What is OCD?
-When was it discovered
-who discovered it
-popular people in history that may have or had OCD
what is anxiety?
-When was it discovered
-who discovered it
-popular people in history that may have or had OCD
Terminology used with the ideas of OCD.
-OCD
-obsessed
-washers
-checkers
-doubters/sinners
-counters/arrangers
-hoarders
What are the symptoms of OCD?
-Unwanted behaviors
-Unwanted thoughts
-Checking person, place, or things repeatedly.
-Constant counting
-Do things a certain amount of times
-Making things extremely orderly but makes no sense of the order to anyone else except the one person
-Pictures, words, images, or scenarios that the person cannot get out of their head(disturbing nature)
-Thinking about the “What if’s” in life.
-Hoarding of objects, pets, clothes, trash, etc.
Not touching anything publicly used for fear of germs.
^Just an overview.
What are some of the most abnormal behaviors of someone with OCD?
Even numbers of steps- Some people count their footsteps to make sure they move each leg the same amount. You can point these people out if you see them constantly looking at their feet or counting/mumbling numbers as they walk. Ex: I always start walking on my right foot and i always end on my left.
What are other disorders similar to OCD?
Tic Disorders/ Tourette Syndrome-
Trichotillomania (Compulsive hair pulling-
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)-
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder(OCPD)- Both have problems with making long lists, having things perfect(perfectionism) and hoarding.
Asperser’s Disorder and Autism- Both have routines/ habits and obsessions interests in certain persons, places or things.
Impulse control Disorders- Both have great urges to repeat certain habits and have problems paying attention.
Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia- Both Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia have strange or bizarre thoughts and thoughts that include sexual, violent and or religious topics.
What age group is most likely to have OCD the most?
From the ages 15 to 44 are the ages that people mostly suffer from a mental illness. Children are most common to ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Kids between 7 and 12 is when they normally become diagnosed with OCD. There are an estimated 1% of all children in America experienced an OCD disorder, ritual, or obsession.
What kind of medication do people use for OCD?
Two types of medication that is proven to be the most effective with OCD are “tricvlic antidepressants (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Some specific band drugs are listed below:
Clomipramine (Anafranil)
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Fluvoxamine (Lovox)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Citalopram (Celexa)
How likely is a child to get OCD if a parent has it?
There is no real statistic but children with parents that have OCD are much more likely to develop OCD later in life. Even if you cannot be seen, some children when they grow up develop a certain amount of the OCD habits like perfectionism.
Examples of people with OCD habits.
Obsessions:
1. Fear of dirt or germs
2. Disgust with bodily waste or fluids
3. Concern with order, symmetry and exactness (Perfectisum)
4. Worry that something has been done wrong.
5. Fear of thinking evil/sinful thoughts
6. Need of constants reassurance.
7. Fear of harming someone or something.
Compulsion
1. Cleaning/grooming: Washing hands, showering and brushing teeth.
2. Checking drawers, door locks, and appliances to make sure they are off, shut or locked.
3. Repeating actions like going in and out of a door, sitting down and getting back up, and touching something several times.
4. Ordering and arranging items in certain ways
5. Counting to certain numbers, letters over and over again.
6. Hoarding items like trash.
7. Always asking for permission and approval.
*Product 1: Statistics of different scenarios of people with OCD.
• Approximately 2.3% of the population between ages 18- 54 suffers from OCD, more than any other mental and emotional based challenges such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or panic disorders. Approximately 1 in 50 people are affected.
• Half of the people in America with OCD are considered severe cases.
• OCD is found in all ethnic groups. Both men and women are equal. But in children, OCD is more prevalent in boys.
• 1/3 to a half of all sufferers will find OCD rooted in childhood, with a fractional percentage showing signs of OCD as early as pro-school. In most cases, symptoms of OCD will start to show as a teenager.
• The age of onset of OCD is 6-15 for males and 20-29 for females. New cases of OCD after 40 are rare.
• The average age of people with OCD is 19.
• Less than 10% of people with OCD will seek effective treatment.
• Most people will go years without treatment (6-9) before seeking any form of treatment due to embarrassment and denial.
• OCD is not a consistent condition, it changes over time. There may be periods where the symptoms disperse and seem to go away but then come back. Others can see a steady increase in intensity and frequency of the obsessions.
