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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder<\/h5><\/div>

Obsessive compulsive disorder \u2013 OCD, is characterized by irrational, recurrent thoughts, ideas or sensations (obsessions) leading to repetitive behaviors (compulsions).<\/p>\n

Obsessions as well as compulsions can cause a serious decline in a person’s daily functioning.<\/p>\n

The more the person tries to avoid their obsessions, the more stress and discomfort they experience.<\/p>\n

In order to get rid of the pressure\/anxiety an individual feels, he\/she is led to perform compulsive behaviors (rituals). As a result, the person is trapped in a vicious cycle of obsessions and compulsions.<\/p>\n

Obsessions are thoughts, mental images and impulses which are repetitive, persistent and often appear out of nowhere causing severe anxiety and discomfort.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Common obsession patterns are the following<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Fear of infection\/contamination of yourself or others
\u2022 Object symmetry, order, precision
\u2022 Fear of causing harm to ourselves or others
\u2022 Various thoughts with religious or sexual content<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Common examples of compulsions are the following<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Repeated hand washing, cleaning of household objects
\u2022 Repeated checking to see if you have turned off the oven, water heater, locked the door, etc.
\u2022 Over-arranging your objects to make them look symmetrical
\u2022 Repeating prayers, words or phrases<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The severity of symptoms, their duration and fluctuations vary from person to person. If the person’s functioning is seriously affected by the obsessive-compulsive disorder, then seeing a specialist is necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2250,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2266","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nObsessive Compulsive Disorder - \u03a3\u03c5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a7\u03c1\u03ae\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 MSc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesspsychologo.gr\/en\/obsessive-compulsive-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - 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