4 Types of OCD & How They Manifest

 Upbeat music, Narrator, Hey Psych2Goers, Welcome back to our channel. We wanted to let you know that every one of your comments likes and shares helps support this channel and our goal to spread awareness about psychology and mental health. You help us make psychology and mental health more accessible to everyone. So thank you so much for your support. Before we begin, we would also like to remind you that this video is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be used as a diagnosis. So please do not self-diagnose If you suspect you or someone else might have OCD. We advise you to seek professional help With that said, let’s continue. Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is a mental illness that is exhibited by repetitive, unwanted, or intrusive thoughts. The obsessions are Often followed by an urge to do something repeatedly, The compulsions. It is a very serious mental illness that causes a great deal of suffering to those who have it. But did you know that there can be many different ways in which OCD manifests itself to help you get a better understanding of OCD? Here are four different types of OCD and how they manifest Number one Intrusive Thoughts and Ruminations. When someone with OCD suffers from intrusive thoughts, it’s, not the occasional, disturbing thought now and then it can be normal for people to have an intrusive thought as they go about their day, They may think of something worrisome or unpleasant and brush the thought. Aside. With OCD, it’s a different story When someone with OCD has intrusive thoughts, they’re repetitive and often constant. They can obsess over the thought for minutes or even hours. These thoughts can range in topic and be anything, but some common ones are violent. Intrusive thoughts, which involve a fear of harming yourself or a loved one sexual intrusive thoughts, which can involve unwanted thoughts of causing sexual harm to someone or obsessively questioning one’s, sexuality, And others can involve obsessions with religion and the fear of sinning. Analyzing. One’s relationship excessively and magical thinking, intrusive thoughts, in which one fears that simply thinking about a thought can make it more likely to happen. These thoughts are often followed by rituals or compulsion to make the bad thing not happen or to simply assure oneself that they don’t feel a certain way about it. A negative thought. Ruminations in OCD are when one dwells upon a question or a theme that is unproductive and likely to lead nowhere, dwelled upon for an excessive amount of time more than your average philosopher. These are often different from intrusive thoughts as they can be indulged in rather than resisted. Someone with OCD may excessively ruminate about life after death, visualizing every scenario to the detail, leaving them detached and preoccupied from what is going on around them, as they’re attending. To the thoughts in their mind, Number-checking OCD can present itself in the need to check on something This act, as compulsion Checking is often enacted out of a fear that something bad will happen, such as a fire, a burglary, or harm to loved ones. This can display itself in a variety of ways. Someone may check in with their family members to gain reassurance about their fears, or maybe they feel an unrelenting need to check the door repeatedly to make sure it’s locked out of fear of a burglary. Someone with OCD may even try to recall memories to make sure they felt a certain way or didn’t cause someone harm. For example, someone with OCD may be obsessing on their thoughts, questioning their sexuality When they know outside of obsessing, what their sexual preference is. The individual may check or pay attention to their body for arousal, But because they’re focused on not wanting this response. The body may automatically generate feelings of arousal. As research has shown, our bodies often react to what is actually relevant and not always what we desire and value Or another example.  Someone with those CDs may check an email they’ve written over and over. For any imperfections and fear, they may have written something wrong or will offend someone. Could you imagine writing an email to your boss only to check it for minutes on end all due to fear, you may have written something that could come across as inappropriate and therefore lose your job. As a result, We all generally need our jobs. So while this fear may seem to derive from an irrational place, those checking their email for the hundredth time are often afraid of losing something important to them. This is a common fear for those suffering from OCD, In the sense that they love or value something. So much so that they will strongly feel the need to act out these compulsions to protect what they love And since what you, love and value can often change in your life. Ocd will grab a hold of what it is. You’re enjoying and valuing and trying to manipulate it. Inside of your mind, according to your fears, This is one of the many dark features of OCD Number three Contamination or Mental Contamination Among those with OCD. There are generally two types of contamination obsessions. One is simply labeled, as contamination Contamination is often characterized by the strong fear of being dirty or contracting germs from objects or people. Someone may not like to shake hands, as they have an obsession with contracting a virus from someone else or someone may be excessively brushing their teeth or scrubbing their hands for minutes on end out of fear of not feeling clean enough or feeling just right. A lot of physical damage can occur due to these compulsions. Mental contamination is an area of OCD. Researchers are just recently starting to get an understanding of this. It can be evoked when someone feels as if they’ve been treated badly or if someone makes an abusive remark to them. The person will engage in compulsions to wash away this bad feeling, such as showering or acting out other compulsions And number four Symmetry and Orderliness. This type of OCD manifests in different ways such as organizing one’s, books or DVDs, making sure everything is neat, or clothes, folded perfectly and hanging the same way, While a lot of us may simply like symmetry, those with OCD focused on symmetry and order Are obsessed about it and did not gain any enjoyment out of organizing to ensure it feels just right, Remember what may look organized and clean to someone who doesn’t have OCD may feel wrong to someone with OCD because it’s about the feeling. Logically, they know their books are neatly stacked and their closet is fairly organized, but they can’t shake the strong feeling that it isn’t just right. This feeling may even pester them throughout the entire day, which is why they so strongly feel the need to act out the compulsion With OCD. The compulsion often only provides relief for literally a second. The thoughts and obsessions play on a loop, leaving a repetitive cycle and compulsions are an urge to simply be free of fear and, if, for only just a second to feel right. Fortunately, there is good news and hope in some of this. Some therapists do understand and specialize in treating OCD. Some of those affected by OCD have seen productive results through cognitive behavioral therapy from a therapist who does understand the condition. If you suspect you or someone else may have OCD, we highly recommend you seek professional help. So, do you now understand OCD a little bit more Thanks for watching and learning more about mental illness and psychology Psych2Goers. 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What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?

