What is ADHD?ĪDHD, or Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world, affecting over 8% of children and over 2% of adults.
OCD can be a debilitating disease when left untreated, and is listed by the World Health Organization as one of the top ten causes of disability in the world. To meet the diagnostic criteria for OCD, these obsessions and compulsions must cause a significant decrease in functioning for the person in important areas of their life, like employment or relationships. This could be anything from washing one’s hands over and over again or checking locks (the compulsions that are most commonly associated with OCD) to asking for reassurance or mentally reviewing memories.
These are any kind of repetitive, ritualistic behaviors (whether it’s mental or physical) that are meant to reduce the anxiety that’s caused by an obsession. They’re unable to think about anything else when an obsession gets lodged in their minds.Ĭompulsions are what, for people with OCD, follows an obsession. The thought causes them a great deal of distress, anxiety, and fear, and they feel like they’d be willing to do anything just to get the thought to leave their brains. We all have random thoughts like this sometimes, but what makes an obsession different is that the person with OCD ruminates on the thought. Obsessions are intrusive and unwanted thoughts that pop into someone’s head. The disorder is defined by the presence of two specific symptoms: obsessions and compulsions. OCD, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, is a mental illness that’s often called “the doubting disease”, because, at its core, it’s an inability to tolerate any level of doubt. If you’ve been following this blog, you’re probably very familiar by now with the symptoms of OCD.
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