• People with OCD are often diagnosed with other conditions such as social anxiety, anorexia, nervosa, bulimia nervosa, tourettes, trichotillomania, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHA, Asperser syndrome, Di-polar,…etc.
• There is a higher risk of substance abuse and addiction of those who have anxiety disorders.
*Product 2: Probability of people having OCD due to age, sex, location, parents …etc.
*Product 3: Display of graphs of data collected and researched.
*Product 1: Expository essay on OCD.
Have you ever thought you were obsessed about something? Have you ever seen someone else obsessed about something? You most likely have, because 2.8% of all Americans have obsessive-compulsion disorder (OCD). You’ve probably heard of this disorder before but only have an extreme point of view for it as people hoarding animals, trash, and useless items. Not everyone who has OCD goes to extremes; many like me just have an algorithm on how to do things a certain way so it makes other things work faster and run smoother.
What is OCD even? Obsessive-compulsion disorder is a form of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is a psychological and physiological involving people’s minds, behavior, and the function of living systems as far as distinguishing the chemical breakdown of the mind or other living organisms. An anxiety disorder is used by doctors to cover up many different problems. If a doctor tried to write a list of everything wrong with a person, the paper could be four miles long. There are countless anxiety disorders out there like panic, OCD, post-traumatic stress(PTSD), social anxiety; phobias that can be listed a separate problem for each phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder. That is just a couple. Symptoms of anxiety can be panic, fear, uneasiness, obsessive thoughts, nightmares, ritualistic behaviors, problems sleeping, and muscle tension.
In history, there was no thing as anxiety or OCD. There was only a very general view of mental illness. These mental disorders could be a crazy man or just someone who was born deformed or mentally handicap. In ancient Greece and Rome, mental illness was thought of being caused by spirits or demons. Early Babylonian, Chinese, and Egyptian civilizations viewed mental illness as possessions and used exorcisms. Sometimes its involved beatings, restraint, and starvation to try and drive the spirits, soles, or demons out from their victim. One ancient scholar did not agree with the theory of mental illness. Hippocrates believed in natural origins. That the mental illness was a natural cause from the body. He also did not try to drive demons out of a body. He tried to rehabilitate a person through rest, bathing, exercise, and dieting. Another ancient scholar named Plato saw mental illness as experiences that shaped an adult’s behaviors. Up to about 1910, habits that reflected OCD were still seen as possessed from the devil. Then a man named Sigmund Freud attributed the habits as Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Then behavior was changed to disorder, this is how OCD came along. He saw these habits as “unconscious conflicts that manifest as symptoms”. Now in modern time, people know everything they did in the past was uncalled for because we learned about it more.
The world has also learned about the brain activity of OCD patients. They have not fully found that cause but they have found hints and clues. Studies of people with OCD show that with brain scans, their brain activity is different than other people. They have different circuitry within certain parts of the brain like the striatum. People diagnosed with OCD also have an imbalance of dopamine and serotonin chemicals in many regions of the brain. Dopamine’s chemical formula is C6H3(OH)2-CH2-CH2-NH2. It has many functions in the brain such as behavior, cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment, and reward. Serotonin’s chemical formula is C10H12N2O. It is actually not a hormone. It is said to be linked with feeling of happiness or well being. It is stored mostly in the gut where it regulates intestinal movements, the rest of it if found in the CNS in the body.
There are many very famous and historic figures in the United States that had OCD. There are a few like Albert Einstein. He suffered from dyslexia. He also had very bad memory; he would forget the months in a year but would solve the hardest mathematical problem in no time. Charles Darwin also had OCD. His symptoms are still unknown but he is said to have symptoms showing by the age of sixteen and became incapacitating around the age of twenty-eight. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was a confederate general during the Civil War also had OCD. His symptoms are also not listed but it is know he had it.
