Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorders: A Case Study

This essay will introduce some similarities and differences between both symptoms and experiences of six different authors who have been personally affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Since OCD is not very well understood by many members of the public ("Escape"), I hope that the experiences of the authors that I researched will be able to paint a vivid picture of what life with OCD is like.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder which it symptoms are having routines, or thoughts repeatedly with no ability to avoid the fear and stop them. Some people are aware of those habits, and they realize that those rituals do not make sense, but there is no an easy way to get out of them. Counting all the clothes, shoes, magazines and lie in in a straight line are illustrations when obsessive-compulsive symptoms arrive.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, also known as OCD, is a psychiatric anxiety disorder that is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts along with repetitive behaviors. These unwanted thoughts are called obsessions and the repetitive behaviors are called compulsions. Repetitive behaviors such as hand washing, checking, counting, and cleaning are usually performed with the hope of making these obsessive thoughts go away or even preventing them. These repetitive behaviors are often referred to as ‘rituals’. People with OCD perform these rituals to help deal with the anxiety that the obsessions cause. These rituals only provide temporary relief for the person and usually end up controlling their life. About one in every fifty adults have

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is defined in my textbook as a disorder of repetitive, uncontrollable, thoughts or urges that are followed up by repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels compelled to perform. The thing people are often unaware of when talking about obsessive compulsive disorder is that obsessions and compulsions are two totally separate things that happen with this disorder. The obsessions are the thoughts in this disorder defined in the book as intrusive and recurring thoughts, images, or impulses that are persistent and uncontrollable they often feel irrational to the person experiencing them. The compulsions are the behaviors that occur in this disorder defined in the textbook as repetitive, clearly excessive

something that can ruin lives of kids, and adults by making people depressed, and anxious.

Obsessive – Compulsive PD associated with rigidity and inflexible standard of self and others along with persistence to goals long after it is necessary, even if it self-defeating or relationship-defeating. Patient with Obsessive-Compulsive PD is a perfectionistic, preoccupied with details, has the need to be control, and highly critical of self and others(Halter & Vacarolis, 2014),.

One mental health disorder that remains of interest to me would be obsessive compulsive disorder. This ailment causes individuals to compulsively feel the need to repeat a certain task numerous times in a row to halt unwanted thoughts, feelings, ideas or sensations. If someone with OCD fails to relieve this state of mind by completing their task, they often feel immense anxiety and occasionally even physical pain. This is due to the fact that the disorder causes those who suffer from it to believe there will be atrocious consequences to follow if they do not. These tasks can range from feeling the need to constantly wash your hands, touch things in a certain way, organize everything very precisely or counting things repeatedly. When a person caves to the pressure the disorder places on them by carrying out the behaviors to rid themselves from then obsessive thoughts, it only provides

The client states she is having recurrent and persistent thoughts that are intrusive and unwanted. However, in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), these thoughts meet the definition of an obsession. In addition, most recurrent thoughts in OCD are not linked to a traumatic event. Also, compulsions are present in OCD, and are not related to

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder that causes someone to have unwanted and troubling thoughts and repetitive behaviors (Lack, 2012). People may self-diagnose themselves to be obsessive compulsive. But people with obsessive compulsive disorder need to spend at least 1 hour daily on obsessive thoughts and rituals (Ellyson, 2014). This disorder is broken into two parts. The first part is obsessions, thoughts or images, and the second part is compulsions, the repetitive behaviors caused by the obsessions (Brakoulias, 2015). An example of obsessive compulsive disorder would be someone checking the locked door multiple times to reduce anxiety about forgetting to lock the door. On average 5% of the population has subclinical symptoms which are considered to be symptoms that are not disruptive enough to meet criteria to be diagnosed obsessive compulsive (Lack, 2012). Dropping what you’re doing to go back and check if your curling iron is unplugged is an example of a subclinical symptom. This paper will discuss what obsessive compulsive disorder is and provide a brief history. It will also include current treatments, suggestions on how to treat the disorder, and a summary.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is considered a neuropsychiatric disorder with a lifelong predominance somewhere around 2% and 4% which happens at a 1:1 male-to-female ratio (Olbrich et al, 2013). It is portrayed by intermittent and frequently incapacitating obsessions or compulsions that are perceived by the person as absurd. Obsessions are nervous-inciting, intrusive thoughts, normally concerning contamination, question, guilt, animosity and sex. Compulsions are exceptional practices that lessen nervousness, generally hand-washing, sorting out, checking, and praying. The etiology might be connected with anomalies of serotonin metabolism and also there are confirmations of heritability (Pogarell et al, 2006).

In chapters 12 and 13, we learned about Schizophrenia and Personality disorders. The section on Obsessive Compulsive personality Disorder (OCD) is what interested me the most. Many people in today's society use the term OCD as a descriptor for when they are slightly anal about how something is done or to describe how organized they are. However, this is a personality disorder which has great relation to anxiety over order—how a particular thing must be or be done. It is not just about having organization and order, it is and obsession riddled with anxiety. It is not something that the sufferer can just walk away from and let alone even if it bothers them, they feel the need to continue until it feels right and in order. OCD can manifest in

Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, unwanted thoughts and repetitive, ritualized behaviors you feel compelled to perform. For example, if you have parked your car in the garage without locking it, the next time you tend to be more cautious and ensure that you lock it. If the same thought is obsessed in your mind and recurs again and again it affects your thinking pattern and behavior. People affected of OCD are filled with both obsessions and compulsions. At times, they are deeply ashamed to fulfill their compulsions. Perhaps, this shameful feeling can complicate their problems. OCD is caused as a result of abnormal brain activity. By taking Valium, one can stop the abnormal activity that affects the brain thereby

Knowing what OCD is the first step in understanding the psychology of the disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over” (NIMH). The obsessive part of OCD is intrusive, repetitive thoughts the cause anxiety, and the compulsion part is the need to perform an act or ritual repeatedly. The obsession causes anxiety and the compulsion relieves the anxiety.

Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disease that many people know of, but few people know about. Many people associate repeated washing of hands, or flicking of switches, and even cleanliness with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), however there are many more symptoms, and there are also explanations for those symptoms. In this paper, I will describe what obsessive compulsive disorder is, explain some of the effects of it, and explain why it happens. I will also attempt to prove that while medication doesn’t cure OCD, it vastly improves one’s quality of life. Furthermore I intend to show that behavior therapy (cognitive based therapy) is another useful tool in helping a person to overcome their OCD.

In a general view, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is associated with obsessions and compulsions. The obsessions are recurrent thoughts, fears, images, ideas, urges, and doubts. Patients suffering from this disorder often go through fluctuating episodes of compulsion which are in response to an obsessive thought, such as arranging, touching, repeatedly checking on something, and recurrent hand-washing. The patient experiences repeated rise in anxiety from the obsessions, that compels them to indulge in their compulsions as a form of relief (Brown University, 2013). Most of the patients suffering