Is being so scared to stay home alone part of OCD? Like when you're home alone, you check behind you alot and around corners and if a shadow is different you automatically think someone is in the house to get you?
2007-02-17 05:16:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Most people think that OCD is all about germs, washing your hands a ton, locking your doors all the time, but it's not just that. It could be if the thought of someone is behind you is constantly in your head and your obsessed about it and if you have a compultion behind your obsession like checking behind you constanly makes you feel better then it could be. But if that's not the case, then you could just be anxious.
2007-02-17 05:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by Me 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would not listen to the Paranoid schizophrenia answer. It sounds like you are a bit anxious. There is no need to be scared by this person. Everyone gets a bit nervous when coming into an empty home. And if you are young, it is a bit worse. I would not be watching scary TV shows or movies while alone either. It just makes it worse also.
2007-02-17 13:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by It All Matters.~☺♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has worked its way into the wider English lexicon, and is often used in an offhand manner to describe someone who is meticulous or absorbed in a cause (see also "anal-retentive"). Such casual references should not be confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder; see clinomorphism. It is also important to distinguish OCD from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. A person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject/object, or displays traits such as perfectionism, does not necessarily have OCD, a specific and well-defined condition.
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.
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.
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 (Quick Reference from DSM-IV-TR, 2000). OCD often causes feelings similar to that of depression
2007-02-17 13:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by stevieg 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. This is not a sign of OCD.
This is more a sign on paranoia disorder, a precursor to paranoid schizophrenia.
Obsessive's actually tend to prefer solitude to crowds.
2007-02-17 13:20:18 · answer #4 · answered by royalpainshane 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no that is paranoia.. not OCD. OCD is when you have to have everything in a specific order and in a specific way. none other than that. sort of like a systematic way about life..
2007-02-17 13:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by Brittany 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess that's a form of anxiety
2007-02-17 13:20:25 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i think its paranoia
2007-02-17 13:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