OCD Checking. Door locks and/or windows Anxiety
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder presents itself in many guises, and certainly goes far beyond the common misconception that OCD is merely a little hand washing or checking light switches. Although those are valid OCD compulsions, such perceptions fail to acknowledge the distressing thoughts that occur prior to such behaviours and also fails to highlight the utter devastation that constant compulsions (no matter what they are) can cause.
Although there are infinite forms of OCD, it has been traditionally considered that a person’s OCD will fall into one of these five main categories, with themes often overlapping between categories too.
Checking
Contamination / Mental Contamination
Symmetry and ordering
Ruminations / Intrusive Thoughts
Hoarding
Door locks and/or windows will be checked and the handle pulled multiple times until there is a ‘feeling’ of certainty that they’re secure. The obsessions go far beyond that someone might break in and steal treasured possessions and spill over into feeling responsible for preventing the consequences of not checking and the guilt that would follow if there was a theft.
Although there are infinite forms of OCD, it has been traditionally considered that a person’s OCD will fall into one of these five main categories, with themes often overlapping between categories too.
Checking
Contamination / Mental Contamination
Symmetry and ordering
Ruminations / Intrusive Thoughts
Hoarding
Door locks and/or windows will be checked and the handle pulled multiple times until there is a ‘feeling’ of certainty that they’re secure. The obsessions go far beyond that someone might break in and steal treasured possessions and spill over into feeling responsible for preventing the consequences of not checking and the guilt that would follow if there was a theft.