These “compulsive” strange habits do you have: out of the door out of 100 meters will come back to check whether the door is locked; out of the car out of 50 meters will be backwards to check the car door, windows; before going to bed repeatedly check the curtains and some corners …… near the end of the year, especially in the The company, the high school school, there is such a group of white-collar, high school students do not sleep well at night, there are repeatedly “forced” their “quirks” behavior.
At the end of each year, the “year-end syndrome” always appears in the crowd, of which OCD is a more common psychological disorder. The prevalence of OCD ranges from 1 to 3 percent in different populations. OCD patients usually have this characteristic: they expect too much of themselves, even if they keep trying, it is still difficult to achieve the goal, but also very strong, the pursuit of perfection, but inside the inferiority complex. This is especially evident during the annual end-of-year evaluation period, during each examination period, and especially during the period of high school entrance exams and college entrance exams, which are stressful. Although OCD is a psychological disorder that is difficult to treat, most patients can get good results as long as they take the proper treatment.
The pursuit of perfection, the deeper the bull’s-eye
Xiao Li is a high school senior resident student, usually in the top three academic performance, he somehow has been sleeping poorly recently, the results have also declined greatly. It turns out that Xiao Li is too much psychological pressure, worrying about other students’ performance over their own, every time the test is worried, every time you do a question to check four or five times, after doing another question and can not help but to check the last question. In the end, it is too late to answer the whole exam paper because of staying too long on each question.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a group of psychological disorders with obsessive-compulsive ideas or compulsive behavior as the main clinical manifestation. But the fact is that people often have “obsessive-compulsive phenomena” in their lives, such as sometimes a song keeps ringing in their heads, or they always worry about whether they forgot to lock the door after leaving the house. Is the gas left on? Sometimes you even go home to check. “Maybe you remember when you were a kid walking on a tiled road, your feet must not step on the line, or you must jump 1 step after a few steps to continue walking forward, etc. It can be said that everyone can have obsessive-compulsive phenomena, but generally speaking, if the compulsions are mild, short-lived, and do not cause significant anxiety and other emotions, they are normal, and there is no need to worry too much. It is only when these “obsessive-compulsive phenomena” bring trouble and pain to you personally or to others around you, and affect your life or work, that they may belong to OCD.”
Often those who seek perfection and are strict with themselves are more likely to suffer from OCD. “Because these people are always dissatisfied with themselves, they will habitually “reflect” on themselves, even harshly check their own words and actions, magnifying shortcomings, excessive worry about things that may be “unsafe” and “uncertain”, in this case, they may repeat a certain behavior or idea to correct their “deficiencies”, to ensure that “all is well”. Over time to form a habit, the bull’s-eye deeper and deeper, and eventually put themselves in a vicious circle of not repeatedly do anxiety, the more anxious the more do.”
About 70% of the new onset patients he sees in the clinic are adolescents and young patients in their twenties, many of whom are excellent academic students, some of whom are also top performers in their classes and throughout the year. However, due to the endless expectations of school, family, society and themselves to excel, these children, who were once the pride of their parents and schools, have developed psychological disorders such as OCD. Some of them take too long to check on a problem, and even after checking the calculations and learning that it is correct, they still repeatedly seek proof; some are worried that they will miss any explanation from the teacher, paying attention to every sentence, repeatedly wondering if they have not heard the previous words clearly, or repeatedly worrying about the noise around them or the small movements of their classmates affecting their listening, as a result of which they cannot concentrate and their grades drop; others are affected by certain life events and repeatedly worry that Physical illness affects learning, knowing that the body is very good, there is no need to worry but can not control; also some people under pressure appear to be afraid of dirty, repeatedly wash their hands, repeatedly check ……
In addition to personality traits, the specific requirements of certain occupations can easily lead to the formation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms or OCD in practitioners. According to the report, the more common ones in clinical practice include financial professionals such as accountants, programmers, health care workers, teachers, etc. “Take accountants, they are faced with accurate numbers every day, and cannot afford to be sloppy, so repeated proofreading has become a reflection of their responsibility for their work. Similarly, there are teachers, their work is not as fine as accounting, but a competent teacher, need to regulate their words and actions at all times, need to be careful with children’s homework. All these advantages of work, once infinitely magnified, is like an open door to the invasion of OCD.”
In fact, whether created by their innate character or made possible by their acquired work, people with OCD share a common trait: they expect too much of themselves, and even though they keep trying, they still have trouble reaching their goals, and the pursuit of perfection tends to trigger an internal inferiority complex. It is also for this reason that in the psychotherapy of OCD, emphasis is placed on increasing self-confidence, facing reality, and accepting inadequacies.
