5/8/2023 0 Comments Ocd tidiness![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is not a laboratory test like a blood or urine test that detects OCD so it’s diagnosed by a mental health professional who does an interview and evaluation based on certain criteria. There are many, many more behaviors attributed to OCD and they vary greatly among individuals. Need reassurance that they are OK, they are safe.Fear that they might act on these thoughts.Scared about what one’s own violent or disturbing thoughts say about them.Reading words or paragraphs over a specific number of times.Constantly checking and re-checking your bag or backpack to make sure a certain item is there.Need to count things a certain number of times.Repeating things in prayer in the exact ‘right’ way of repeating something over a certain number of times.Swallow ‘wrong’ once and then swallow a hundred more times to make up for it or ‘make it right’ (my son told me this).Rearranging items into a certain order, for example by color, size, or alphabetical order.Repeated actions can be caused by a sensation, for example, my son used to continually push his hair back on his head because of the sensation that it was in his eyes but in fact, it was too short to be anywhere near his eyes.Sometimes the actions don’t relate to anything and might be more like tapping on the counter specifically 8 times (or any number).Repeatedly checking things like making sure the door is locked several times or checking several times that the stove or any appliance is off.May spend a lot of time washing hands, showering, or cleaning surroundings to relieve the fear of contamination by something such as dirt, chemicals or germs.Repeating words, phrases, or sentences under their breath this acts as anxiety relief, or there may be a belief that something bad will happen if the repetitions aren’t completed.A need to trace over each of the tiles on a tiled surface.These uncontrollable thoughts (obsessions), and the urge to do things repeatedly (compulsions) take up a lot of time. For people with OCD, these thoughts or actions interfere with their lives in a bad way and even though that’s true… they can’t control it. We all have habits that we repeat or thoughts that come up regularly. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted often unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead to compulsive behaviors. ![]()
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