I Really Am Obsessive and Compulsive

http://www.thetruthaboutalleviatingstressandanxiety.org/ I had a friend who cleaned her house to the point I was afraid to sit anywhere. She had all her furniture covered with clear plastic covers and would continually dust and sweep even when it didn’t need it. I finally convinced her to talk to a therapist, and she has obsessive-compulsive disorder. With this disorder, a person will have compulsions to do something over and over again. But apparently the compulsive acts are really attempts to stop anxiety.

Some people diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder only have obsessions. These are thoughts and feelings that happen over and over again. They may be really unpleasant thoughts too. This disorder often goes hand-in-hand with depression. No one really knows why this disorder exists though. There are ways to treat it which is good. This disorder can be really life disrupting because you spend so much time doing the same thing over and over again.