There are categories for some OCD habits. The category of “Obsessed” is used when someone is fixated on an object or subject. That is all they think about. This could also be a general label for all OCD patients as well. Another group of OCD behavior is called “Washers”. This is for the large kind of people who keep extreme cleanliness. They wash, scrub, and disinfect everything. They do this in fear of their children getting sick, the house getting too messy, and for other reasons as of what other people will think of them if they see a dirty house or a piece of dirt on their hand. “Checkers” is a community of people who double, triple, and quadruple check thins as doors, locks, where their children are, and if someone is ok. They check to make sure appliances are off, the house alarm is on, and if they turned off their car lights. “Doubters/Sinners” are similar to “Checkers” but not fully. “Doubters/Sinners” do check things over and over again but then think that something bad will happen or they will get in trouble if they do not. They think the worst of thinks in all situations. Now “Counters/Arrangers” are the kind that need everything put symmetrically. Everything is lined up perfect on the shelf, the chalk on the board is all the same length, and nothing is out of order. This also goes with the principle of “Perfectisum”. Hoarders are the most popular classification of OCD habits. It’s so famous because it is so extreme and the show “Hoarders” on “A&E television” show the inside struggles from it. Hoarders are collectors of anything. Some collect specific things such as animals, trash, dolls, or just things in general like junkmen. In intense cases, their houses become cluttered with all the items. Cluttered enough that you cannot go through the house without leading and avoiding objects without knocking them down.
You can even organize the symptoms of OCD even more by categorizing them into “Obsessed” and “Compulsions”. Obsessions are things like the fear of dirt, disgust with bodily waste/fluids, and concern with order, symmetry and exactness; other words (Perfectisum). Compulsions are things like cleaning, checking things, repeating actions, and asking for permission and approval.
There is so much to do with just the mental illness of OCD. It branches off in so many directions it’s hard to keep up. You can always learn more. Before you know it, you might want to be a psychologist.
Obsessions:
8. Fear of dirt or germs
9. Disgust with bodily waste or fluids
10. Concern with order, symmetry and exactness (Perfectisum)
11. Worry that something has been done wrong.
12. Fear of thinking evil/sinful thoughts
13. Need of constants reassurance.
14. Fear of harming someone or something.
Compulsion
8. Cleaning/grooming: Washing hands, showering and brushing teeth.
9. Checking drawers, door locks, and appliances to make sure they are off, shut or locked.
10. Repeating actions like going in and out of a door, sitting down and getting back up, and touching something several times.
11. Ordering and arranging items in certain ways
12. Counting to certain numbers, letters over and over again.
13. Hoarding items like trash.
14. Always asking for permission and approval.
*Product 2: Power point of all other information collected within other subjects.
*Product 3: Perswasive Essay on the positives of OCD.
Introduction
Are you lazy? Maybe you should have OCD. OCD is Obsessive-Compulsion disorder. It is an anxiety disorder that make you do something longer than it is necessary or more times than necessary. There are different levels of OCD though, from mild and down, it’s not too bad of a thing.
1st reason- You get stuff done; not being lazy
Some people are obsessed with cleaning. Cleaning is always good to a degree. If you wake up everyday and clean your television or vacuum your carpet, then you’ll have it for a long time.
2nd reason- Everyone needs some kind of anxiety
3rd reason- Id the ocd symptoms are positive, you can be a great effect on others
Closing
*Product 1: What’s different with brain activity in normal people and people with OCD?
The world has also learned about the brain activity of OCD patients. They have not fully found that cause but they have found hints and clues. Studies of people with OCD show that with brain scans, their brain activity is different than other people. They have different circuitry within certain parts of the brain like the striatum. People diagnosed with OCD also have an imbalance of dopamine and serotonin chemicals in many regions of the brain. Dopamine’s chemical formula is C6H3(OH)2-CH2-CH2-NH2. It has many functions in the brain such as behavior, cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment, and reward. Serotonin’s chemical formula is C10H12N2O. It is actually not a hormone. It is said to be linked with feeling of happiness or well being. It is stored mostly in the gut where it regulates intestinal movements, the rest of it if found in the CNS in the body.
*Product 2: What medicine is used to treat OCD?
Two types of medication that is proven to be the most effective with OCD are “tricvlic antidepressants (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Some specific band drugs are listed below:
Clomipramine (Anafranil)
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Fluvoxamine (Lovox)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Citalopram (Celexa)
*Product 3: What are other disorders/diseases that are linked or similar to OCD?
Tic Disorders/ Tourette Syndrome-
Trichotillomania (Compulsive hair pulling-
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)-
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder(OCPD)- Both have problems with making long lists, having things perfect(perfectionism) and hoarding.
Asperser’s Disorder and Autism- Both have routines/ habits and obsessions interests in certain persons, places or things.
