Obsessive Compulsive Preoccupations & Check Ins
Details, keeping things clean, and being deliberate increase during periods of life. They can have undesirable effects when speedy decisions or actions are required.
Attempts to find out what obsessive-compulsives
are afraid of usually fails. Many clinicians believe that fear of loss of control and the need for structure are at the core of the obsessions and compulsions: Whether the disorder reflects the impact of environmental factors or
heredity, note the incidence is greater among members of some families than among the general population.
A common feature of psychotic behavior is irrational
thought, but an obsessive-compulsive person is
not considered to be psychotic since he or she is usually
unaware of the irrationality. In some cases, however, the
border between obsessive compulsive disorder and true
psychosis is imprecise.
Obsessive thought and compulsive rituals shade
into phobias to the extent that anxiety accompanies the
thoughts or rituals and there is avoidance of situations
that evoke them. For example, someone who has a
washing ritual will try to avoid dirt , much as a person
with a dog phobia avoids dogs. Clinical workers often
observe that both obsessive-compulsives and phobics
have an unusually high incidence of interpersonal problems.
The two disorders differ in that the obsessive compulsive's
fear is directed not at the situation itself but, rather,
at the consequences of becoming involved with it, for example,
having to wash afterwards. Another difference is that
obsessive-compulsives develop a more elaborate set of beliefs
concerning their preoccupying thoughts and rituals than phobics
do about their fears. Cognition seem to play a larger role in
obsession- compulsion than in phobia. This point is illustrated
by the case of a 40-year-old man with a checking compulsion.
The other night my wife and I went to the movies. It
was torture even though the movie was great . For
about an hour before going I couldn't stop thinking
about this need I have to check the doorknob in order
to make sure its locked. I had to get out of the car
four times to check the doorknob. When I do that sort
of thing my wife tries to be understanding but I
know she is thinking "How come once isn’t enough?
On the way to the theater I kept worrying about
whether the door was locked. I would bet I had
similar thoughts a hundred times while at the
theater. You can’t enjoy yourself under those
circumstances can you?
Attempts to find out what obsessive-compulsives
are afraid of usually fails. Many clinicians believe that fear of loss of control and the need for structure are at the core of the obsessions and compulsions: Whether the disorder reflects the impact of environmental factors or
heredity, note the incidence is greater among members of some families than among the general population.
A common feature of psychotic behavior is irrational
thought, but an obsessive-compulsive person is
not considered to be psychotic since he or she is usually
unaware of the irrationality. In some cases, however, the
border between obsessive compulsive disorder and true
psychosis is imprecise.
Obsessive thought and compulsive rituals shade
into phobias to the extent that anxiety accompanies the
thoughts or rituals and there is avoidance of situations
that evoke them. For example, someone who has a
washing ritual will try to avoid dirt , much as a person
with a dog phobia avoids dogs. Clinical workers often
observe that both obsessive-compulsives and phobics
have an unusually high incidence of interpersonal problems.
The two disorders differ in that the obsessive compulsive's
fear is directed not at the situation itself but, rather,
at the consequences of becoming involved with it, for example,
having to wash afterwards. Another difference is that
obsessive-compulsives develop a more elaborate set of beliefs
concerning their preoccupying thoughts and rituals than phobics
do about their fears. Cognition seem to play a larger role in
obsession- compulsion than in phobia. This point is illustrated
by the case of a 40-year-old man with a checking compulsion.
The other night my wife and I went to the movies. It
was torture even though the movie was great . For
about an hour before going I couldn't stop thinking
about this need I have to check the doorknob in order
to make sure its locked. I had to get out of the car
four times to check the doorknob. When I do that sort
of thing my wife tries to be understanding but I
know she is thinking "How come once isn’t enough?
On the way to the theater I kept worrying about
whether the door was locked. I would bet I had
similar thoughts a hundred times while at the
theater. You can’t enjoy yourself under those
circumstances can you?
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