OCD: Stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessions are:
recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress
Compulsions are:
repetitive behaviors (e.g., hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g., praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly
The worst patient my doc has ever seen: the guy counted how many breaths he took each day. That is all that he could do--day in and day out. Breath (1), Breath (2) Breath (3)....Now that's commitment!
I gave it my best shot, counted one breath, got bored, and quit.
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