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Learning about OCD 
OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) is a mental disorder that occurs when a person is in a cycle of unwanted obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are intrusive thoughts or urges that trigger distressing emotions. Compulsions are the behaviors that people with OCD engage in to
either get rid of the obsessions or decrease the distress the obsessions cause. This cycle is so extreme that it often consumes time and gets in the way of important activities, affecting the persons ability to live on a day to day basis. The exact cause/causes of OCD have not
been discovered. OCD is a brain disorder, it involves problems in communication between the front of the brain and deeper structures of the brain.
Obsessions are thoughts, impulses, and/or images that occur over and over again outside the individuals control. People with OCD do not want to have these intrusive thoughts and find them scary or disturbing. Obsessions are usually joined together with intense/distressing
emotions. Most being have “intrusive thoughts” on occasion, but people with OCD have frequent thoughts that causes extreme anxiety that can prevent them from functioning. Some common obsessions are unwanted sexual thought (incest, forbidden sexual impulses about others, sexual
aggression towards others, etc), losing control (stealing, acting on an impulse to harm them self or others, violent images, etc), getting a physical illness/disease, superstitions (unlucky or lucky numbers, certain colors being bad, etc), and contamination (house hold chemicals,
germs, dirt, bodily fluids, etc). The obsessive thoughts are ego dystonic, meaning they’re the last the the person with OCD would want to do. This causes people with OCD to be scared to share them with anyone. Intrusive thoughts can also cause people to feel bad about
themselves/think they’re a bad person.
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors.thoughts a person uses to counteract their obsessions/make them go away. People with OCD realize that it won’t permanently make their obsessions go away but rely on compulsions as an escape. The relief never lasts and obsessions usually come
back stronger, causing the compulsive rituals/behaviors to end up causing anxiety and become more demanding. Most people with OCD would rather not have to engage in compulsions, but do so so they can escape or reduce their anxiety. Common compulsions are cleaning (excessively
washing hands in a certain way, cleaning objects excessively, excessive showering or grooming, etc), and repetition (rereading or rewriting things, repeating activities (ex: walking up and down stairs), repeating activities in multiples (ex: doing something 7 times because it’s a
safe number), etc). There are multiple amounts of rituals, not all are “obvious” some are really small/things you wouldn’t find abnormal. Compulsions go hand in hand woth obsession, for ex someone with harm OCD (fear of harming people) would have a compulsion where they
go out of their way to avoid someone in fear of harming them, someone who has a dirt obsession would constantly talk showers, etc.
Because of the nature of the intrusive thoughts people of OCD have there’s a lot of stigma. People have been hospitalized against their will for intrusive thoughts they have no control over and are disgusted with. This causes people to not seek treatment/open up about their
intrusive thoughts. People often confuse intrusive thoughts with impulsive thoughts. Examples of impulsive thoughts are wanting to throw an egg, wanting to cut your bangs, or wanting to throw a bag. While intrusive thoughts can be compulsive intrusive thoughts invoke extreme
feelings of disgust and distress and should NOT be used interchangeably with impulsive thoughts. By using the two interchangeably the severity of intrusive thoughts is downplayed which harms people with OCD.
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