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MENTAL HEALTH
Stress & Anxiety From MayoClinic.com Signs and symptoms Signs and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder include: Obsessions These are recurrent, persistent, unwanted ideas, thoughts or impulses that you experience involuntarily and that appear to be senseless. They commonly intrude when you're trying to think of or do other things. Common obsessions include:
Compulsions These are repetitive behaviors that you're driven to perform regularly to combat your obsessions, even though to you they may seem — and to others they may appear — senseless. You may even make up "rules" to follow to help control the anxiety you feel when having obsessive thoughts. Typical compulsions include:
When you perform these rituals, you may feel some relief from anxiety, but not for long. Soon your discomfort returns, and you feel compelled to repeat your behaviors. If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder, you probably know your repetitive thoughts and behaviors are irrational and senseless, but you can't free yourself from them. You may be able to control unwanted behaviors for a while, but your resistance may weaken after months or years of struggle. Eventually, your rituals may take up more and more of your day, making it virtually impossible to lead a "normal" life. There's a difference between being a perfectionist and having obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps you get all of your work done a week ahead of schedule, you compete at sports like a pro and the floors in your house are so clean you could eat off them. That doesn't mean you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Instead, you may belong to a large group of people who are sometimes called compulsive. That just means you hold yourself to a very high standard of performance in all that you do. This behavior contributes to building your self-esteem and success. These are not the behaviors seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviors associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder interfere with everyday functioning.
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