The DSM-5 defines obsessive-compulsive disorder as experiencing recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate, and that cause marked anxiety and distress. A person with OCD develops ritual-like behavior (compulsion) that reduces their anxiety around a repetitive thought (obsession). If people with OCD are prevented from engaging in this behavior, anxiety and panic rapidly build. While obsessions can drive people to repeat positive behaviors, like a student who studies compulsively in order to keep their good grades, obsessions can take control of people, and what could have been a helpful tendency becomes obsessive-compulsive disorder.
OCD often manifests as an intense need for organization. A person …show more content…
OCD is also fueled by negative reinforcement, since compulsive behaviors reduce the person’s anxiety or fear.
One type of obsessive compulsive disorder is hoarding. Hoarders have persistent difficulty parting with their possessions, regardless of their actual value (or lack thereof). This results in an excessively cluttered and sometimes life-threatening living environment. Hoarding is present almost three times as often in older adults than younger adults. The TLC show Hoarding: Buried Alive showcases the homes of hoarders in hopes of raising awareness for hoarding disorder.
Another type of obsessive compulsive disorder is body dysmorphic disorder. Individuals suffering from BDD are frequently preoccupied with perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance that are not observable or seem slight to others.
They perform repetitive behaviors like checking mirrors, grooming excessively, and comparing their own appearance to others’ appearances. A type of BDD called muscle dysmorphia, found almost exclusively in males, causes people to excessively worry about their bodies being too small or lacking in
OCD often manifests as an intense need for organization. A person …show more content…
OCD is also fueled by negative reinforcement, since compulsive behaviors reduce the person’s anxiety or fear.
One type of obsessive compulsive disorder is hoarding. Hoarders have persistent difficulty parting with their possessions, regardless of their actual value (or lack thereof). This results in an excessively cluttered and sometimes life-threatening living environment. Hoarding is present almost three times as often in older adults than younger adults. The TLC show Hoarding: Buried Alive showcases the homes of hoarders in hopes of raising awareness for hoarding disorder.
Another type of obsessive compulsive disorder is body dysmorphic disorder. Individuals suffering from BDD are frequently preoccupied with perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance that are not observable or seem slight to others.
They perform repetitive behaviors like checking mirrors, grooming excessively, and comparing their own appearance to others’ appearances. A type of BDD called muscle dysmorphia, found almost exclusively in males, causes people to excessively worry about their bodies being too small or lacking in