Checking to see if the door is closed when leaving the house, checking to see if it is locked while trying to get away from the car, checking over and over whether I am doing what I need to do at work correctly... Not to mention the hours I spent feeling unsure and the slowdown I felt in my brain... for the first time when I was 17 years old. My obsessions that started changed shape from year to year. Sometimes order was important to me, but sometimes I started to think that I would harm the people around me, even the people I loved very much. Each time, I created different ways and thoughts to combat the new obsession, but at first it seemed to work, then my obsessions started again. When I had a child, I was afraid of harming him. I didn't want to be alone in the same house with him. There was always someone with me when I was with my child. A few years later, my obsession with control was revealed. This is where the real problem started.
My wife somehow manages me at home, but these days, at work, I cannot be sure of the accuracy of the documents that I have repeatedly checked, and even it takes days to deliver a document that could be delivered in a few hours. When I look back, what I'm left with is "tiredness"... Time seems to slow down, my brain goes numb. Unless I want to think, I think, and the more I run away, the more I come to the same place.
"Obsessive compulsive disorder", also known as obsession disease, is one of the psychiatric disorders we see frequently. Not only does it make the patient's life difficult, but it also makes his relationships with the people he lives, works with and maintains his social life difficult. Most of the time, patients come to us struggling with their obsessions. Obsessions are thoughts, impulses or mental images. They occur involuntarily and disturb the person. In order to relieve the unpleasant feelings caused by obsessions and to get rid of the obsession, the person begins to apply some behaviors or mental actions, which we call compulsions. The cycle becomes vicious over time. As you try to get rid of the obsession, the obsession recurs. These patients tell us about frequent cleaning, hand washing, germs from places thought to be dirty, etc. contamination, controlling, thoughts of harming others, sexual or religious themes They present with obsessions such as �.
For example, someone who washes their hands frequently may wash their hands for half an hour every time they go to the toilet and cannot leave the sink. A patient with a contamination obsession may avoid touching certain objects, shaking hands with people, or even approaching people. Control obsession is also one of the things we see frequently. While checking sockets, door locks and taps, the patient's daily life is restricted and he is unable to do the work he needs to do. In fact, such challenging thoughts cross our minds from time to time in the course of our lives. We say that a disease has occurred when it causes the person intense distress, is experienced repeatedly, and begins to disrupt the person's daily life. So, from time to time, thoughts like "Did I turn off the oven?" or "Did I lock the door?" may cross our minds from time to time. What is important is what meaning is attached to these thoughts. The course of the disease is up and down. Symptoms may wax and wane. The content of obsessions may vary.
In the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the patient, their relatives and the psychiatrist work in cooperation. When treating the disease, medication and cognitive behavioral therapy are applied. This process, where sometimes the patient's relative takes on the role of co-therapist in the home environment, makes the patient's life much easier with the appropriate steps taken for treatment. Let's not make our lives difficult by calling it an obsession, but consult an expert and get help...
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