what's being "ocd" mean?

Question

someone posted an answer saying that.. but i dont know what it means..

Answer 1

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder


What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a potentially disabling anxiety disorder. A person who has OCD has intrusive and unwanted thoughts and repeatedly performs tasks to get rid of the thoughts. For example, if you have OCD, you may fear that everything you touch is contaminated with germs, and in order to ease that fear, you repeatedly wash your hands.

The effects of OCD range from mild to severe. OCD can disrupt your social life and relationships as well as your ability to work or go to school. 1

What are the symptoms?

OCD is a chronic or long-term illness, and the symptoms typically increase and decrease over time. Treatment can lessen the severity, but some symptoms may linger after you begin treatment. Anxiety is the most common symptom of OCD. For example, you may have an overall sense that something terrible will happen if you don't follow through with a particular ritual, such as repeatedly checking to see whether the stove is on. If you fail to perform the ritual, you may have immediate anxiety or a nagging sense of incompleteness.

Symptoms of OCD include: 2

Obsessions, which are recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas, and impulses that interrupt normal thinking and cause anxiety or fear. The thoughts may be sexual or violent or create a concern of illness. Examples include:
Persistent fear of harm to yourself or a loved one.
An excessive need to do things perfectly or correctly.
A fear of contamination.
Compulsions, which are behaviors or rituals that are repeated intentionally to try to control the obsessions. Some people have rituals that are rigid and structured, while others have very complex rituals that change. Examples include:
Washing or checking.
Counting, often while doing another compulsive action, such as hand-washing.
Repeating things or endlessly rearranging items to keep them in perfect alignment.
Hoarding.
Praying.
People vary in their understanding of their obsessions and compulsions. Sometimes they may recognize their obsessions and compulsions as unrealistic, and at other times they may be unsure of or believe strongly in their fears.

What causes OCD?

Researchers have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of OCD, but they are studying brain abnormalities, genetic (family) influences, and environmental factors. Brain scans in people with OCD have shown that they have different patterns of brain activity than those without OCD and that abnormal functioning of circuitry within a certain part of the brain (striatum) may be related to the disorder. Abnormalities in other parts of the brain and an imbalance of brain chemicals, especially serotonin, may also contribute to OCD. 3

How is OCD diagnosed?

A diagnosis of OCD is based on your symptoms, your medical history, and a physical examination. Many people with OCD live with the condition for years and go without treatment because they are afraid or embarrassed to talk to a health professional.

Symptoms that confirm a diagnosis of OCD include: 3

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate, cause anxiety or distress, and are not simply excessive worries about real-life issues.
Attempts to suppress or ignore the thoughts or get rid of them with other thoughts or actions.
A recognition that the obsessions are created in your own mind and do not make sense.
Repetitive behaviors, such as hand-washing, ordering, praying, or checking that you're driven to do in response to the obsession. The behaviors are done to prevent or reduce distress or prevent a dreaded event.
In OCD, the obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (more than 1 hour a day), greatly interfere with your normal routine at work or school, and affect social activities and relationships.

OCD is a very disruptive illness and is different from the inflexible character traits of OCD personality disorder, such as being a perfectionist and being overly conscientious.

How is it treated?

Treatment for OCD includes counseling and medications. Antidepressant medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as fluoxetine (for example, Prozac), are most commonly used. Your doctor may increase the dosage of your medication or change to another SSRI if the first medication prescribed doesn't help. It may take several weeks before you feel the effects of an antidepressant and it begins to affect thoughts and behavior.

Counseling used to treat OCD includes exposure and response prevention, a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Exposure and response prevention is behavorial therapy that provides gradually increasing contact with the feared obsession so that anxiety is reduced. For example, if you were obsessed about germ contamination, you would repeatedly touch an object you believe is contaminated and not wash your hands afterward. You would repeat that behavior until your anxiety was reduced. Cognitive therapy may also be used to help overcome the faulty beliefs (such as fear of contamination) that lead to OCD behaviors.

The most effective treatment for OCD may be using medications and counseling together.

Answer 2

It stands for "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". Basically it describes any behavior where you can't help doing something, otherwise not doing it will drive you nuts. You think about doing that behavior all the time, and often will hate doing it, but can't prevent yourself from going through with it.

One of the most common OCD's are excessive hand washing. Some individuals will wash their hands 100 times or more a day, because it's a compulsive behavior which they cannot stop. It's considered a psychological disorder, and may or may not be treatable.

Answer 3

OCD is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is when someone feels the need to do things that aren't necessary...for instance washing ones hands constantly or counting tiles when walking. I know many of us are guilty of doing some of these things, however it's when you feel these things NEED to be done (you are obsessing) which causes the compulsion (the needless act). Some people need to say certain words 'x' amount of times or knock on all doors before opening them. There are many behaviors that characterize this. It's only a diagnosis if it is interupting your daily routines and it has to be pretty severe.

Answer 4

Obsessive compulsive disorder. It's a mental disorder where people who have it have to wash their hands continually, constantly check to make sure they shut the stove or the lights off, put their clothes on in a certain ritual.

Strange, but true...

Answer 5

Obssessive Compulsive Disorder
Most people joke around with this disorder, but it gets pretty serious. And they have numbers. They are very adimate about their numbers.
There is also OCPD, Obssessive Compulsive Personality Disorder.

Answer 6

One possibility is "obsessive-compulsive disorder", but there may be others. The context should show whether that makes sense.

Answer 7

obsessive compulsive disorder...

meaning you get anxiety when certain things aren't right or you have rituals like touching a certain part of the door when you enter a room or having to count your steps...stuff like that. basically everything has to be perfect or you have major anxiety

Answer 8

It usually means "obsessive-compulsive disorder"

Answer 9

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Answer 10

obsessive compulsive disorder