Hello, this is Dr Grande Today.’s, question is what is Illness Anxiety Disorder If you find this video to be interesting or helpful, please like it and subscribe to my channel That way, you won’t miss any new videos. Now, when we talk about illness, anxiety disorder, we talk about a mental disorder where an individual is preoccupied with concern about having a serious illness, and this is an interesting disorder because it’s fairly, similar to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. And there’s even a debate. In a mental health community About whether or not Illness, Anxiety disorder is really just a variant of OCD. So when we look at the criteria for Illness, Anxiety Disorder, there’s, another interesting feature. A lot of mental disorders in the DSM have a symptom criteria section and Then other criteria. So there may be Nine symptoms in the symptom criteria section and somebody might have to meet four or five of those symptoms to qualify For that criterion. And then there are other criteria that have to qualify for as well With illness, anxiety disorder. All of the different criteria are required. There is no section in the DSM with illness, anxiety disorder That has a number of symptoms where somebody only has to meet a certain Number less than that for the diagnosis. For example, if we consider Borderline Personality Disorder, that disorder has nine symptoms in the symptom criteria, But an individual only needs to have five of those to qualify for that diagnosis. So again with Illness, Anxiety, Disorder, all the symptoms are required. So the first symptom is a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness. Now the DSM doesn’t specifically say that this would be a mental disorder or a medical disorder, but most of the time we interpret this as relating to a possible medical disorder, a concern over having or getting a medical disorder, because we usually conceptualize this first Criterion as being related to medical disorders, this brings up an important point in terms of the distinction between a talk therapist and a physician. For example, I have a PhD in counselor education and supervision and I’m a licensed counselor. I’m, not a physician and most talk. Therapists are not physicians either. So with this particular diagnosis of illness, anxiety disorder. As a talk therapist, you would be working with somebody who has complaints or concerns about a medical disorder. So it’s important to make the referral to a physician so that you know if they in fact have the disorder or don’t That’s an important element in terms of the mental health treatment to know if that medical disorder is really there Or not Now, of course, a lot of times when we treat individuals with Illness, Anxiety Disorder, they have been referred by a physician and we already have the information that shows that they did not qualify for a diagnosis of any type of medical disorder, at least not The medical disorder that they’re worried about. The second criterion is that there are little or no somatic symptoms, So there’s another disorder, which is difficult to differentiate from Illness, Anxiety, Disorder, called Somatic Symptom Disorder, and I have another video that discusses these two disorders. Together With Illness, Anxiety Disorder, there can be mild somatic symptoms, but that’s really not the emphasis as the symptom criterion suggests. The anxiety is not coming primarily from physical, sensations of the person’s having, but rather the meaning or significance of having the illness. That they’re worried about having The third symptom criterion is the individual is experiencing a high level anxiety about health related concerns? The fourth is that there’s excessive health related behavior, like checking or maladaptive avoidance, so a lot of times we think of this disorder and compare it to OCD. It’s, this particular symptom criterion. That makes it difficult to distinguish the two, because that health related behavior, as I mentioned oftentimes, involves checking and, of course, OCD oftentimes involves checking The fifth symptom criteria is that the disturbance has been present for six months, but the illness that the person is worried about. Can change in that time So a lot of times we think of Illness, Anxiety Disorder, we think of one particular illness that the person is worried about having or acquiring, But sometimes with this disorder. If they have evidence that shows that they don’t have a particular medical disorder, they were worried about. Then they might develop a fear about another potential medical disorder, So the illness can change, but the disturbance would be present for at least six months, and The sixth symptom criterion is that this disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder and there’s a Number of mental disorders listed in the DSM as examples. One of them is OCD Again, emphasizing this difficult differentiation between illness, anxiety disorder and OCD. It’s important to note here as well that somebody can have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder. At the same time, These can be comorbid and oftentimes. They are comorbid This six symptom criterion that not better explained by another mental disorder criterion. Doesn’t mean that the two can’t co occur. It just means that if you’re looking at a presentation that you think is Illness, Anxiety, Disorder and the symptoms are in fact better explained by OCD, then you would consider OCD over illness anxiety disorder. This can certainly become confusing, but the term not better explained doesn’t mean that the two are mutually exclusive, that the two disorders cannot co occur. Now it’s also important to note that, with illness anxiety disorder, There are two subtypes. These are not specifiers, but rather subtypes, So an individual would have to have one, and only one of these subtypes There’s the care seeking type and the care avoiding type. So an individual with Illness. Anxiety Disorder would have to be categorized as one of these two types they could not be assigned both types. Some other interesting associated characteristics with Illness. Anxiety Disorder include that there’s, usually not a desire for perfectionism. With this disorder like we would see with OCD and also in terms of what medical disorder or serious illness somebody’s worried about it:’s, oftentimes, not a communicable illness, so the concern would more likely be over a medical disorder like cancer or heart disease. As opposed to influenza, Now in terms of the treatment for Illness, Anxiety Disorder, we don’t have a lot of research on the treatment effectiveness for illness, anxiety disorder specifically, but generally, we believe that mental health talk therapy is somewhat effective in relieving the symptoms of Illness, Anxiety Disorder. I hope you found this description of Illness Anxiety Disorder to be interesting Thanks for watching

