Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a psychological disorder that is believed to originate from a number of factors such as their childhood upbringing and even their all-around environment. Although treating OCD naturally can be harder to work with and can require more patience from…

Unfortunately, there is a point when that “bad habit” becomes a dangerous problem. When there is constant chewing going on around the nails, that biter needs to stop because it can be linked to mental disorders, and it is unhealthy for the biter. Many people don’t know that there is a disorder called Dermatophagia and as a disease, it rips apart people’s lives. When there…

recently, Obsession Compulsion Disorder was considered a rare disorder for an individual to be diagnosed with. In previous DSM’s, Obsession Compulsion Disorder was classified as an anxiety disorder; however, recently in the DSM-V, Obsession Compulsion Disorder and anxiety were removed from the same realm, giving OCD its own section. Added to the DSM-V section of OCD were many sub-groups, such as body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, and excoriation disorder (Stein et al, 2010). In…

may be living with obsessive compulsive disorder, based on the physical and observable observations made of his abnormal behaviors and comments. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a constant condition that causes one to have obsessive thoughts and feelings, along with compulsive behaviors,…

where you started. Based on the most recent research findings, this book gives you innovative exercises and strategies to help you free yourself from your impulsive eating. Although its main focus is on any form of impulsive eating, including compulsive eating, overeating and emotional eating, the book could help with comorbid addiction behaviors including substance abuse, gambling, sex, etc. Make this book your journey to wellness. Think of it not so much as another self-help…

cannot blame ourselves for picking up this type of behavior, after all the media has done an excellent job into talking us to buy useless products we do not need. Schutza did not develop an explicit solution to hoarding because it is still a recent disorder that has not been around for many years. Maybe for this reason she was not able to provide us with an answer as to how we must manage this issue. Although, hoarders do set goals for cleaning up their mess, that day hardly ever comes…

Disability may only be a matter of judgement. This concept appears in Homer and Langley, where Edgar Lawrence Doctorow depicts the possibilities in the life of a blind protagonist, Homer Collyer. Although Homer discerns darkness in a negative connotation, darkness can only be seen and sight is not the only sense for humans. Thus, blindness does not replace the senses or disconnect the Collyer brothers from the world. In a passage on page 159, Langley Collyer’s theory of replacement enables Homer…

sensation to pull your hair out from the roots one by one or in chunks which leaves a pile of hair next to your lap. Sound scary? This is what sufferers of trichotillomania face on nearly a daily basis. “Trichotillomania (trik-o-til-o-MAY-nee-uh) is a disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body, despite trying to stop” (Mayo Clinic…

Dead. This man is dead. Jdimytai Damour was killed on Black Friday, 2008, at a local Walmart in New York by being trampled. Crazy, deal seeking mothers and fathers did not stop cramming into the doors so their child could have the latest trending toy that would be out of style in three months. They just watched as a man died before their eyes. When did we start being more interested in the stuff we want then in the stuff we need? As years go by, people are losing interest in sentimental and…

for a very small percentage of people, and like any condition described as a disorder there are varying degrees. We all "hoard" to some extent, but most of us would never get to the point where we would be eligible to get on the reality show Hoarding: Buried Alive. Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items (MAYO…