Obsessive thoughts exist in many people. Not every obsessive thought means Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
The question of how to distinguish between what is normal and what is a disease is important. Obsessions in people with OCD are more severe, take up more time during the day, disrupt daily functionality, and often cause distress in the patient.
Obsessing at a normal level is generally triggered by stress related to daily life, is of low intensity and is short in duration. It also does not significantly impair functionality. The person experiences more distress in OCD, especially if the obsession area is about sexuality, religious issues and harm. Because a person who is obsessed with cleanliness most often evaluates himself as 'too meticulous'; People who have aggression, harm, sexual or religious obsessions evaluate themselves negatively. In addition, people with these obsessions often blame themselves for thinking about these things and criticize themselves mercilessly. However, it is not in a person's power to think about these things intensively. This is a situation that occurs due to OCD and is beyond the person's control. Due to the disease, the brain produces unwanted, incompatible, erroneous, unrealistic thoughts. The person never wants to think about these things, but the thoughts attack his brain. Obsessions are like uninvited guests arriving in the evening. As the patient's relative, if your patient shares these obsessions with you, explain that these are thoughts that are beyond his control and produced by his brain. Thought is not in the hands of man. Many thoughts rush into our brain every second and this is beyond our control. This is how the brain works. As humans, we cannot control our thoughts, but we can control our actions. The biggest fear of people with OCD is to realize what they think. This situation is called thought action fusion. However, we cannot control our thoughts, but we can control our behavior. In short, we do not do everything we think.
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