Picking Eyelashes.....?!


Question: is this some sort of problem?

also why do i constantly check plugs & switches, open doors and check lights are off, check the time, always unlcock then lock my phone, set pillows out in a certain way on my bed........

does anyone else have these problems?


Answers: is this some sort of problem?

also why do i constantly check plugs & switches, open doors and check lights are off, check the time, always unlcock then lock my phone, set pillows out in a certain way on my bed........

does anyone else have these problems?

I have obsessive compulsive disorder. (OCD) it sucks really bad and noone understands. I constantly check my retainer to make sure its in its case. I constantly check lightswitchs to make sure they are off. Everything has to be in a certain spot or else i think about it constantly all the time. Ive had it for years. I have to touch certain things with both hands instead of one . I have to touch all my walls before I go to sleep. All my necklaces have to be checked every night to be sure there isnt a knot in them. My lips have to ALWAYS have chapstick on them (i go through a tube like every 2 days) does this sound anything like you?

This sounds like OCD.

I always pull out my eyelashes.
(especially when my mascara is clumpy,
then it's REALLY fun! haha.)
I just tell myself no, and find something
to keep my mind off of doing it.
I hope this helps!

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.

The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has worked its way into the wider English lexicon, and is often used in an offhand manner to describe someone who is meticulous or absorbed in a cause (see also "anal-retentive"). Such casual references should not be confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder; see clinomorphism. It is also important to distinguish OCD from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. Although these signs are often present in OCD, a person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject/object, or displays traits such as perfectionism, does not necessarily have OCD, a specific and well-defined condition.

To be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, one must have either obsessions or compulsions alone, or obsessions and compulsions, according to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. The Quick Reference to the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR (2000) describes these obsessions and compulsions:[1]

Obsessions are defined by:

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.
The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.
The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.
The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind, and are not based in reality.
Compulsions are defined by:

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.
In addition to these criteria, at some point during the course of the disorder, the sufferer must realize that his/her obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive. Moreover, the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning.[1] OCD often causes feelings similar to those of depression.

Causes and related disorders
It was the general belief in 14th, 15th, and 16th century Europe that those who experienced blasphemous, sexual, or other obsessive thoughts were possessed by the Devil. Based on this reasoning, treatment involved banishing the "evil" from the "possessed" person through exorcism.[2]

Today the community of scientists studying obsessive-compulsive disorder is split into two factions disagreeing over the illness's cause. One side believes that obsessive-compulsive behavior is a psychological disorder; the other side thinks it has a neurological origin. A majority of researchers now believe in this neurological hypothesis.

Stanford University School of Medicine OCD web page states that "although the causes of the disorder still elude us, the recent identification of children with OCD caused by an autoimmune response to Group A streptococcal infection promises to bring increased understanding of the disorder's pathogenesis."[3]


Psychological explanations

Freud
In the early 1910s, Sigmund Freud attributed obsessive-compulsive behavior to unconscious conflicts which manifested as symptoms.[2] Freud describes the clinical history of a typical case of 'touching phobia' as follows:





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