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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Causes and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder


What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Every person, though rarely, but noticed that certain things he does with regular consistency. Happen and other strange situation: a strange anxiety about the forgotten iron or gas. Sometimes there are periods when in a strange fright shy away from black cats or cowering in fear, and sleep salt.

If these States appear very rarely, it's not terrible. But if these thoughts overwhelm you and prevent to live, do not allow to treat the environment and concerned about your loved ones, it is necessary to consider the causes and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder: perhaps we are talking about neurosis obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Obsessions are different thoughts, actions, fears that do not depend on the will of the person. People exposed to such fears, may well understand and be aware of their problem but cannot solve it: the fears stronger.


The causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder

The cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder may be exhaustion. Moreover, they often appear in some psychiatric disorders.

There are several other reasons for the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder: past injury, especially of the brain, infectious diseases of a certain type and chronic intoxication.

The symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

There are many ways that manifest obsessions:

  • obsessive thoughts zatsiklivaytes attention on unnecessary, absurd, sometimes scary thoughts;
  • haunting score the involuntary expense when you just count everything you see, or make arithmetic calculations;
  • obsessive doubts, disturbing thoughts, fears, doubts about a particular action;
  • Intrusive memories – persistent memories that emerge spontaneously, usually of an unpleasant event.
  • obsessive desire – the desire to commit actions, an obvious absurdity which is conscious of them;
  • obsessive fears – painful disorders, constant worrying, they can cause a variety of subjects, phenomena, situations;
  • obsessive actionsinvoluntarily repetitive, meaningless movements that is not always noticeable; they can be stopped by an effort of will, but not for long;
  • contrasting obsessions – blasphemous thoughts, fears, fear to make something obscene;
  • rituals – certain repetitive actions are often perpetrated in the form of the rite, especially if you have phobias, doubts.

Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is first necessary when they observed a man quite a long time and interfere with their normal way of life. Require treatment also cases with bright and painful feelings that can be symptoms of serious illness, necessary medical care and people who are ritual actions which increase in duration and become more complex over time.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with help of psychotherapy, drug therapy (antidepressants and neurometabolite), physiotherapy. A sound approach to the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the timely assistance of qualified professionals in most cases help to cope with illness.