Obsession-Compulsion Disorder (OBD) is a disorder that takes up a significant amount of time, distresses and overwhelms people, and disrupts their normal daily functions and relationships with others. The medical name for this disorder is obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessions are constant thoughts, impulses, fantasies or images that the person cannot stop himself from thinking about, and they cause anxiety and anxiety in the person. Compulsions are mental actions or repetitive behaviors performed to eliminate obsessions or to relieve the anxiety and anxiety they cause. Mostly, these aim to "magically" protect or avoid a feared event such as illness, death, or an undesirable situation.
Although TZB has many different manifestations, the thoughts and behaviors exhibited by people with such a disorder are largely similar to each other. The main types of TZB are:
Those who wash and wash are people who cannot stay away from constantly thinking about the possibility of contamination by dirt, filth, germs or foreign substances. These people constantly live in fear that they will be harmed or harm others in some way due to the factors in question.
Controllers feel excessively and excessively at risk of possible dangerous situations that may happen to others due to their behavior that they cannot do properly. They are people who tend to hold people accountable in a senseless way. These people are people who cannot stop themselves from checking whether the doors, windows, and electrical or gas-powered household appliances are closed, or they think that something bad will happen to them.
Organizers are people who feel compelled to maintain order by placing certain objects “exactly in their place” in a particular way. If these objects are moved, touched, or placed in a different order, they feel extremely uncomfortable.
Purely obsessive thinkers are people who cannot fight off their unwanted thoughts, fantasies, and images that they think will harm others. These people engage in repetitive behavior rather than performing ritualistic repetitive behaviors. They may get caught up in thoughts. They may resort to mental actions such as counting numbers, praying to God, and repeating certain words to counteract the thoughts that cause them anxiety.
Hoarders are people who collect some unimportant objects and have difficulty in throwing them away.
Many people may have obsessions similar to those listed above to a certain extent. How many people do not take a second look to see if the door is locked? One person's decision to collect and throw away read newspapers may seem ridiculous to someone else. An important measure of whether the condition in question can be considered a disorder is the extent to which the person's thoughts or behaviors disrupt daily functioning. Otherwise, everyone may have, to an acceptable extent, obsessions that they cannot stop themselves from thinking about and behaviors that they cannot stop themselves from doing, and these cannot be considered a disease unless they disrupt the person's daily functionality.
Obsession Compulsive Disorder is the fourth most common mental disorder. The probability of such a disorder occurring in a person's life is 2.5%. This data means that one in every 40 people has such a disorder. In 65% of those who develop such a condition, it begins before the age of 25, but in 15% it begins after the age of 35. It is slightly more common in women. However, it is twice as common in boys as in girls.
The onset of TZB is usually gradual. It is seen that it starts suddenly in a small number of these people. Symptoms may flare up during periods when the person is having difficulties in their work or private life. Important life events such as leaving home for the first time, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, increased responsibilities in one's life, and health problems may lead to the onset or increase of PTG symptoms.
Although PTI can manifest itself in many different ways, the most common symptoms are compulsions to check and compulsions to wash or clean. Other symptoms include need for symmetry, unwanted sexual and/or aggressive behavior. There are thoughts, compulsive thinking, the need to constantly seek reassurance, ritualistic behavior, and storage of savings.
Some people just have obsessive thoughts. These people have obsessions, but not compulsions. These people often have recurrent thoughts of committing aggression or sexual acts that lead to self-condemnation. Some other people experience “primary obsessive slowness”. Slowness is the main symptom seen in these people. It takes these people hours every day to wash, dress, and eat.
The pattern of symptoms in TZD is very variable. While many people with PTR may have a single symptom throughout their lives, others often have multiple obsessive thoughts and compulsions. For example, someone with checking compulsions may also have simultaneous washing compulsions. In addition, symptoms may change and change over time. For example, a young person who cannot stop himself from thinking certain thoughts and then overcomes this may experience washing compulsions in adulthood, and checking compulsions may also occur at later ages.
More than 80% of people experience unwanted thoughts. However, a significant majority of these people can live with these thoughts without feeling major discomfort or easily dismiss all these thoughts from their minds. Their thoughts are shorter, less intense, and occur less frequently. On the other hand, in PTM, obsessions usually have a more specific onset. These cause more discomfort and these people have great difficulty in reducing or neutralizing these thoughts.
The obsessions and compulsions of these people disrupt the natural flow of their lives. People with PTR often accept that their thoughts and compulsions are excessive and meaningless. However, these people generally feel ashamed of their obsessions and compulsions, so they keep them secret. There are even people who can keep these for years. These symptoms are a clinical condition that can be treated. They may not know it is happening. Depression is also often seen in people with PTH. When they seek treatment, depression is detected in approximately one third of them. Approximately two-thirds of people with PTI experience major depression at some point in their lives.
One of the treatment methods thought to be most effective in the treatment of TZD is the Cognitive-Behavioral treatment method. The “cognitive” element of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy refers to specific methods that help change the intellectual distortions frequently encountered in CBT. The “behavioral” element of Cognitive-Behavioral therapy refers to the specific methods that can be used in CBT to eliminate actions such as ritualistic behaviors that one is forced to perform.
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