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OCD Signs & Symptoms
What is OCD?
Obsessions are unwelcome ideas, images, or impulses that create distress. Compulsions are employed to relieve distress. Sadly, compulsions fail and the thought, picture, or impulse returns. Because the compulsion succeeded the first time, the brain learns to rely on it. When it no longer relieves the mind, the compulsion grows heavier or more complex. OCD can disrupt one's entire day. It is one of the top 20 causes of disability globally.
Behavioral Symptoms in Children
Emotional Symptoms in Children
What are the Signs of OCD in Adults?
Recurring and distressing thoughts, images, or urges Despite best efforts to rid one's self of these thoughts they do not go away. Adults will try to neutralize these thoughts through mental or behavioural acts that make the distress go away. The problem with compulsions is that they do not work very well or for very long before the distress returns.