Excessive worry, “Islamophobia” is also a compulsion
According to the introduction, Islamophobia, also known as AIDS phobia, is a strong fear of AIDS, and accompanied by anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, hypochondriac and other psychological symptoms and behavioral abnormalities of the psychological disorder, also belongs to a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. These patients may have had unclean sexual intercourse or have had blood draws or blood contact, and fear that they have been infected with HIV; or they may be completely “imaginary” and fear that they will be infected with HIV if they are not careful.
The patient’s lack of internal security leads to excessive worry about AIDS, and in order to dispel the fear, the patient has to repeatedly test for the virus to confirm it. Although patients rationally believe that their behavior is unnecessary, they are unable to control their behavior due to their internal fears. This fear and repeated testing not only has a serious impact on the patient’s normal life and work, but is also a huge waste of health resources.
The treatment of “HIV-phobia” should not only be explained in terms of knowledge about AIDS, but should also be based on psychological counseling for their anxiety and fear, and behavioral restrictions such as “repeated testing for HIV”. If the symptoms are very serious, medication is also needed.
In addition, in the information age, communication tools have brought convenience to people, but many people have lost themselves in front of the massive amount of information, and more and more people are suffering from “information obsessions”. “Information OCD is a kind of uncertainty and insecurity that occurs when an individual faces a large amount of information, forcing him or her to focus on collecting all the information in order not to miss the information that may be valuable and waste a lot of time. Common problems, if the work life has a negative impact on the need to raise alarm.
The more common “closing compulsion” is also caused by excessive worry. I have seen a senior resident student, the student had trouble sleeping every day, before going to bed, he would get up every few minutes to see if the door was closed tightly. So it seriously affected the normal work and rest of the roommates, although explained to the roommates that they “can’t help it” behavior, but still on the normal interpersonal relationships.
Let nature take its course and learn to use “delaying tactics”
OCD is a psychological disorder rather than a mental illness. It may have a biological basis, but when combined with some adverse psychological stimuli from growing up (e.g., parental separation, corporal punishment, lack of care, etc.), it is particularly likely to flare up in a “high-pressure” environment. However, with appropriate medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy, most patients can return to normal life.
It is understood that in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive thinking, people with OCD need to try to accept imperfection, try to relax, learn not to be afraid of failure, dare to face responsibility. “Many top students see exams as an important or even the only source of their positive evaluation by others and gaining self-esteem. Whenever a problem arises, parents always do everything for their children. In fact, sometimes smooth sailing is not necessarily a good thing, we need to make them realize that the acquisition of self-esteem, the acquisition of positive evaluation of others is not just test scores, but more from the little things in life, such as the help and care for friends, respect for teachers, thoughtfulness and care for parents, the charm of their own personality, etc.” The psychological problems of such students cannot be ignored, and parents and teachers should help them get out of this unhealthy psychological state as early as possible, and should not just change the children’s surroundings while neglecting to ask them to change themselves.
In addition to regular visits to the hospital, people with OCD need to do a lot of “homework”. For those with behavioral OCD, it is recommended to try “delaying tactics” that can prolong the response time to compulsive behaviors. For example, when you first ask yourself to wash your hands, tell yourself that you will do it after 5 minutes, and then the delay can be gradually extended. This time is not used to passively wait, but rather to reconfirm that your perceptions and behaviors are not the result of compulsions, to think about why they are so, and then to divert your attention to some other interesting and constructive activity.
For people who are always compulsively checking, for example, when they close the door and go to bed and then have the urge to “check the door,” try to shift your attention to doing something else. When it is very difficult or anxiety is obvious, you can also try to focus on the things in front of you and describe them in your mind, such as “I have a calendar in front of me, and the calendar has …… painted on it”, so as to relax the discomfort in your mind, and you can Combined with breathing and muscle relaxation methods to make yourself less tense. This therapy is also known as exposure and response prevention therapy, and its effectiveness has been internationally recognized. However, in addition to the doctor’s guidance, patients need to have strong willpower during this treatment process because they have to be exposed to the anxiety-provoking stimulus for one hour every day, and they have to endure the anxiety for one hour until it subsides, so the whole process is rather painful. As a result, some patients often fail to persevere and give up easily.
Compulsive personality test
1.Are you the kind of person who pays attention to details, order and organization, or who likes to make lists and schedules?
2, because the effort to make things perfect and spend a lot of time, so that it is difficult to complete the work, this situation you have had?
3.Do you or others feel that you are so eager to work or study that you do not have time to socialize or play with others?
4.You have very high standards for what is right and what is wrong, don’t you?
5.You find it difficult to throw things away because they might come in handy someday, right?
6.If people don’t agree to do exactly what you want, you’d rather not have their help, wouldn’t you?
7.Even if you have enough money, you refuse to spend it for yourself and others, right?
8.You often believe that you are right and do not care what others say, right?
9.Anyone say you are stubborn or stereotypical?
If you answered yes to more than four of the above nine items, you may have a distinctly obsessive personality.