Psychopathology Behavioural emotional and cognitive characteristics of OCD
Reply 1
Behavioural
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Repetitive patterns of behaviour that person driven to perform due to intense fear or anxiety. This could be checking household appliances multiple times, fiddling with objects for symmetry, or cleaning the hands multiple times, etc.
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Avoidance of certain stimuli - e.g. avoiding public toilets due to a fear of germs.
Emotional
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Feelings of fear, shame, anxiety
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Low mood due to impact this may have on daily life - social situations, work/ education, etc
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Awareness the OCD is irrational
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Intrusive urges or thoughts, mental imagery entering the head
Reply 2
Behavioural
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Repetitive patterns of behaviour that person driven to perform due to intense fear or anxiety. This could be checking household appliances multiple times, fiddling with objects for symmetry, or cleaning the hands multiple times, etc.
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Avoidance of certain stimuli - e.g. avoiding public toilets due to a fear of germs.
Emotional
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Feelings of fear, shame, anxiety
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Low mood due to impact this may have on daily life - social situations, work/ education, etc
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Awareness the OCD is irrational
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Intrusive urges or thoughts, mental imagery entering the head
Thank you is the cognitive one of cognitive ones just irrational thoughts
Reply 3
That phrasing does work but its a little vague.. irrational in sense they don't relate well to reality, and often the person knows that. But some people can experience violent or anxiety-provoking imagery that pushes compulsive behaviour more or increases emotion. For example, a person may envision their family home catching fire because they don't check the oven a certain amount of times. Or see their house burgled because they don't check all the locks in the house.
Or even interestingly, some people have been known to get intrusive images of 'illegal activity'... OCD can be linked to intrusive thoughts like they might be a pedophile or could murder a family member.
Reply 4
Or even interestingly, some people have been known to get intrusive images of 'illegal activity'... OCD can be linked to intrusive thoughts like they might be a pedophile or could murder a family member.
Ok thanks
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