4. Hand-washing
You’re hooked on overusing your hand sanitizer? Do you ever feel like washing your hands isn’t enough? Most of the mental health specialists said that this is one major trait for patients who have OCD. Because they are usually afraid of germs and bacteria that can easily settle on our hands, they tend to wash their hands at least three or four times before eating.
Several other studies on the subject revealed that people who wash their hands obsessively are also afraid of making others sick by simply touching them with dirty hands.
5. Body hyperawareness
When a patient is diagnosed with “body hyperawareness,” she or he can’t stop thinking about certain functions of the body that are completely normal for anybody else. They will obsessively focus on various parts of their physique that are mostly used to check them over for injuries, marks, or growths. A constant lingering thought is that maybe these normal actions are not done correctly, and this may apply to eating or swallowing. People who struggle with OCD will be obsessed by the fact that others will judge them because of how they eat, blink, or talk.
Most people think that these obsessions are caused by anxiety. In actuality, a lot of anxiety sufferers engage in certain obsessive or compulsive activities. It’s crucial to understand that many mental diseases have “partners,” such as bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder (ADD) or anxiety and OCD. Patients with this condition are also afraid to talk about it because they don’t want to be labeled as mad.
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Interesting!
I found it interesting it’s not a fun thing to have but it can be controlled thanks.
I enjoyed this very much, thank you.
They say OCD is a mental health problem. When is being neat and tidy a problem. I could be the opposite dirty and messy and a hoarder to me that’s a problem. If I check the front door couple of times to make sure it’s lock, I look at it as is it clean and people are welcome is not a problem. I call it old age lol. And to me that’s a problem. We all look at life different. When was the last time you saw a roach inside someone apartment that has OCD. I would like to see the study on that one!
Checking the door “a couple of times” to make sure it is locked before leaving on vacation is not OCD. Checking the car doors 5 times before walking into your house after work or checking the house door 7-8 times after re-checking your pets inside 4 times and then making sure the faucet is turned off 3 times and re-checking the AC thermostat 4 times then re-checking your pets again to make sure all of this is safe before being able to get into your car and leave for work in the morning – THAT is what OCD is like. It is crippling.
This article is a specific overview of the conditions
/behaviors in people with OCD. It is concise, informative, and easily comprehended.
Recommending it to several people.