1. It is the patient's own thoughts or impulses, not imposed from outside.
2. There must be at least one thought or action that is still being futilely resisted by the sufferer, even if the sufferer is no longer resisting the other symptoms.
3. The very idea of carrying out the action would be unpleasant to the patient (the mere relief of tension or anxiety is not regarded as pleasant in the true sense of the word), but if it is not carried out it would produce great anxiety.
4. The idea or impulse is always unpleasantly recurrent.
The symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be mainly categorized as obsessive thinking and obsessive behavior. Obsessive-compulsive thinking can be further divided into obsessive concepts, obsessive emotions and obsessive intentions. The content is varied, such as repeated doubts about whether the doors and windows are closed tightly, whether you will get sick if you touch something dirty, why the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and why you have the urge to jump down when you stand on the balcony.
Compulsive behavior is often in order to alleviate the anxiety generated by obsessive-compulsive thinking and have to take action, the patient knows that it is unreasonable, but have to do, such as the patient has doubts about whether the doors and windows are closed tightly, accordingly, they will go to check the doors and windows again and again to ensure that the safety; encountered in the dirty things afraid of getting sick patients will wash their hands again and again in order to keep clean.
Expanded information:
p>1, chronic anxiety (generalized anxiety)
(1) Mood symptoms? In the absence of obvious triggers, patients often appear with the reality of the situation does not match the excessive worry, nervous and afraid, this nervous and afraid often do not have a clear object and content. The patient feels that he or she is always in a kind of nervousness, uneasiness, worry, fear, fear, worry inner experience.
(2) Vegetative nerve symptoms? Dizziness, chest tightness, panic, shortness of breath, dry mouth, frequent urination, urinary urgency, sweating, tremor and other somatic symptoms.
(3) Motor restlessness? Fidgeting, restlessness, irritability, and difficulty in quieting the mind.
2. Acute anxiety (panic attacks)
(1) A sense of near death or loss of control? In normal daily life, the patient is almost like a normal person. And once the attack (some have specific triggering situations, such as closed space, etc.), the patient suddenly appears to be extremely fearful, experiencing a sense of near death or a sense of loss of control.
(2) The symptoms of the vegetative nervous system appear at the same time? such as chest tightness, panic, dyspnea, sweating, and generalized shivering.
(3) It usually lasts from a few minutes to several hours? Seizures start suddenly and the consciousness is clear during the seizure.
(4) Easily misdiagnosed? During an attack, the patient often calls "120" and goes to the emergency department of cardiology. Although the patient seems to be very symptomatic, but the relevant examination results are mostly normal, so the diagnosis is often unclear.
After the onset of the attack, the patient is still extremely fearful, worried about their own condition, often bouncing around the major hospitals in various departments, to do a variety of tests, but can not confirm the diagnosis. The fact that they are not able to get a good deal on their own is not a good thing.
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