Approximately 80 percent of people with OCD have both identifiable obsessions and compulsions; about 20 percent have only obsessions or compulsions.

Almost everyone has occasions a few times when they have FLEETING symptoms listed below, but if the symptoms linger or begin to intrude or control your life then they could indicate OCD Repeatedly checking things. For example, checking if the curling iron is turned off, a door is locked, or stove is turned off, etc. Arranging or organizing in an extreme orderly fashion. For example, having to put all the heads of the play money in the same direction. Hoarding things often of no apparent value.

Obsessions are ideas, images and impulses that run through the person's mind over and over again. A person with OCD doesn't want to have these thoughts and finds them disturbing, but he or she can't control them. Sometimes these thoughts just come once in a while and are only mildly annoying. Other times, a person with OCD will have obsessive thoughts all the time.

Obsessive thoughts make people with OCD feel nervous and afraid. They try to get rid of these feelings by performing certain behaviors according to "rules" that they make up for themselves. These behaviors are called compulsions. (Compulsive behaviors are sometimes also called rituals.) For example, a person with OCD may have obsessive thoughts about being afraid of germs. Because of these thoughts, the person may spend hours washing his or her hands after using a public toilet.

NO, although some believe OCD is a purely psychological condition. After working with those with OCD, I believe that most often it is a biological condition which produces a psychological symptom.

Repeating, such as going in and out of a door, sitting down and getting up from a chair, or touching certain objects several times

OCD is an acronym for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsession is a persistent idea or feeling, often in an unwanted or excessive degree. A compulsion is an irresistible impulse to perform an act.

Obsessions, or special interests as I call them, are behaviors or activities that a person exhibits because something about it really pleases or excites them. In my case of feeling shoulder blades, I felt physically relaxed by feeling them and laying on the person's back, but everybody else thought this was inappropriate and should not continue. Even though I eventually grew out of feeling shoulder blades, I was not happy that others prevented me from doing this.

For many years, OCD was thought to be rare. The actual number of people with OCD was hidden, because people would hide their problem to avoid embarrassment. Some recent studies show that as many as 3 million Americans ages 18 to 54 may have OCD at any one time. This is about 2.3% of the people in this age group.

No one has found a single, proven cause for OCD. Some research shows that it may have to do with chemical messengers in the brain that carry messages from one nerve cell to another. One of these messengers, called serotonin (say "seer-oh-tone-in"), helps to keep people from repeating the same behaviors over and over again. A person with OCD may not have enough serotonin. Many people with OCD can function better when they take medicines that increase the amount of serotonin in their brain.

Several medicines are available to treat OCD. These medicines include: clomipramine (brand name: Anafranil), fluoxetine (brand name: Prozac), sertraline (brand name: Zoloft), paroxetine (brand name: Paxil) and fluvoxamine (brand name: Luvox). These drugs can cause side effects such as dry mouth, nausea and drowsiness. Sometimes they also affect a person's sexual performance. It may be several weeks before a person with OCD notices the benefits of his or her medicine.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has a proven role as an adjunct to antipsychotic medication and remediative approaches such as social skills training Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: An Overview · Why CBT? Components of CBT · Parameters of CBT · Active Ingredients of CBT · CBT Compared to Other Treatments. Cognitive-behavioral therapy - also known as CBT - is often recommended for the treatment of anxiety disorders.

That depends much upon the degree in which the symptoms or behaviors interfere with your thinking, reasoning, and/or life functioning. If you feel you have any of these symptoms or symptoms of a similar nature, see a competent psychiatrist experienced with OCD and discuss your symptoms.

RET: Rational Emotive Therapy for Compulsive Gambling - Gambling Addiction and other Addictive Disorders The principle of RET: rational emotive therapy, is the relationship between thinking, feeling and action. A test with twenty questions to check if you are a compulsive gambler. The test is based on a list of symptoms of compulsive gambling. The best gambling addiction treatment is to stop yourself. But if this does not help, other help is described here.

People with OCD often have other kinds of anxiety, like phobias (such as fear of spiders or fear of flying) or panic attacks. They often experience depression too. About 70% of adults with OCD have an episode of major depression at some time in their lives. Alcohol and drug abuse can become problems when people with OCD turn to these substances for relief. Only a few disorders seem to be related to OCD.

The official answer is no. However, many people tell me that their OCD began after a stressful event or time in their lives. I believe that stress can aggravate OCD. I also believe that the myelin sheathing can be weakened by stress.

The official answer is to combine drug therapy with exposure and response prevention therapy. However, I favor building the myelin sheathing.

While an accurate medical diagnosis for OCD can only be made by a physician or licensed mental health professional, several questionnaires have been designed to assist individuals in assessing whether they suffer from symptoms of OCD. Please refer to the online OCD questionnaire for further information. The OC Foundation website also contains answers to commonly asked questions related to OCD.

Although BDD is not exactly the same as OCD, there are similariries. A person with BDD may feel they have to repeat certain acts such as checking/avoiding mirrors and 'fixing' their appearance using make-up etc. The daily life of people with BDD may be negatively impacted by the need to conceal their percieved defect/s.

Demons manipulate your will and your emotions, giving you compulsions and addictions. You need to break this vicious circle by getting deliverance from those demons.

Obsessions may change themes over time. Sometimes a person simply adds new ones to old ones and sometimes the old ones are completely replaced by newer ones.

A diagnosis of OCD is based on your symptoms, your medical history, and a physical examination. Many people with OCD live with the condition for years and go without treatment because they are afraid or embarrassed to talk to a health professional. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate, cause anxiety or distress, and are not simply excessive worries about real-life issues.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a medical condition. OCD is characterized by the presence of recurrent, persistent, and unwanted thoughts, impulses or images (obsessions) and/or the urgent need to perform certain repetitive, specific ritual behaviors (compulsions). These obsessions and compulsions take up more than one hour per day or interfere with daily function. Most people with OCD realize that their obsessions are unreasonable and they perform their rituals with a desire to resist.

To date, there is no known cure for OCD. It is a chronic bio-behavioral disturbance that one must be prepared to manage throughout his/her lifespan, similar to diabetes, thyroid disease and many other chronic medical conditions. The severity tends to wax and wane over time, with the greatest susceptibility occurring during periods of significant life stress or major life transitions such as marriage, divorce, separation, job loss or change, birth of a child or family illness.