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1. • • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, images, and sensations (obsessions) and engage in behaviors or mental acts in response to these thoughts or obsessions.Often the person carries out the behaviors to reduce the impact or get rid of the obsessive thoughts, but this only brings temporary relief.
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   Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, images, and urges that cause an individual anxiety, disgust, and/or distress. In an effort to alleviate the discomfort, the person will engage in compulsions, which are physical or mental behaviors that may or may not be repetitive, as well as avoidance of triggers, all of which provide short-term relief but ...

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   May 26, 2021 · The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) defines a compulsion as a repetitive mental or physical act. You might feel compelled, in other words, to perform...

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   Jan 18, 2024 · OCD compulsions are actions responding to intrusive, anxiety-provoking thoughts called obsessions. Compulsions are intended to neutralize the anxiety resulting from intrusive thoughts but only do so short-term. Compulsions can be certain behaviors, but can also be thought-based.

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   Overview. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions. These obsessions and compulsions get in the way of daily activities and cause a lot of distress.

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   Sep 17, 2020 · All OCD involves experiencing obsessions (unwanted thoughts that cause you significant distress, such as "something bad is going to happen to my family") followed by...

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   Compulsions (often called rituals) are excessive, repetitive, purposeful behaviors that people feel they must do to prevent or reduce the anxiety caused by their obsessive thoughts or to neutralize their obsessions. Examples are. Washing (eg, handwashing, showering) Checking (eg, that the stove is turned off, that doors are locked)