Impulse control Disorders- Both have great urges to repeat certain habits and have problems paying attention.
Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia- Both Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia have strange or bizarre thoughts and thoughts that include sexual, violent and or religious topics.
Product 1: How different societies viewed mental illnesses and how they viewed it over time.
In ancient Greece and Rome, mental illness was thought of being caused by spirits or demons. Early Babylonian, Chinese, and Egyptian civilizations viewed mental illness as possessions and used exorcisms. Sometimes its involved beatings, restraint, and starvation to try and drive the spirits, soles, or demons out from their victim. One ancient scholar did not agree with the theory of mental illness. Hippocrates believed in natural origins. That the mental illness was a natural cause from the body. He also did not try to drive demons out of a body. He tried to rehabilitate a person through rest, bathing, exercise, and dieting. Another ancient scholar named Plato saw mental illness as experiences that shaped an adult’s behaviors.
*Product 2: What societies thought about OCD in different times?
Up to about 1910, habits that reflected OCD were still seen as possessed from the devil. Then a man named Sigmund Freud attributed the habits as Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Then behavior was changed to disorder, this is how OCD came along. He saw these habits as “unconscious conflicts that manifest as symptoms”. Present day, people think of OCD as a mental illness that could be moderate or greatly bad. When people think of OCD now, they think of extremists that pick their skin, hoard animals/trash, touch a door knob seven times or are very clean, un-germy people.
*Product 3: Who in American history could have/ had OCD?
There are many very famous and historic figures in the United States that had OCD. There are a few like Albert Einstein. He suffered from dyslexia. He also had very bad memory; he would forget the months in a year but would solve the hardest mathematical problem in no time. Charles Darwin also had OCD. His symptoms are still unknown but he is said to have symptoms showing by the age of sixteen and became incapacitating around the age of twenty-eight. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was a confederate general during the Civil War also had OCD. His symptoms are also not listed but it is know he had it.
Ideas:
http://www.brainphysics.com/ocdfaq.php
http://anxiety.stjoes.ca/obsessive.htm
http://www.ocfoundation.org/relateddisorders.aspx
-When was it discovered
-who discovered it
-popular people in history that may have or had OCD
what is anxiety?
-When was it discovered
-who discovered it
-popular people in history that may have or had OCD
Terminology used with the ideas of OCD.
-OCD
-obsessed
-washers
-checkers
-doubters/sinners
-counters/arrangers
-hoarders
What are the symptoms of OCD?
-Unwanted behaviors
-Unwanted thoughts
-Checking person, place, or things repeatedly.
-Constant counting
-Do things a certain amount of times
-Making things extremely orderly but makes no sense of the order to anyone else except the one person
-Pictures, words, images, or scenarios that the person cannot get out of their head(disturbing nature)
-Thinking about the “What if’s” in life.
-Hoarding of objects, pets, clothes, trash, etc.
Not touching anything publicly used for fear of germs.
^Just an overview.
What are some of the most abnormal behaviors of someone with OCD?
Even numbers of steps- Some people count their footsteps to make sure they move each leg the same amount. You can point these people out if you see them constantly looking at their feet or counting/mumbling numbers as they walk. Ex: I always start walking on my right foot and i always end on my left.
What are other disorders similar to OCD?
Tic Disorders/ Tourette Syndrome-
Trichotillomania (Compulsive hair pulling-
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)-
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder(OCPD)- Both have problems with making long lists, having things perfect(perfectionism) and hoarding.
Asperser’s Disorder and Autism- Both have routines/ habits and obsessions interests in certain persons, places or things.
Impulse control Disorders- Both have great urges to repeat certain habits and have problems paying attention.
Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia- Both Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia have strange or bizarre thoughts and thoughts that include sexual, violent and or religious topics.
What age group is most likely to have OCD the most?
From the ages 15 to 44 are the ages that people mostly suffer from a mental illness. Children are most common to ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Kids between 7 and 12 is when they normally become diagnosed with OCD. There are an estimated 1% of all children in America experienced an OCD disorder, ritual, or obsession.
What kind of medication do people use for OCD?
Two types of medication that is proven to be the most effective with OCD are “tricvlic antidepressants (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Some specific band drugs are listed below:
Clomipramine (Anafranil)
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Fluvoxamine (Lovox)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Citalopram (Celexa)
How likely is a child to get OCD if a parent has it?
