What is OCD?
According to Dr. Satyakant
Trivedi, an award-winning psychiatrist in Bhopal, OCD or
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a condition in which people experience
unwanted thoughts, feelings, compulsions and fears. These are referred to as
Obsessions that can make people feel anxious. So as to get relief from the
obsessions and anxiety, OCD temps people to perform certain behaviors called
Compulsions or Rituals.
What are Obsessions?
Obsessions are certain fears that
people experiencing OCD can’t stop to think about. Although they realize that
their obsessions don’t make sense but still they’re anxious about certain
things.
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The fears that make them anxious are:
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Fear of hurting someone till death.
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Fear of saying a bad word, having a bad thought
or making a mistake
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Fear of breaking up a rule or they’re being
sinned
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Fear of something is dirty or germy
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Fear of unlucky or lucky, good or bad, harmful
or safe
What are compulsions?
Compulsions are behaviors that
people with OCD do in a repeated manner. This causes them to feel or make sure
that things are clean, safe, in perfect order or just right. It causes them to
repeat things and thus, it becomes vital for them to seek OCD treatment
in Bhopal. To people with OCD, the compulsions seem to have the power
to prevent bad things from coming.
The rituals happen such as:
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Washing and cleaning
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Re-writing, re-doing and re-reading things to
ensure it’s correct
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Repeating a question or phrase for more times
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Going out and in several times in a day
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Counting things a number of times
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Avoiding unlucky numbers
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Putting things in a specific order
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Ensuring that lights are off, doors are locked
and checking of the things
Why do people experience OCD?
Scientists don’t have found out
proper reasons for getting OCD but it’s sure that biological factors play an
important role. People may get OCD because it would be in their genes. There
would be difference in the rituals or compulsion.
How is OCD treated?
OCD can be treated with medicine
and therapy. OCD treatment in Bhopal
includes CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy such as talk and does therapy,
understanding how these rituals and compulsions can affect life. This way they
can learn how to ignore the obsession, rituals and compulsions and cope up with
them.