they might do harm to others or that merely the idea of having the threatening thought .
suggests something evil or depraved about their identify- Superstition might take a.
great significance in OCD. .
The last branch involves a somewhat more complex explanation; It is .
responsibility OC (AKA hyper-scrupulosity). Here, the individual is not for themselves, .
rather for the well-being of others. Typically, significant others are thought of as the .
predominant focus on which to prevent harm from coming. More obscure forms of OCD .
involve body dysmorphia, which is a condition where a person becomes excessively .
focused on some body part which they perceive to be grossly deformed. .
Those with OCD can either have obsessions, compulsions or both- Roughly .
twenty percent have either obsessions or compulsions; The other eighty percent have .
both. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts that are recurrent, persistent impulses, or images.
that cause extreme anxiety or distress, as they are not just excessive worries about real-.
life problems. Obsessions may start as early as ages 3 or 4, with conditions more .
common in boys than in girls until mid-adolescence. True obsessions are far more .
common in children than ever imagined in the past: at least half of adults with OCD .
report an onset of symptoms during childhood, and many more during adolescence. .
Kearney 3.
Obsession is a term that is misunderstood very often; An example of this would be that, .
"Maurie is obsessed with his new embalming fluid." Obsessions intrude into .
consciousness despite efforts to avoid these thoughts, and commonly gravely interfere .
with one's ability to concentrate on anything else, whereas compulsions define another .
component of OCD. .
Compulsions are behaviors employed over and over in an attempt to try and rid.
the obsessive thoughts by some ritual or repetitive action, often carried to considerable .
extremes. Children with OCD do not announce they have obsessions or compulsions, .
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