these three letters get thrown around
way too casually does your raccoon house
CD maybe welcome to watchmojo.com
Stallman we’re counting down the top
five myths about OCD also known as
obsessive compulsive disorder
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content in our modern society
the Tim OCD is used quite liberally
often as a joke or to insinuate that
someone is fixating too much on a given
task but in reality OCD is a serious
anxiety disorder that can have a
significantly negative impact on one’s
ability to lead a productive
well-balanced life come along as we
break down the common misconceptions and
generalizations pertaining to this
condition they’re hard to diagnose so
people don’t always appreciate that
they’re serious problems this number 5
OCD is all about cleanliness and
organizations we’ve all seen depictions
of OCD in popular media it usually
involves meticulous cleanliness or
people repeatedly washing their hands
while the compulsion to keep things
extremely clean and well-organized or a
fixation with personal hygiene are
certainly common among those who suffer
from the disorder such tendencies are
far from Universal but some anxiety
manifesting alternative obsessive
compulsion such as irrational chronic
fears ranging from accidents to certain
numbers or colors or the need to repeat
certain actions ritualistically like
locking doors a key example that
undermines the neat-freak stereotype is
hoarding which is in fact a very common
symptom of OCD myth number 4 OCD is an
adult problem when I was a kid I counted
colour phone calls from the car if I
missed one
we’d crash kids can be a mystery just
ask any parent a child’s development
takes countless twists and turns and
newly developing behaviors can be hard
to keep up with it’s often tricky to
distinguish a tidy hygienic or safety
conscious kid from one exhibiting
symptoms of OCD the anxieties and
rituals if present are similar to those
of their adult counterparts just
transposed onto a child’s life it’s
estimated that one in every 200 kids has
OCD although other studies have
suggested
it’s more like one in every 100
obsessive-compulsive disorder can be
particularly hard on kids as most have
little knowledge of OCD and likely like
the vocabulary to clearly express the
abstract anxieties they’re experiencing
myth number three it’s untreatable OCD
can be a source of shame or
embarrassment for those who suffer from
it why are you doing or important
questions why are you just to have it
while any mental illness can prove
challenging to overcome those who
suspect they’re experiencing symptoms of
OCD should seek treatment because it
exists and it often works there’s no
magic pill to make the feelings go away
general anxiety medication may be
prescribed to take the edge off the
perhaps the most effective treatment is
exposure and response prevention or ERP
this type of cognitive behavior therapy
exposes the patient to anxiety triggers
in the form of ideas images videos or
items with help from the therapist the
patient learns to appropriately process
their anxiety rather than resorting to
ritual soothing myth number 2 people
with OCD are unaware of their actions
and really think that I’m obsessed when
you’re constantly getting stuck in
rituals or experiencing intrusive
anxious thoughts your issues become self
apparent most OCD sufferers are well
aware of the condition they simply don’t
wish to discuss it there are however
people who are unaware of their own
obsessive need for order and control but
they likely have obsessive compulsive
personality disorder or OCPD and not OCD
it’s similar for ultimately a different
beast with OCPD everything stems from a
need to control your environment because
these compulsions relate to upholding
unreasonable personal standards rather
than soothing intrusive thoughts via
ritual individuals with OCPD often view
their compulsions as quite simply the
right way to do things and see them is
entirely normal I just I have things a
certain way myth number one it’s all
about repeating the same actions I’m
obsessive compulsive one two three four
one two three four we’ve already touched
on this briefly but it’s worth going
into phase of detail because when it
comes to OCD this is arguably the most
pervasive myth when someone performs the
same action multiple times or finds
themselves unable to stop
forming a certain task it is referred to
as getting stuck while this is a common
issue for individuals with OCD the
assumption that is the default
behavioral pattern is a seriously
service that this nuanced disorder some
patients exhibit no external symptoms
whatsoever experiencing what is known as
purely obsessional OCD in such cases all
anxieties and subsequent soothing
rituals are performed mentally while it
may sound preferable many sufferers
describe it as a constant exhausting
mental battle do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from watch mojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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way too casually does your raccoon house
