Obsessive Compulsive
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Use the following Obsessive Compulsive Disorder information to discover how psychiatrists diagnose patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. After being diagnosed with OCD myself, I really did not understand the disorder thoroughly. I assumed it just meant I could not stop doing repetitive actions.

Now that I've read an understand these criteria, I can look at each thought I have and decide if it is an obsessive thought or not. I definitely know what my compulsions are when they occur. Someday I would like to be
comfortable without performing these compulsions when I have an obsessive thought.

Diagnostic Criteria

To be diagnosed with Obsessive-compulsive disorder, one must have either obsessions or compulsions alone, or obsessions and compulsions, according to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. The Quick Reference to the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR (2000) describes these obsessions and compulsions:

Obsessions are defined by:

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress. The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems. The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action. The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind, and are not based in reality.

Compulsions are defined by:

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.

In addition to these criteria, at some point during the course of the disorder, the sufferer must realize that his/her obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive. Moreover, the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning. OCD often causes feelings similar to those of depression.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder".

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder information can be found everywhere on the Internet. I've searched and read and read more. I never really came across a web site fully developed on one person's story, that is another reason I have decided to write Obsessive Compulsive Life. There are very few medical OCD facts that you will find on my web site. Most of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder information is based on my experience with OCD and the conclusions I have drawn from medication and therapy.

If you feel that you or someone you know is suffering from OCD, I highly recommend seeking Obsessive Compulsive Disorder treatment from a therapist and psychiatrist to get your obsessive compulsive life on the right path. One major fear I have is losing out on the time in my life spent on illogical compulsions and regretting it in the future. Which of course leads to my biggest fear, my fear of death.

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