanied by obvious anxiety and trouble, but they have a strong thirst for knowledge and complete insight.
According to its clinical manifestations, obsessive-compulsive disorder can be roughly divided into two types: obsessive-compulsive behavior without obvious compulsive behavior and obsessive-compulsive behavior with obvious compulsive behavior.
● Obsessive concept
Showing repetitive and persistent thoughts, thoughts, impressions or impulsive thoughts. Trying to get rid of it, but nervous, uneasy, anxious and have some physical symptoms. The concept of coercion can take the following forms:
● Obsessive thinking: Obsessive doubt, patients are always uneasy about what they have done, and can only relax after repeated inspections, such as whether the doors and windows are closed, whether the letter to be sent is addressed, and whether the gas is turned off. , often accompanied by obvious anxiety; Compulsive memory, the patient's repeated memory of past experiences and events, although knowing that it has no practical significance, is always stuck in his mind and can't get rid of it, so he is extremely bored, such as whether the words and tone of his words are appropriate; Forced association, when patients hear, see or think of something, they will involuntarily think of some unpleasant or ominous scenes, such as seeing someone smoking and thinking of a fire; Obsessive-compulsive thinking, patients always think endlessly about some meaningless problems. Although the patient's logical reasoning is normal and self-aware and complete, he knows that there is no need to delve into it, but there is no way, such as why it rains, why people eat, why the earth is round and so on.
● Obsessive intention: Patients often go against their inner wishes when their psychology is somewhat normal. Although this opposing will is very strong, it will never be put into action. For example, when crossing the road, I want to rush to the passing cars and so on.
● Obsessive emotion: Patients are disgusted or worried about certain things, but they know it is unnecessary but can't restrain it. For example, I am worried that I will hurt others, I am worried that I will say something wrong, and I am worried that I will be contaminated by poison or invaded by bacteria.
● Compulsory action
Also known as compulsive behavior. That is, repeating some actions, knowing that it is unnecessary, can not get rid of.
● Forced washing: Forced hand washing and laundry are very common. For example, the registrar of a hospital thinks that touching the outpatient card of some tumor patients may "infect" the tumor, and if her hand touches the doorknob, it will indirectly infect her family. So every time I come home from work, I always call my family to open the door. She went in hand in the air, then washed her hands repeatedly, and her clothes were changed inside and outside. She didn't go to bed until late at night.
● Compulsive ritual movements: Patients always do some fixed movements symbolizing good luck and bad luck, trying to alleviate or prevent anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts, such as patting their chests with their hands to show that they can get good luck.
● Compulsory counting: When patients see some specific objects (such as telephone poles, steps, cars, license plates, etc.). ), they can't help counting. If they don't count, patients will feel anxious.
Three symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychoanalyst Freud said that the essence of obsessive-compulsive disorder is "a person is struggling with himself". Because of the internal conflict of constant self-struggle, obsessive-compulsive disorder also expands, forming a vicious circle, which makes patients fall into the abyss of pain. Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder mainly include:
Compulsive thoughts that cause anxiety and fear.
These compulsive thoughts are arbitrary and not controlled by their own will. For example, many patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are afraid of being dirty, pollution, knives and scissors, making mistakes and accidents. It is very natural that this obsessive thought causes anxiety. Who likes being dirty and who likes making mistakes in life? However, many patients always want to deny and eliminate anxiety, but as a result, they try to restrain themselves and feel extremely painful. The correct attitude should be to accept anxiety, because everyone has anxiety and fear, which is a program compiled by nature in the human brain. As long as humans perceive or foresee danger, the anxiety program will start. Therefore, anxiety, as a signal of impending danger, is conducive to human learning to deal with danger. For example, students who are anxious before exams can be fully mobilized and fully prepared, which can greatly improve their learning efficiency and often achieve better exam results.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients do not have to deny anxiety or exaggerate danger. Many patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder often regard imaginary danger as real danger. For example, they feel that they have polluted themselves by staying away from dirt, that they have seen a hepatitis patient, and that the virus has spread to them from the air. People will not develop obsessive-compulsive disorder if they have the idea that they may be polluted and make mistakes in their minds, and if they are not afraid and can confidently deal with these pollution or mistakes. If they know that the danger they are worried about is only an imagination, not a reality, their anxiety will stop.
● Reduce the compulsive reaction of anxiety and fear.
This reaction is taken by patients according to their own wishes, and there are three forms:
Compulsory behavior, including some external habitual behavior. For example, for fear of pollution and repeated washing, for fear of accidents, repeatedly check gas switches, faucets, doors and windows, and repeatedly move a "good" number for Geely, such as 8 or 18.