There is no real statistic but children with parents that have OCD are much more likely to develop OCD later in life. Even if you cannot be seen, some children when they grow up develop a certain amount of the OCD habits like perfectionism.
Examples of people with OCD habits.
Obsessions:
1. Fear of dirt or germs
2. Disgust with bodily waste or fluids
3. Concern with order, symmetry and exactness (Perfectisum)
4. Worry that something has been done wrong.
5. Fear of thinking evil/sinful thoughts
6. Need of constants reassurance.
7. Fear of harming someone or something.
Compulsion
1. Cleaning/grooming: Washing hands, showering and brushing teeth.
2. Checking drawers, door locks, and appliances to make sure they are off, shut or locked.
3. Repeating actions like going in and out of a door, sitting down and getting back up, and touching something several times.
4. Ordering and arranging items in certain ways
5. Counting to certain numbers, letters over and over again.
6. Hoarding items like trash.
7. Always asking for permission and approval.
*Product 1: Statistics of different scenarios of people with OCD.
• Approximately 2.3% of the population between ages 18- 54 suffers from OCD, more than any other mental and emotional based challenges such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or panic disorders. Approximately 1 in 50 people are affected.
• Half of the people in America with OCD are considered severe cases.
• OCD is found in all ethnic groups. Both men and women are equal. But in children, OCD is more prevalent in boys.
• 1/3 to a half of all sufferers will find OCD rooted in childhood, with a fractional percentage showing signs of OCD as early as pro-school. In most cases, symptoms of OCD will start to show as a teenager.
• The age of onset of OCD is 6-15 for males and 20-29 for females. New cases of OCD after 40 are rare.
• The average age of people with OCD is 19.
• Less than 10% of people with OCD will seek effective treatment.
• Most people will go years without treatment (6-9) before seeking any form of treatment due to embarrassment and denial.
• OCD is not a consistent condition, it changes over time. There may be periods where the symptoms disperse and seem to go away but then come back. Others can see a steady increase in intensity and frequency of the obsessions.
• People with OCD are often diagnosed with other conditions such as social anxiety, anorexia, nervosa, bulimia nervosa, tourettes, trichotillomania, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHA, Asperser syndrome, Di-polar,…etc.
• There is a higher risk of substance abuse and addiction of those who have anxiety disorders.
*Product 2: Probability of people having OCD due to age, sex, location, parents …etc.
*Product 3: Display of graphs of data collected and researched.
*Product 1: Expository essay on OCD.
Have you ever thought you were obsessed about something? Have you ever seen someone else obsessed about something? You most likely have, because 2.8% of all Americans have obsessive-compulsion disorder (OCD). You’ve probably heard of this disorder before but only have an extreme point of view for it as people hoarding animals, trash, and useless items. Not everyone who has OCD goes to extremes; many like me just have an algorithm on how to do things a certain way so it makes other things work faster and run smoother.
What is OCD even? Obsessive-compulsion disorder is a form of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is a psychological and physiological involving people’s minds, behavior, and the function of living systems as far as distinguishing the chemical breakdown of the mind or other living organisms. An anxiety disorder is used by doctors to cover up many different problems. If a doctor tried to write a list of everything wrong with a person, the paper could be four miles long. There are countless anxiety disorders out there like panic, OCD, post-traumatic stress(PTSD), social anxiety; phobias that can be listed a separate problem for each phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder. That is just a couple. Symptoms of anxiety can be panic, fear, uneasiness, obsessive thoughts, nightmares, ritualistic behaviors, problems sleeping, and muscle tension.
In history, there was no thing as anxiety or OCD. There was only a very general view of mental illness. These mental disorders could be a crazy man or just someone who was born deformed or mentally handicap. In ancient Greece and Rome, mental illness was thought of being caused by spirits or demons. Early Babylonian, Chinese, and Egyptian civilizations viewed mental illness as possessions and used exorcisms. Sometimes its involved beatings, restraint, and starvation to try and drive the spirits, soles, or demons out from their victim. One ancient scholar did not agree with the theory of mental illness. Hippocrates believed in natural origins. That the mental illness was a natural cause from the body. He also did not try to drive demons out of a body. He tried to rehabilitate a person through rest, bathing, exercise, and dieting. Another ancient scholar named Plato saw mental illness as experiences that shaped an adult’s behaviors. Up to about 1910, habits that reflected OCD were still seen as possessed from the devil. Then a man named Sigmund Freud attributed the habits as Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Then behavior was changed to disorder, this is how OCD came along. He saw these habits as “unconscious conflicts that manifest as symptoms”. Now in modern time, people know everything they did in the past was uncalled for because we learned about it more.
