Compulsive hoarding

Do you often find yourself biting the skin around your nails? Do you find that when you’re in an anxiety inducing situation that the inside of your mouth is being bitten? Do you just bite the skin and nails for fun? There is a term for what is happening and it’s called Dermatophagia. Some people bite their nails just as a bad habit, or because they have a hangnail. Unfortunately, there is a point when that “bad habit” becomes a dangerous problem. When there is constant chewing going on…

Though Control therapy to treat Cognitive Appraisals of Intrusive Thoughts associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder There are a number of people all around that world that report having intrusive thoughts. (Levine & Warman, 2016) Intrusive thoughts are obsessive thoughts or images that cause an individual distress. (Wilson, 2012) These people are average in the sense that they do not have a disorder that can be characterized by the DSM-5. The most common intrusive thoughts or images are…

Since the patient first recalls his compulsions as “good luck charms” for competing in athletic events, I believe that his compulsive behavior stems from the behavioral perspective of psychology. In which they state that that people happen upon their compulsions quite randomly when they coincidentally coincide with a reduction of fear/stress in a high stakes situation (Comer,…

The main character, Melvin, in the movie “As good as it gets” suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. Melvin’s obsessive-compulsive behaviors consist of avoiding cracks on the sidewalk or on the floors, locking his door a specific amount of times, washing his hands with a brand new bar of soap every time with steaming hot water, worry of germs, and eating at the same restaurant with the same waitress at the same table. The DSM-5 (2013) states “the obsessions or compulsions are…

2010). Despite the prevalence of cases over the past century, little research is dedicated to the disorders, and not much is known about them in terms of why these behaviors occur. Research has determined that these disorders have links to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and that there are genetic factors that can cause them. Keywords: Trichotillomania,…

Obsessive compulsion disorder, also known as O.C.D, is a mental disorder where a person feels the need to repeat things over and over again until he or she feels satisfied. Psychologist call the need to repeat things over and over again a ritual. While only 2.3% of the U.S population has O.C.D (mHMR), not all O.C.D is the same. One person may feel the need to always wash their hands, while another may feel the need to turn a doorknob a certain amount of times. Doctors do not know what cause…

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of anxiety disorder which an individual experience “unwanted, reoccurring obsessive thoughts and behaviors that reduce the anxiety of the obsessions.” (NIMH » Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2016, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml). Those who suffer from OCD often repeat certain actions such as “washing their hands, checking, cleaning, counting, and arranging items in…

disorder more affectly, health professionals refer to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM. DSM has its flaws but it is still consider the most frequent tool that helps diagnosis disorders. One of the most dramatic disorder is the Obsessive-Compulsive disorder or OCD. People with this disorder may not even know they have an obsession or they do know and they try and ignore it; this does not work. They will become distress and have anxiety until obsession is performed. OCD can be passed…

to the Forward and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and has co-authored many books published by the Chronicles. Jennifer Traig style of writing involves real life situations and examples of her own scrupulosity, a hyper- religious form of obsessive compulsive disorder, that she describes in details as a disease that constantly overpowers her own thoughts and actions. This book is about Triag battling her scruples OCD to gain control over her life. The goal of this paper is to bring the topic of…

her situation any better. As a child, she never thought she would be like this when she dreamed about her future. Sadly, this woman has a hoarding problem. “Compulsive hoarding is defined as the acquisition of a large number of possessions with failure to discard them” (Iervolino, Perroud, Fallana, Guipponi, Cherkas, Collier, & Mataix-Cols, 2009, p. 1156). Hoarding is triggered by a person’s health; mood disorders, personality disorders, eating…