Introduction

Imagine your life dictated by repetitive behavior. To feel the need to turn on and off a light before going in to a room or wash your hands so much they bleed because of dryness. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears. This term can be subdivided by two concepts; the core concept of fear and how it influences behavior. Fear, in the normal sense, is a vital response to danger but with people suffering OCD fear becomes common. By not achieving a behavior people who suffer from OCD build a sense of dread of an inevitable consequence that is outside their reach; and, to avoid such consequence they tend to do repetitive behaviors that are also known as compulsions. Some common themes of OCD may be an irrational fear of getting contaminated by germs and a compulsion that alleviates that fear would be to constantly wash hands. This often leads to repetitive and ritualistic behavior in order to find relief in their self-inflicted stressful situation.

This blog will look at the behavioral effects of said disease how it affects sleeping patterns and the big five personality traits. OCD will also look at the treatments to deceive besides cognitive behavioral therapy there is also from a collage of methods like drug therapy with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRI. Since it has been proven by many studies the most effective behavioral treatment for OCD is exposure and response prevention. This blog will also deal with surgical approaches to treating OCD and social observations that people with OCD have to struggle with like the following: