Jonathon Case

“I suppose the only thing vaguely interesting about me was my Tourette’s syndrome, which isn’t really that interesting because I don’t do any of the fascinating things that some people with Tourette’s do, like shout out, swear words in public, or make animal noises. I mostly just blink or gulp a lot. I know boring.”

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a pattern of recurring obsessions and compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming and interfere with a person’s daily functioning. They must cause marked distress (such as pain or physical harm to the person) or significant impairment. Usually, they take more than

While the media and police made accusations towards JonBenet’s parents for her death, JonBenet’s parents were fighting to prove they were innocent through forensic evidence. The move from Atlanta, Georgia to Boulder, Colorado was meant to be a positive beginning for the Ramsey family, instead this move became a tragic nightmare for the Ramsey’s. In 1991, on Thanksgiving Day the Ramsey’s after a year of searching for a home in Boulder, CO., they were finally moving into a fixer upper. They had two children at the time of their move JonBenet who was one at the time and Burke who was three at the time also. With the move came a lot of changes

"OCD patients have a pattern of distressing and senseless thoughts or ideas- obsessions- that repeatedly well up in their minds. To quell the distressing thoughts, specific patterns of odd behaviors- compulsions- develop." (Gee & Telew, 1999)

People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder suffer from a wide variety of obsessions but, most people follow similar symptoms. Their symptoms included an obsessive continual thoughts that keeps recurring causing the person anxiety. People with OCD feel that they have not control of the obsession and compulsions. Then the compulsive act come into play to help ease the anxiety temporarily. Some common obsessions fearing germs, constantly checking locked doors and

"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessions or compulsions". ( Kring, Johnson, Davison,& Neal 2014) The obsession individuals with OCD experiences are excessive and it affects individuals with functioning normally in their everyday life. According to Kring et al., (2014 ) obsessions are intrusive and recurring thoughts, images, or impulses that are persistent and uncontrollable and often appear irrational to the person experiencing them. Compulsions are when someone has to do the same repetitive behavior in order to relieve distress of what is in their thoughts. People with this disorder also feel anxious and have other anxiety disorders. "Though OCD was considered a type of

A compulsion is brought on by the person obsession. The compulsion is reinforcing to the person with OCD because the compulsion is the behavior or though that the person feel they have to do in order to prevent distress or anxiety or dreaded event. The compulsion doesn’t give the person with OCD pleasure but it a direct response to the obsession. The obsession is considered a intrusive, persistent and uncontrollable thought or urges. “The Obsessions are recurring thoughts, beliefs, or ideas that dominate a person’s mental content. They persist despite the fact that the person may believe they are unrealistic and tries to resist them” (Morrison, 2014). Compulsions are acts (either physical or mental) performed repeatedly in a way that the person

Worries, doubts, superstitious beliefs- all are common worries of everyday life. However, when they become excessive, or make no sense at all, then a diagnosis is made. In OCD, it is as though the brain gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can’t let go, no matter how hard they may try. OCD is a medical brain disorder that causes problems in information processing (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation [OCD Foundation], 2000).

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental condition causing a person to have unwanted and repeated thoughts, or obsessions, which cause them to feel compelled to do something to

OCD can cause or includes anxiety. When you have OCD you can get anxiety because OCD is obsessive compulsive disorder so you obsess over small things. “Some people with this anxiety disorder develop intrusive thoughts that they will inadvertently harm someone.” ~Diana Rodriguez. She says that OCD is an anxiety disorder but it is formed over small

A very common misconception is that OCD and Perfectionism are either virtually the same, or are the same. OCD is routinely brought up in casual conversations to label someone with specific regimens to their daily routines. Everyone and their mother all have their quirks, such as having to fold the laundry a certain way, making sure clothes are color coordinated, or making sure not to touch a

Intrusive thoughts are also one of the more common types of obsessions. Intrusive thoughts are personally unacceptable thoughts that involuntary appear in the mind- thoughts about religion, sexual acts or urges, unintentionally harming a loved one, impulsively doing something dangerous, or harming one’s self, just to name a few. Although most people experience intrusive thoughts every now and then, those with OCD are unable to dismiss them like neurotypicals can, which makes the thoughts omnipresent. This can cause the person a great deal of stress, and also cause them to question their morals (i.e. ‘If I were a good person I wouldn’t have these thoughts, so therefore I am not a good

Obsessions are unwanted, repetitive, and invasive ideas, impulses, or images repeatedly going through the mind of the person with OCD (Hinds, Woody, Ameringen, Schmidt, & Szechtman, 2012). The most common obsessions are continual paranoid fears, a concern with becoming contaminated such as dirt and germs, or an excessive need to do things perfectly (McCarty, Guzick, Swan, & McNamara, 2016). The main reason for an obsession is the uncertainty that something has been done incorrectly. For example, a person might think a bowl is contaminated and think it’s not clean. They react by repeatedly washing the bowl. The thoughts are disturbing and unpleasant and create a high level of anxiety. Some other examples of obsessions are the fear of being hurt,

“I’m saying that I have all of these fears that I need to work through, or get help with.” I replied.

"When you're in your manic phase, there is no stopping you. I love to see you when you're that happy. You simply don't look hard enough for that particular woman."