Mental habitual thinking is a kind of imagination, thought and inner dialogue that can relieve anxiety. For example, a middle school boy repeatedly misses a female classmate in class and is distressed by his distraction. Whenever he thinks about the distractions of his female classmates, he scolds himself in his mind as "a jerk if he thinks again" and "a pig if he thinks again", and all kinds of swearing words are used, but the distractions only stop for a while when swearing, and then reappear soon, which makes him feel uncontrollable and helpless.
● Avoidance behavior. Avoid using knives and scissors if you are afraid of hurting people; Afraid of jumping off the balcony, I sealed the doors and windows of the balcony.
These three forms of reactions are made by patients at will. Because anxiety is temporarily relieved after making these reactions, patients' compulsive reactions are enhanced and appear more frequently, and the dangers imagined by patients seem more real.
It should be pointed out that many compulsive behaviors are initially motivated by a good reason, such as repeated washing for cleaning and repeated inspection to prevent mistakes and unexpected losses.
If the behavior is moderately repeated, people will regard it as a sign of caution, not a pathological condition. However, the behavioral response of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder is far beyond the limit. For example, the skin on their hands has been washed out, and they can't feel "peace of mind" after washing it dozens of times a day. They not only scrub themselves with soap and alcohol, but also force their families to scrub with soap and alcohol. Because of the loss of "degree", they become morbid, which seriously restricts their lives and causes serious harm to society and family.
So what makes their behavior lose its boundaries? Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients have specific cognitive impairment, that is to say, there is something wrong with their way of thinking. They have an absolute way of thinking, pursue perfectionism, and their behavior goals are completely unrealistic and unattainable. This demand for absoluteness and perfectionism, coupled with their artificial exaggeration of "danger" imagination, makes their compulsive response constantly strengthen, leading to excessive.
To stop the struggle of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, we should not only accept compulsive thoughts that cause anxiety, but also improve our confidence in coping, rather than denying and rejecting them. We should also identify and cope with three kinds of compulsive reactions to relieve anxiety.
These three reactions are all taken by patients at will. Although the initial motivation was good, the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder became more and more serious due to excessive pursuit of unrealistic goals. If these obsessive-compulsive reactions, especially spiritual rituals, are recognized and restored to their proper limits, such as moderate hand washing and examination, patients will eventually find that their imagined dangers have not occurred, and then obsessive-compulsive disorder will be significantly improved.
Second, the high-risk group of obsessive-compulsive disorder
1 young white-collar workers
With the increasingly fierce competition in modern society, the intense pace of work and life and excessive pressure lead to more and more people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some experts have analyzed that due to excessive pursuit of perfection, long-term mechanical work, excessive pressure and other reasons, the incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in urbanites is increasing.1urban people aged 6-30 are the most susceptible to illness, and the incidence of young white-collar workers is also increasing.
Because people of this age have a high desire and pursue perfection in everything, this state has formed a vicious circle, which may cause obsessive-compulsive disorder. Especially the working environment of white-collar workers is characterized by high pressure, fierce competition and high elimination rate. In this environment, people who are fragile, impatient and have poor self-control ability are prone to compulsion. It is worth noting that quite a few of them are perfectionists who are self-pressured or paranoid, and often inadvertently set up a mental trap of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
2 students with strict family education
The research shows that in recent years, the number of adolescent patients receiving hospital treatment is on the rise, most of whom are students with excellent academic performance, and some students are outstanding in the whole grade, county and region. However, due to the school, family, society and themselves, they gradually formed endless expectations for their Excellence, which backfired. These children, who once made parents and schools infinitely proud, have obsessive-compulsive disorder. These gifted and intelligent children are over-disciplined, always demanding perfection for their actions, and their personality and cognitive development are abnormal. They are too rational and become adults prematurely. Their only pleasure and purpose in life is to seek praise from others and surpass them. Other non-intellectual and irrational factors, such as extracurricular interests, sports, humor, playfulness and even willfulness, have not developed normally, which is the direct cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Section III: High-risk groups of obsessive-compulsive disorder
1 people with personality defects
Most patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have personality defects before onset. They are too stiff, hesitant, lack of decisiveness and innovative spirit, often pay too much attention to details, strive for meticulousness and pursue perfection. When dealing with things, there are often feelings of insecurity, uncertainty and imperfection. When the situation is difficult or frustrated, obsessive-compulsive symptoms may be induced.
Third, typical cases
1 There is no best, only better-white-collar obsessive-compulsive disorder
He wants his subordinates to work on weekends, too.
