Imagine a family going on vacation to use their annual leave. While everything was going well and he had gone a certain distance along the road, one of the family members thought, "I wonder if I checked the sockets?" The thought began to gnaw at his brain. He just can't get over this thought. This time, he begins to make those around him uneasy and suspicious. He says let's go back. It won't be comfortable for me, I have to check it. However, when he left the house, he checked everything one by one. But this thought comes to their mind involuntarily, and they turn back, saying yes, maybe they checked it, but this time they might have forgotten it. When they return home, everything is normal, sockets are installed, there is no problem, but the family member is having a hard time being convinced...
As in this example, we are obsessed with this, medically known as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). We call it OCD). You can derive these examples as you wish. Did I go to the market and close the door? Or were the hands you shook hands with clean? Some people; He cleans and sweeps his house every day, wipes down the knobs of the stoves one by one, washes the sink more than 10 times and continues cleaning the same way the next day. If we think that guests have arrived, they will keep wiping the sofas until the morning after the guests leave...
Yes, how difficult and tiring it seems. The most common one today is the obsession with cleaning. If it is behavior-oriented, it is compulsive. Another type is thought obsession. This is called obsessive obsession. A person cannot protect his thoughts, fear of being embarrassed by everyone at any time, ideas and thoughts that he cannot get rid of in his mind. Sometimes, even if they think it is ridiculous, they experience it very intensely and move towards restlessness, and as a result, anxiety begins. For example; The man sitting at home with his family may feel uneasy thinking, "Will I lose control and hurt my wife if I cannot control my anger?" Or the thought that I might lose control while breastfeeding the child and strangle him... You can increase these examples, too. Obsession causes significant distress and harm to people, and also wastes all of their time. It disrupts their daily work and causes problems in people's relationships. They call. In addition to cleanliness and thought obsession, there are other obsessions, some of which are;
Religious Obsessions; It is a common obsession in people who have intense religious beliefs. This obsession, which I had the chance to observe before, means that the person has a thought that is completely opposite to his beliefs. For example; A person who performs his religious duties cannot stop himself from thoughts such as "doubting the existence of Allah" during prayer.
Obsession with symmetry and order; A person's entire life should be in symmetry and order. If I were to give an example of this; The paintings in the house should be in the same alignment and the figurines should be facing the same direction. The tassels of the carpet should be straight, separated from each other, not upside down.
Touch Obsession; They feel the need to touch an object. For example; If he leaves the house without touching the family picture hanging on his keychain, he feels as if something negative will happen to his family.
Counting Obsession; He thinks that if he does his daily work without counting up to a certain number, his work will not go wrong. For example; A mother who sends her daughter to school worries that something will happen to her if she doesn't say "May God give her clarity" four times.
Yes, there are many types of these obsessions. So, do you have any obsessions? Or what obsession are you dealing with? What are the incidence and types of treatment? Let's take a look together...
According to research, obsession is the most common and fourth most common mental illness. It is seen in 2 million people in Turkey and 180 million people in the world. And it usually starts during adolescence, between the ages of 20 and 30. Checking compulsions are common in men and cleaning compulsions are common in women. In general, it is more common in women. This disease usually occurs gradually. There are many factors among the reasons. As I have stated in my previous articles, genetics is in question. If there is someone in the family who has been diagnosed with OCD before, the probability of it being seen is very high. Birth, puerperium, loss, sexual abuse, family or social pressure can cause this disease. brings it to the middle. There may be places where the pressure is high, dominant words spoken in adolescence such as "Don't do that, your father will see it, don't worry, it's a sin!" reveal the psychology of guilt in the child's consciousness. That's why it appears in the early 20s.
Many of us believe in superstitions, but they don't know what problems it can cause... You see a black cat, pull its hair three times, when something bad is mentioned, knock on the board three times and oh, devil, put a bullet in its ear. Putting your thumb between your teeth and lifting your head up three times when you are afraid... Yes, these are among the reasons.
So, is there a cure for the disease? For those who say, treatment is possible for this disease as well as every disease. The treatment process for a disease that occurs slowly is long. If you start with patience, a treatment process will emerge that will yield results. People with obsessions have no insight into their own illness. That's why family and social circles have a lot of work to do. For example, instead of saying "no, there is no dirt" to a patient who washes his clothes and hands for hours thinking that he will get dirt on him when he passes by the garbage, the patient is asked to think that he/she should resist not to wash his/her hands and clothes over and over again, and the patient is asked to achieve this without expecting too much. Again, it must be said that it is a difficult process, but not impossible. Trust yourself first, then the science of psychology.
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