Coronavirus anxiety (Covid-19): How to stop worrying about your health

Watch my updated video on mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak: https://youtu.be/mwrMtJ3DYXg.Anxious about the coronavirus (Covid-19)? I’ll show you how to stop worrying about your health and stay healthy at the same time.Timestamps: 0:35 – How health anxiety works 2:28 – How anxiety keeps us safe during a public health scare 2:47 – When does anxiety about coronavirus become a problem? 3:38 – How coronavirus anxiety relates to anxiety disorders 3:52 – Practice healthy habits 4:37 – Limit your media consumption 6:55 – Go to credible sources of information 7:46 – Stick to your routine 8:53 – Keep doing what helps you manage anxiety 9:02 – Seek professional help 9:20 – Comment of the weekWant to talk to Dr. Ali Mattu? Join the call in show by filling out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zsWcpP1u9oulbX3Z7J6r_XTdmI0UPSZVV-TLtzappx0/Special thanks to Elizabeth S., Tyler D., Anna H., Arnt J., Collin P., Evan A., Imran M., Sam D., Ryan L., Sophie Y., Ahmed Y, Israel P., Neuro Transmissions, Eric E., Eve P., Lauren K., BrainCraft, Aaron F., Samuel H., Marisa H.,Tae T., Steve M.,, Bryan T., Nicky C., Samuel A., Anton T., Jennifer C., Shanda W., Saleem H. P., Sri S., Alex N., Denise J., Emily W., Samar, Lars B., Pipitchy, Emily, Troy C., Alexandre V., Jose, Julie, H., Rebecca E., Mariana D. M., Karl S., Cesalie S., Greg M., Christy, BobC, Sam, Lena F. H., Andrey V. M., and Sya R. for making this episode possible! Learn how you can help me make The Psych Show and get exclusive behind the scenes access in return at https://www.Patreon.com/ThePsychShow.Learn more: * CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html * World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 * How to Deal With Coronavirus If You Have OCD or Anxiety: https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/k7exqm/how-to-deal-with-coronavirus-if-you-have-ocd-or-anxiety?__twitter_impression=true * How to wash your hands: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/helping-hands/hand-hygiene * How to get better sleep at night: https://youtu.be/eg8VRjHZgXI * Managing stress – 10 steps in 90 seconds: https://youtu.be/PzZZJ-2YUvs * The Psych Show Anxiety Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLItaCgXIQkHe-lpgzTZAjHy-mLgLx9_16Connect with Ali: Twitter ► http://twitter.com/alimattu Facebook ► http://www.facebook.com/thepsychshow Instagram ► http://instagram.com/alimattu Snapchat ► https://www.snapchat.com/add/alimattu Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/thepsychshow Email ► ali@thepsychshow.com Website ► http://alimattu.com/THE PSYCH SHOW! Creating mental health videos that educate, entertain, and empower! Produced, written, and edited by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice.If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions: – call 9-1-1 in the United States or your country’s emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of… – call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: http://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis… – text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit http://chat.suicidepreventionlifeline… – go to your nearest hospital emergency room

OCD & Anxiety: Symptoms, Treatment & How to Cope

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Psychiatry Lecture: Anxiety Disorders

A presentation on ‘Anxiety Disorders’ that systematically goes through the Clinical features (1:41), Epidemiology (14:22), Aetiology (17:15), Assessment (30:07), Management (34:06) and Prognosis (45:41) of the following disorders:1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 2. Panic Disorder 3. Phobias 4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 5. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)The presentation finishes with a set of 5 self-assessment MCQs. (48:50)This video has been prepared by: Dr. S. Rajagopal MBBS, DPM (Ireland), MRCPsych (UK), CCST (UK) Consultant Psychiatrist Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIADisclaimer This video is provided for educational / informational purposes only. This is not a substitute for professional medical consultation. Psychiatry, like other medical specialities, is a constantly evolving field. I cannot give any guarantee that the information in this video is accurate or up to date. I assume no responsibility for any omissions or errors.More details about Dr. Rajagopal can be found at http://psychiatristinchennai.blogspot.in/