How to defeat the obsessive-compulsive disorder

How does the obsession neurosis manifest itself?

Sometimes the obsession appears in the form of constantly repeating actions( scratching or rubbing the skin, nibbling, washing hands, pulling out the hair).In some cases obsessive thoughts( doubts, memories, fears) or fears( fear of blushing, fear of closed or open space, etc.) are observed.

Who suffers from the obsessional neurosis?

Most often this neurosis affects people with a thinking type of higher nervous activity, characterized by a suspiciously disquieting character, apprehensive of everything unfamiliar and new. These people often trust the signs and follow the rigid rules they set for themselves, in order to avoid surprises and troubles. Often inherent in such people morbid perfectionism( the desire for excellence) significantly complicates their lives, as they pay much attention to detail, missing the main thing. In their nature are often present such traits as indecision, excessive conscientiousness, stubbornness, stinginess, straightforwardness. All this is the so-called psychasthenic type of personality.

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Obsessive thoughts with a neurosis.

Obsessive thoughts can be different in content. For example, these thoughts are sacrilegious, criminal, immoral. The patient can constantly reproach himself for some misconduct, constantly feel shame for his own awkwardness, fullness, unusual growth and so on. At the same time, a person is well aware that obsessive thoughts come from him( and a schizophrenic, for example, is sure that his thoughts are imposed on him from outside) and suffers from the violent nature of these thoughts, trying to fight them.

Obsessive thoughts manifest themselves, first of all in such reflections that psychiatrists call "chewing gum" or "mental chewing gum": the patient tries again and again to seek an answer to unnecessary and not meaningful questions - why the table has four legs, why it rains andEtc. Often the obsessive thoughts become painful not immediately;At first they do not cause a person special anxiety, but in time they begin to be felt as alien and violent, acquire the character of permanent ones.

One of the varieties of obsessive thoughts is manifested in an obsessive account - the desire to count and remember the number of steps passed, passed cars, etc. Sometimes patients break into separate syllables not only words but also phrases, and strive to ensure that the number of syllables is evenOr, on the contrary, odd.

There are also persuasive reminiscences: the patient constantly seeks to recall useless terms, the names of literary heroes, etc.

"Mental chewing gum", obsessive reminiscences, an obsessive account - all these are obsessive thoughts obsessive in their content. But there are also obsessive thoughts that have a certain meaning for the patient, but the meaning is depressing, painful( for example, obsessive memories of something unpleasant).

Obsessive compulsions.

Obsessive states tend to periodically weaken and subsequently intensify. In a number of cases obsessive thoughts can turn into nonsense - a complex of ideas and ideas that is not true.

Obsessive-compulsive states can be symptoms of not only neuroses. Sometimes( in this case they are called neurotic-like states) they accompany a manic-depressive psychosis, a sluggish schizophrenia.

Occasionally obsessive thoughts are observed with senile dementia;Then they are memories of a very unpleasant content.

How to get rid of obsessions?

In order to overcome the obsessive-compulsive neurosis one should avoid conflict situations, stresses, physical and mental fatigue. If obsessive conditions cause severe discomfort, do not be afraid to seek help from specialists - because the sooner you start treatment, the more effective it will be.

Treatment of obsessions is most often complex: medicamental therapy is used( various psychotropic drugs are prescribed), psychotherapeutic techniques, physiotherapy( electrosleep, physiotherapy, etc.) are used;Can be recommended therapeutic exercise.