What is obssessive compulsive behavior? What are examples?

Question

What can be done about it?

Answer 1

Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, or OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a psychiatric or anxiety disorder. Such obsessions are defined by recurrent & 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.
The tendency to laggle over small details that the viewer is unable to fix or change in any way. This begins a mental pre-occupation with that which is inevitable. (Like cleaning a table or place many manytimes, washing ur hands a lot to make sure theyre clean, yet, ur never sure of that, having everything organized without wanting one little unnoticeable mistake)
some also consider Anorexia a type or example of OCD. I had anorexia 3 yrs ago but I overcame it with psychiatric treating. I also personally have an OCD of counting things. I would count how many letters in a word, how many words in a sentence, how many dots in a sentence. How many A's or I's or E's or whatever else. How many steps I climbed, how many floors in a building, how many cars of a particular color passed me by on the street. LOL.This's been with me for many many years and it only happens inside my own mind. It used to bother me but not anymore. Sometimes I do it without even being aware of it. I do not know a solution for my problem but I do not really consider it a serious problem so I ignore it. hope this answers ur q

Answer 2

It is as the title says, obsessive - it can and does become hugely important in a person's life - overshadowing everything else. The compulsion part means that if the behaviour is NOT done there is a unreasoning feeling of dread & unrest until the routine is carried out. It starts with little things, for instance washing your hands - then you need to wash them twice, then three, four times and before long a person might be washing their hands 100 times a day to satisfy the compulsion. It could be switching a light on and off every time you enter a room - then it has to be done 3 times before its right, or the door locks must be checked every hour so nobody can get in - normal everyday acts carried to extreme by repetition.

To sum it up its a pattern of behaviour that is excessive, unreasonable, regimented and consuming.

The treatment is ongoing and takes a lot of work and effort and would involve psychological and psychiatric counselling. Psychology has to do with human behaviour and psychiatry has to do with human motivation, thoughts and emotions - in simple terms. It will need to involve behaviour modification and deal with underlying causes of the behaviour.

If you want to have a better understanding I suggest you hire a movie called "As good as it gets" starring Jack Nicholson playing a character with an obsessive compulsive disorder. Its very well done.

Answer 3

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense, recurrent, unwanted thoughts and rituals that are beyond the person's control.
In OCD, the brain gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can't let go. People with OCD often say the symptoms feel like a case of mental hiccups that won't go away. OCD is a medical brain disorder that causes problems in information processing. It is not your fault or the result of a "weak" or unstable personality.
Common obsessions are: contamination fears of germs, dirt, etc. imagining having harmed self or others, imagining losing control or aggressive urges, intrusive sexual thoughts or urges, excessive religious or moral doubt, forbidden thoughts A need to have things "just so" A need to tell, ask, confess common compulsions: washing repeating checking touching counting

Answer 4

obssessive compulsive habit is the position you do something such rather some cases it is going to change into like a recurring. thats no longer an exceedingly good definition although. examples of that is say you've purely wiped clean your bathing room, you'll do it 3 or 4 cases an afternoon even if if it hasnt been used. i'm no longer advantageous what must be executed about although. i wish this helps a touch, you're more suitable off getting someones elses opinion although x

Answer 5

an example of obssessive compulsive behavior:

having to ensure that all electrical items are unplugged from the mains, and that all taps are turned off (by putting hands underneath to check for water flow) before leaving the house.

Answer 6

It basically means you hàve to do certain things and often these have to be done in a certain way or else you or someone you care about will get hurt (this is in the mind of the OCD sufferer). It's a way of retaining control over your environment, masking deeper psychological termoil. It can go from having to avoid cracks in the pavement over counting tiles to having to lock every door three times or switching lights on and off a certain amount.

Answer 7

obsessive compulsive behaviour OCB is a trait which almost all humans experience it is the following of rituals which enable a person feel more secure OCBs are compelled to follow a particular ritual or routine and to deviate from the comfort the ritual provides can result in feelings of loss of control,dread and insecurity -this is describing the worse form. more lighthearted OCB behaviour could be for example the footballer who insists on wearing his "lucky"pants because he believes that by wearing them he will be more likely to score a goal as this happened before when he wore them

Answer 8

Everyone has a certian degree of this, OCD. It is when it becomes an obsticle or a problem with your routine that it truely is actually OCD. Don't let others and or anyone misinform you. Look it up in a medical book or Enternet.

Answer 9

obsesive compulsive is when everything has to be perfect. like say you touch a certain thing with one hand you have to touch it with the other or it's not right.

Answer 10

You turn the light off and you check the switch several times. Can be treated.