The world has also learned about the brain activity of OCD patients. They have not fully found that cause but they have found hints and clues. Studies of people with OCD show that with brain scans, their brain activity is different than other people. They have different circuitry within certain parts of the brain like the striatum. People diagnosed with OCD also have an imbalance of dopamine and serotonin chemicals in many regions of the brain. Dopamine’s chemical formula is C6H3(OH)2-CH2-CH2-NH2. It has many functions in the brain such as behavior, cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment, and reward. Serotonin’s chemical formula is C10H12N2O. It is actually not a hormone. It is said to be linked with feeling of happiness or well being. It is stored mostly in the gut where it regulates intestinal movements, the rest of it if found in the CNS in the body.
There are many very famous and historic figures in the United States that had OCD. There are a few like Albert Einstein. He suffered from dyslexia. He also had very bad memory; he would forget the months in a year but would solve the hardest mathematical problem in no time. Charles Darwin also had OCD. His symptoms are still unknown but he is said to have symptoms showing by the age of sixteen and became incapacitating around the age of twenty-eight. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was a confederate general during the Civil War also had OCD. His symptoms are also not listed but it is know he had it.
There are categories for some OCD habits. The category of “Obsessed” is used when someone is fixated on an object or subject. That is all they think about. This could also be a general label for all OCD patients as well. Another group of OCD behavior is called “Washers”. This is for the large kind of people who keep extreme cleanliness. They wash, scrub, and disinfect everything. They do this in fear of their children getting sick, the house getting too messy, and for other reasons as of what other people will think of them if they see a dirty house or a piece of dirt on their hand. “Checkers” is a community of people who double, triple, and quadruple check thins as doors, locks, where their children are, and if someone is ok. They check to make sure appliances are off, the house alarm is on, and if they turned off their car lights. “Doubters/Sinners” are similar to “Checkers” but not fully. “Doubters/Sinners” do check things over and over again but then think that something bad will happen or they will get in trouble if they do not. They think the worst of thinks in all situations. Now “Counters/Arrangers” are the kind that need everything put symmetrically. Everything is lined up perfect on the shelf, the chalk on the board is all the same length, and nothing is out of order. This also goes with the principle of “Perfectisum”. Hoarders are the most popular classification of OCD habits. It’s so famous because it is so extreme and the show “Hoarders” on “A&E television” show the inside struggles from it. Hoarders are collectors of anything. Some collect specific things such as animals, trash, dolls, or just things in general like junkmen. In intense cases, their houses become cluttered with all the items. Cluttered enough that you cannot go through the house without leading and avoiding objects without knocking them down.
You can even organize the symptoms of OCD even more by categorizing them into “Obsessed” and “Compulsions”. Obsessions are things like the fear of dirt, disgust with bodily waste/fluids, and concern with order, symmetry and exactness; other words (Perfectisum). Compulsions are things like cleaning, checking things, repeating actions, and asking for permission and approval.
There is so much to do with just the mental illness of OCD. It branches off in so many directions it’s hard to keep up. You can always learn more. Before you know it, you might want to be a psychologist.
Obsessions:
8. Fear of dirt or germs
9. Disgust with bodily waste or fluids
10. Concern with order, symmetry and exactness (Perfectisum)
11. Worry that something has been done wrong.
12. Fear of thinking evil/sinful thoughts
13. Need of constants reassurance.
14. Fear of harming someone or something.
Compulsion
8. Cleaning/grooming: Washing hands, showering and brushing teeth.
9. Checking drawers, door locks, and appliances to make sure they are off, shut or locked.
10. Repeating actions like going in and out of a door, sitting down and getting back up, and touching something several times.
11. Ordering and arranging items in certain ways
12. Counting to certain numbers, letters over and over again.
13. Hoarding items like trash.
14. Always asking for permission and approval.
*Product 2: Power point of all other information collected within other subjects.
