Obsessive behavior

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that involves an overactive threat detection system in the brain. People who OCD have ego-dystonic obsessions that they experience as unwanted and intrusive. Common themes are contamination, checking, symmetry, harm, and scrupulosity. Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) involves a long-standing pattern of preoccupation with order and control. It involves ego-syntonic perfectionism.

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Body-focused repetitive behaviors is a disorder similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder. In the treatment of this disorder, the person repeatedly performs activities that involve the body itself, such as biting the nails, biting the lip or cheek, and repeatedly tries to stop performing these behaviors.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is significantly more complex than most people realize. The average person repeats behaviors or has recurring, intrusive thoughts, but those with OCD do not enjoy these behaviors but feel a compulsion to do them regardless.

Obsessive - Compulsive Personality Disorder Clinical Features

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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder that’s characterized by extreme perfectionism, order, and neatness.

Just becuase you have obsessive thoughts or perform compulsive behaviors does Not mean that you have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

When you are obsessed with another's behavior, it is a sign that you are avoiding something within. We think "if only they would ..." then I would not have to feel this way. The healing begins when we let ourselves "feel this way." / Kathy Overman

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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is often confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) because of overlapping traits, but there are key dif

Could your child’s repetitive behaviors or intense preoccupations be signs of OCD? Take this quick screening test to determine whether to see a professional for an obsessive compulsive disorder evaluation.

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