CD maybe welcome to watchmojo.com
Stallman we’re counting down the top
five myths about OCD also known as
obsessive compulsive disorder
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content in our modern society
the Tim OCD is used quite liberally
often as a joke or to insinuate that
someone is fixating too much on a given
task but in reality OCD is a serious
anxiety disorder that can have a
significantly negative impact on one’s
ability to lead a productive
well-balanced life come along as we
break down the common misconceptions and
generalizations pertaining to this
condition they’re hard to diagnose so
people don’t always appreciate that
they’re serious problems this number 5
OCD is all about cleanliness and
organizations we’ve all seen depictions
of OCD in popular media it usually
involves meticulous cleanliness or
people repeatedly washing their hands
while the compulsion to keep things
extremely clean and well-organized or a
fixation with personal hygiene are
certainly common among those who suffer
from the disorder such tendencies are
far from Universal but some anxiety
manifesting alternative obsessive
compulsion such as irrational chronic
fears ranging from accidents to certain
numbers or colors or the need to repeat
certain actions ritualistically like
locking doors a key example that
undermines the neat-freak stereotype is
hoarding which is in fact a very common
symptom of OCD myth number 4 OCD is an
adult problem when I was a kid I counted
colour phone calls from the car if I
missed one
we’d crash kids can be a mystery just
ask any parent a child’s development
takes countless twists and turns and
newly developing behaviors can be hard
to keep up with it’s often tricky to
distinguish a tidy hygienic or safety
conscious kid from one exhibiting
symptoms of OCD the anxieties and
rituals if present are similar to those
of their adult counterparts just
transposed onto a child’s life it’s
estimated that one in every 200 kids has
OCD although other studies have
suggested
it’s more like one in every 100
obsessive-compulsive disorder can be
particularly hard on kids as most have
little knowledge of OCD and likely like
the vocabulary to clearly express the
abstract anxieties they’re experiencing
myth number three it’s untreatable OCD
can be a source of shame or
embarrassment for those who suffer from
it why are you doing or important
questions why are you just to have it
while any mental illness can prove
challenging to overcome those who
suspect they’re experiencing symptoms of
OCD should seek treatment because it
exists and it often works there’s no
magic pill to make the feelings go away
general anxiety medication may be
prescribed to take the edge off the
perhaps the most effective treatment is
exposure and response prevention or ERP
this type of cognitive behavior therapy
exposes the patient to anxiety triggers
in the form of ideas images videos or
items with help from the therapist the
patient learns to appropriately process
their anxiety rather than resorting to
ritual soothing myth number 2 people
with OCD are unaware of their actions
and really think that I’m obsessed when
you’re constantly getting stuck in
rituals or experiencing intrusive
anxious thoughts your issues become self
apparent most OCD sufferers are well
aware of the condition they simply don’t
wish to discuss it there are however
people who are unaware of their own
obsessive need for order and control but
they likely have obsessive compulsive
personality disorder or OCPD and not OCD
it’s similar for ultimately a different
beast with OCPD everything stems from a
need to control your environment because
these compulsions relate to upholding
unreasonable personal standards rather
than soothing intrusive thoughts via
ritual individuals with OCPD often view
their compulsions as quite simply the
right way to do things and see them is
entirely normal I just I have things a
certain way myth number one it’s all
about repeating the same actions I’m
obsessive compulsive one two three four
one two three four we’ve already touched
on this briefly but it’s worth going
into phase of detail because when it
comes to OCD this is arguably the most
pervasive myth when someone performs the
same action multiple times or finds
themselves unable to stop
forming a certain task it is referred to
as getting stuck while this is a common
issue for individuals with OCD the
assumption that is the default
behavioral pattern is a seriously
service that this nuanced disorder some
patients exhibit no external symptoms
whatsoever experiencing what is known as
purely obsessional OCD in such cases all
anxieties and subsequent soothing
rituals are performed mentally while it
may sound preferable many sufferers
describe it as a constant exhausting
mental battle do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from watch mojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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