*Product 3: Perswasive Essay on the positives of OCD.
Introduction
Are you lazy? Maybe you should have OCD. OCD is Obsessive-Compulsion disorder. It is an anxiety disorder that make you do something longer than it is necessary or more times than necessary. There are different levels of OCD though, from mild and down, it’s not too bad of a thing.
1st reason- You get stuff done; not being lazy
Some people are obsessed with cleaning. Cleaning is always good to a degree. If you wake up everyday and clean your television or vacuum your carpet, then you’ll have it for a long time.
2nd reason- Everyone needs some kind of anxiety
3rd reason- Id the ocd symptoms are positive, you can be a great effect on others
Closing
*Product 1: What’s different with brain activity in normal people and people with OCD?
The world has also learned about the brain activity of OCD patients. They have not fully found that cause but they have found hints and clues. Studies of people with OCD show that with brain scans, their brain activity is different than other people. They have different circuitry within certain parts of the brain like the striatum. People diagnosed with OCD also have an imbalance of dopamine and serotonin chemicals in many regions of the brain. Dopamine’s chemical formula is C6H3(OH)2-CH2-CH2-NH2. It has many functions in the brain such as behavior, cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment, and reward. Serotonin’s chemical formula is C10H12N2O. It is actually not a hormone. It is said to be linked with feeling of happiness or well being. It is stored mostly in the gut where it regulates intestinal movements, the rest of it if found in the CNS in the body.
*Product 2: What medicine is used to treat OCD?
Two types of medication that is proven to be the most effective with OCD are “tricvlic antidepressants (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Some specific band drugs are listed below:
Clomipramine (Anafranil)
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Fluvoxamine (Lovox)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Citalopram (Celexa)
*Product 3: What are other disorders/diseases that are linked or similar to OCD?
Tic Disorders/ Tourette Syndrome-
Trichotillomania (Compulsive hair pulling-
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)-
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder(OCPD)- Both have problems with making long lists, having things perfect(perfectionism) and hoarding.
Asperser’s Disorder and Autism- Both have routines/ habits and obsessions interests in certain persons, places or things.
Impulse control Disorders- Both have great urges to repeat certain habits and have problems paying attention.
Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia- Both Psychotic disorders/ Schizophrenia have strange or bizarre thoughts and thoughts that include sexual, violent and or religious topics.
Product 1: How different societies viewed mental illnesses and how they viewed it over time.
In ancient Greece and Rome, mental illness was thought of being caused by spirits or demons. Early Babylonian, Chinese, and Egyptian civilizations viewed mental illness as possessions and used exorcisms. Sometimes its involved beatings, restraint, and starvation to try and drive the spirits, soles, or demons out from their victim. One ancient scholar did not agree with the theory of mental illness. Hippocrates believed in natural origins. That the mental illness was a natural cause from the body. He also did not try to drive demons out of a body. He tried to rehabilitate a person through rest, bathing, exercise, and dieting. Another ancient scholar named Plato saw mental illness as experiences that shaped an adult’s behaviors.
*Product 2: What societies thought about OCD in different times?
Up to about 1910, habits that reflected OCD were still seen as possessed from the devil. Then a man named Sigmund Freud attributed the habits as Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Then behavior was changed to disorder, this is how OCD came along. He saw these habits as “unconscious conflicts that manifest as symptoms”. Present day, people think of OCD as a mental illness that could be moderate or greatly bad. When people think of OCD now, they think of extremists that pick their skin, hoard animals/trash, touch a door knob seven times or are very clean, un-germy people.
*Product 3: Who in American history could have/ had OCD?
There are many very famous and historic figures in the United States that had OCD. There are a few like Albert Einstein. He suffered from dyslexia. He also had very bad memory; he would forget the months in a year but would solve the hardest mathematical problem in no time. Charles Darwin also had OCD. His symptoms are still unknown but he is said to have symptoms showing by the age of sixteen and became incapacitating around the age of twenty-eight. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was a confederate general during the Civil War also had OCD. His symptoms are also not listed but it is know he had it.
Ideas:
http://www.brainphysics.com/ocdfaq.php
http://anxiety.stjoes.ca/obsessive.htm
http://www.ocfoundation.org/relateddisorders.aspx