Mr. Liao works as a marketing manager in a large household appliance company. He is perfect in his job requirements and often makes his subordinates feel tired. He often reads the ordering fax sent by customers or the business report of employees this quarter repeatedly for a long time, and also makes his own "annual total performance rising chart" and "personal performance index table" to hang in the office. At the weekend, he subconsciously called his subordinates to inquire about the business situation, knowing that it was not good, but he could not control it.
He has a pile of useless certificates.
Mr Niu is a bank clerk. He told the doctor that when he was looking for a job after graduation, he was rejected by many units because he didn't have a computer book and a CET-6 certificate. Since then, it has fallen into the whirlpool of "textual research" and "textual research". Every time he gets a new certificate, he will feel extremely disappointed. Only when he finds a new subject can he lift his spirits. There is a stack of certificates at home that I only read when I received them, and I may never read them again in my life.
She reads documents like a pupil.
Miss Wang is 24 years old and is a secretary of a joint venture. I don't know when it started. Every time she finished drafting a contract copy, she always had to read it word for word, even punctuation marks dozens of times. I often lie in bed and feel that there are typos in the copy. I even went back to the office to read the copy several times in the middle of the night.
Etiological analysis
Tension, anxiety, fragility, paranoia and pursuit of perfection are the inducement of white-collar obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mr. Liao, Mr. Niu and Miss Wang all suffer from mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychologically speaking, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a neurotic disorder characterized by repeated obsessive-compulsive ideas and behaviors. Patients experience impulses and thoughts from themselves and realize that obsessive-compulsive symptoms are abnormal, but they can't get rid of them.
As for the inducement of obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is generally believed that mental factors are the main reasons. Mr. Liao, Mr. Niu and Miss Wang are representatives of urban white-collar workers, and they are faced with unimaginable pressure and competition every day. Therefore, if a person's psychological quality is poor or immature, it is easy to cause obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perfectionists are particularly prominent among them. In the fierce competition environment, they will set some unrealistic goals and force themselves and the people around them to achieve them, but they will always struggle between reality and goals. In addition, people who are timid from childhood and lack confidence in themselves will have anxiety and fear in the long-term pressure and depression, and will have compulsive behaviors such as repeated washing and repeated inspection to alleviate anxiety and fear.
It should be pointed out that this compulsive psychological phenomenon occurs in most people. If the compulsive behavior is only slight or temporary, the person concerned does not feel pain and does not affect his normal life and work, it is not morbid and does not need treatment. If compulsive behavior occurs several times a day and interferes with normal work and life, it may be obsessive-compulsive disorder and needs treatment.
2 endless learning, progress every day-obsessive-compulsive disorder of students
She can't get rid of the images in her mind.
Wang Xiaonan, a junior girl of grade 13, has excellent academic performance in all subjects and was once the first in the city's Mathematical Olympics. She asks herself to think and study all the time every day, and the topics she talks about are also related to learning. She should also make friends with people who are helpful to her study. Even the time of walking, going to the toilet and taking a bath can't be wasted, either memorizing English words or memorizing formulas and theorems. Just when parents were proud of such a good child, she became a young obsessive-compulsive disorder patient. She spends more and more time on her studies, but she often holds her head and says that she doesn't think about things. When she thinks about it, the image will appear and she can't get rid of it. ...
He was possessed by the devil.
Liu Qiang, a clever 16-year-old boy, has very high requirements for learning. Listening in class, he asked himself to listen once and remember every word of the teacher. When reading a book, he asked himself to read it once and never forget it. If you can't answer the question yourself, he must ask others and you can't answer it. But after 16 years old, he spent all his time coping with his symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, just like two people with completely opposite behaviors fighting in their heads all day, which made him unable to learn and communicate with others.
Etiological analysis
The medical profession believes that obsessive-compulsive personality is closely related to the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If children receive too strict education during their growth, they are likely to form obsessive-compulsive personality. Therefore, parents should let their children have their own space.
Most patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were severely educated by their parents in childhood, thus losing themselves. Everything is done according to the opinions of parents and teachers, forming a compulsive personality, mechanical, rigid and pursuing perfection. When they grow up, such a character has been stereotyped and brought to their future work and study. At this time, once the social factors change slightly, they can't bear this pressure and will induce obsessive-compulsive disorder. Therefore, parents should not be too strict with their children's education, and should allow innocence to exist.
Some parents are proud of it, relatives, friends and teachers praise it, and uncles and aunts regard it as an example for their children to learn. Often because of these excellent expectations of their families, they are under great psychological pressure to make progress.
