47. OCD
"Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety, or by combinations of such thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions).
The symptoms of this anxiety disorder range from repetitive hand-washing and extensive hoarding to preoccupation with sexual, religious, or aggressive impulses. These symptoms can be alienating and time-consuming, and often cause severe emotional and economic loss.
The acts of those who have OCD may appear paranoid and come across to others as psychotic. However, except in some severe cases, OCD sufferers generally recognize their thoughts and subsequent actions as irrational, and they may become further distressed by this realization.
OCD is the fourth most common mental disorder and is diagnosed nearly as often as asthma and diabetes mellitus.[1] In the United States, one in 50 adults has OCD.[2]".
- From Wikipedia
Lately we saw many new OCD cases such as sex addiction, gambling , computer games addiction. The addiction involves obessesive thought and compulsivity from the body. Once the two are combined it will manisfest as a disorder and it is very hard for a person to use a will power to resist the temptation.
According to straits times Monday report on March 15,2010 the number of people seeking treatment for sex addiction shot up more than five times from 200 to 1000 between 2002 and 2009. The report said that more male sufferers than women.
If an OCD sufferer wants to change the habit... How to overcome this disorder?
First consult a specialist doctor and at the same time people may use neurofeedback, energy therapy etc to reduce the OCD intensity when anxiety and OCD strike...As for Neuforfeedback training, for example: 25 sessions of neurofeedback can do a big wonder for assisting an OCD sufferer to reduce the addiction. Neurofeedback addresses a brain deficency issue, because active brain cells keep firing to crave for more neurochemicals.
There are other mentods which can address OCD issue. Some people overcome it by using relabelling OCD into positive imageries in their minds.
The symptoms of this anxiety disorder range from repetitive hand-washing and extensive hoarding to preoccupation with sexual, religious, or aggressive impulses. These symptoms can be alienating and time-consuming, and often cause severe emotional and economic loss.
The acts of those who have OCD may appear paranoid and come across to others as psychotic. However, except in some severe cases, OCD sufferers generally recognize their thoughts and subsequent actions as irrational, and they may become further distressed by this realization.
OCD is the fourth most common mental disorder and is diagnosed nearly as often as asthma and diabetes mellitus.[1] In the United States, one in 50 adults has OCD.[2]".
- From Wikipedia
Lately we saw many new OCD cases such as sex addiction, gambling , computer games addiction. The addiction involves obessesive thought and compulsivity from the body. Once the two are combined it will manisfest as a disorder and it is very hard for a person to use a will power to resist the temptation.
According to straits times Monday report on March 15,2010 the number of people seeking treatment for sex addiction shot up more than five times from 200 to 1000 between 2002 and 2009. The report said that more male sufferers than women.
If an OCD sufferer wants to change the habit... How to overcome this disorder?
First consult a specialist doctor and at the same time people may use neurofeedback, energy therapy etc to reduce the OCD intensity when anxiety and OCD strike...As for Neuforfeedback training, for example: 25 sessions of neurofeedback can do a big wonder for assisting an OCD sufferer to reduce the addiction. Neurofeedback addresses a brain deficency issue, because active brain cells keep firing to crave for more neurochemicals.
There are other mentods which can address OCD issue. Some people overcome it by using relabelling OCD into positive imageries in their minds.
