Sigmund Freud And Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that modern thinkers began to realize that anxiety was an emotion (Thomson 21). Sigmund Freud had two theories about anxiety. One being if you isolate yourself or have someone stopping you from doing what you want, anxiety will be the result. The second one is that anxiety comes from fear (Thomson 3). Nineteen million Americans have some type of anxiety (Lee 4). It’s an incredibly common issue, especially among teenagers. This is more than likely the result of all the pressures that come along with being a teenager. Some of those pressures being; puberty, grades, and fitting in. Everyone has had some type of anxiety at one point in their life. It’s only when they cannot function in everyday life when they need to get help (Lee 87). Anxiety can result from many things. High …show more content…
There are actually two parts of OCD. One deals with obsessions and the other compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts. Compulsions are a response to the obsessions, and people feel the need to repeat things (Lee 19). Some of the symptoms are worse than others. There are some cases where someone will repeatedly wash their hands, and then the repetitive behavior will grow more and they’ll be washing their hands until all the skin is damaged from over washing. These two types of obsessive compulsive disorder always center around something. Being dirty, having things neat, and bad thoughts are all examples of the things they center around. Lots of people tend to call someone who likes to have things tidy OCD, but that’s not always the case. It’s only obsessive compulsive disorder when it starts to take over their life. Liking to have a clean room or a tidy house is not a disorder, but when they start obsessing over these things and can’t stand to have one sock on the floor of their otherwise clean room should they begin to seek professional help on this