Therefore, parents are advised not to ask their children by listening to recordings and only listening to English and watching TV and only watching educational channels. Teachers should never blindly take the theory that "95% of the brain's functions have not been developed" and "as long as there is perseverance and strong will, there is nothing that no one can't do" as their educational orientation. We should respect the objective laws of human brain activities and the psychological development stages that teenagers must go through during their growth. Children should be taught perseverance, and let them understand that the secret of some people's happiness in life lies in their adaptable psychological state, so that they can quickly cheer up from disappointment. Learning is a life-long process, and excessive expectation of Excellence beyond ordinary people will lead to tragedy.
3 "number sensitivity" similar to superstition-digital obsessive-compulsive disorder
Case-Lao Zhang's Digital Superstition
Lao Zhang, 45, bought a car for his children to rent. As soon as he got it, he was anxious to go to the insurance company to insure his 2 1 year-old son. He also sighed and said, "Alas! Unfortunately, the license plate made our family uncomfortable, and the result was' ×××52 14'. Isn't this' my son will die'? If you don't insure in advance, it will be late! " Moreover, he is not only particularly sensitive to the number of the license plate number, but as long as there are "2" or "4" in other numbers, he will associate it with unlucky things with homophones, just like superstitious people are possessed.
Section 4: Behavioral obsessive-compulsive disorder
Case drivers are sensitive to numbers.
Drivers are very sensitive to license plate numbers. If the number of the vehicle in front is "×× 179 14", he won't dare to turn at the corner and must turn around first, because the homonym of "7" is "turn". This person pronounced the front "1" as "one" and the back "1" as "Yao", which became the homonym of "limping and dying".
Etiological analysis
This kind of performance is obviously a morbid psychology, and it is a compulsive psychological disease caused by being too careful and too serious. Usually this mental illness is related to personality. Lao Zhang is a serious, rigid and cautious person. Some old traditional ideas (such as superstition) are mixed together, worrying about his son's future, resulting in this morbid digital obsessive-compulsive disorder. And this driver friend goes out every day, safety first, and a string is always taut on his nerves. Coupled with many traffic accidents caused by superstitious numbers, he has such a "number-sensitive" obsessive-compulsive disorder over time.
This kind of morbid person is not uncommon. People with this kind of digital obsessive-compulsive disorder are often related to their potential psychological content, even if they have nothing to do with real life and death and wealth. In this regard, others are puzzled, and he himself is puzzled. We must find out the reason through psychological analysis. The so-called potential psychological content refers to things that you usually don't realize, such as early painful experiences and interpersonal experiences, frightened and nervous experiences, etc.
It is natural for a father to buy a car for his son to make a living. The first thing to drive a taxi is safety. Because my father pays too much attention to "safety", the word "safety" forms an "exciting focus" in his mind.
The psychological characteristics of "excitement focus" are the same as "suggestion" effect. When it is dominant in the brain, it will involve many irrelevant things around to strengthen its effect. "Fear of everything" is the most typical example. Plants and trees will not be enemies, and numbers are naturally not disasters.
For this kind of symptom, if the client knows that it should not be so uncontrollable, it belongs to the category of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he must go to a specialized hospital to see a psychologist or psychiatrist for treatment. Doctors will help patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder analyze the unreality of attaching importance to homophony and change their thinking habits. At the same time, deliberately expose them to ominous homophonic environment, such as "179 14", let them turn around and let them experience that the so-called disaster expressed by homophonic will not happen, thus gradually weakening their sensitivity to homophonic and returning to real life.
4 exaggerated habits-behavioral obsessive-compulsive disorder
Keith-she washed her hands desperately.
Since the hepatitis epidemic, Xiao Juan has come home from work every day. The first thing to do is to wash hands. It takes her at least ten minutes to wash her hands every time. She wants to wash it after it is finished. After washing, she must disinfect them with alcohol cotton balls. She always feels that the bacteria on her hands can't be washed away. In winter, her hands turned white and frostbite broke out. She just can't control it, but she still has to wash it. She also realized that her habits were strange, but she just couldn't control them.
He suspected that the door was not locked properly.
When I first moved to the community, several neighbors were stolen in succession. Since then, Laofu has a very uneasy feeling. At work, he has to lock the door several times and run back and forth on the stairs two or three times. Even after arriving at the unit, he was once worried that his door was unlocked and went home from the unit to see it again.
Keith-he always takes his left foot first.
Xiao Wang is a meticulous person in life, and even silently stipulates in his heart that he must take his left foot before going out. If he makes a mistake, he will come back and walk out with his left foot again. His family and friends who know him well are very worried about his illness.
Etiological analysis
These three friends seem to have a habit of being exaggerated, which not only makes people around them suspicious, but also makes them ask themselves in their hearts: why do you do this? Diagnosed by hospital experts, they all suffer from behavioral obsessive-compulsive disorder to varying degrees.
For example, Xiao Juan likes to wash his hands, but this situation is somewhat different from what we usually call cleanliness. People with cleanliness like to wash their hands frequently, but generally don't wash their hands repeatedly for more than ten minutes, and this obsessive-compulsive patient always feels that washing is not clean, so he usually spends a lot of washing supplies a month. At the same time, she felt that she shouldn't do this, but she couldn't change it, and her heart was very painful. In addition, Lao Fu always checks whether the doors and windows are locked. In fact, it is necessary to be cautious in our work and life, but there is no need to check it again and again. He knew he was locked and went downstairs. Even at work, he doesn't believe in himself. He must come back to check and open, close, open and close the door. This is forcing yourself to do so.
Besides, there is no need for Xiao Wang to stipulate whether to walk with his left foot or his right foot. His behavior belongs to compulsion. It doesn't matter whether you walk with your left foot or your right foot when you go out, but he has to make it in his mind. However, he can't get rid of this compulsive psychological problem. Some experts pointed out that obsessive-compulsive symptoms of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are different from the carefulness and seriousness of normal people. Because of the coexistence of self-compulsion and self-anti-compulsion, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder will have strong psychological conflicts and cause psychological pain. If you know that you can't control yourself to do an unnecessary thing for more than three months, then you may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Some patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have a certain past, a certain sentence and a certain song (forced memory) in their minds; Some endlessly think about problems that lack practical significance or daily trivia (compulsive fatigue); Some people are always uneasy about what they have done and have doubts (forced doubts); When some people think, see and hear a word, they will involuntarily associate it with another word or concept, and even produce words or concepts contrary to the original text (forced association, forced opposition concept); Some show unreasonable emotional reactions such as fear and disgust to certain things, knowing that they are unnecessary, but they can't overcome them (forced emotions); Some people repeatedly experience impulses against their will in their hearts, such as the impulse to jump down when they get to a high place (forced intention).
These diseases will affect the life, work and study of patients. In order to alleviate the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts and emotions, patients will do some compulsive behaviors, such as washing their hands repeatedly, uncontrolled examination and counting. Some patients require symmetry in everything they do and follow a fixed ritual order. For example, when you go out, you must first step out of the house with your left foot, and the shoes you take off after you go home must face east (compulsory ritual action). For them, these ritual procedures often symbolize the meaning of good luck and bad luck, and the ability to turn good luck into good luck. Patients know it's ridiculous to do this, but they have to do it, otherwise they will be anxious. However, although the anxiety was eliminated after doing it, it wasted a lot of precious time.
Part V: Get rid of coercion
Fourth, get rid of coercion.
1 Understand the situation clearly
If you suspect that you have obsessive-compulsive disorder, in order to start a new life, please check yourself and know the situation clearly so as to prescribe the right medicine. Start by answering the following questionnaire:
Do you have involuntary thoughts, imaginations or impulses? Does this idea, imagination or impulse seem silly, annoying or terrible?
Are you too worried about dust, bacteria or chemicals?
Do you often worry that something bad will happen? If you forget something important, such as locking the door or turning off the switch?
Do you often worry about forgetting something important?
Do you feel that some things must be repeated and some ideas must be repeated to be comfortable or at ease?
Do you excessively clean yourself and things around you?
Do you check or repeat certain things over and over again to ensure that they have been completed safely?
Do you avoid certain environments or people to avoid hurting others with aggressive words and deeds?
Do you often keep some useless things because you think you can't throw them away?
If you have more than four "yes", then you should be on your guard.
As long as these obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not repeated many times and there is no psychological pain, they will not have much impact on your life. People with OCD symptoms may not necessarily have OCD. Some abnormal phenomena that people usually encounter, such as closing doors and windows, checking wallets, etc., are normal behaviors and are instinctive reflections of people. The most fundamental difference between them and obsessive-compulsive disorder is that they will not cause psychological pain because of uncontrollable repetition, but at most affect work efficiency.
For most people, these obsessive-compulsive disorder phenomena are only mild or temporary, and the parties do not feel pain, nor do they affect their normal life and work, so they are not pathological and do not need treatment. For example, many people have this problem by repeatedly checking the door lock. If it is not repeated many times every day, coercion will not hurt our lives.