I have experienced OCD for most of my life, but I never really understood the term technically.
Many people with bipolar disorder have OCD symptoms, especially under stress. I know that my OCD obsessions come from dating situations, travel and work stress that puts me under too much pressure.
What is OCD?
The initals say it all- Obsessions that lead to compulsions that become a disorder when they affect a person’s ability to lead a ‘normal’ life.
Obsessions are thoughts- compulsions are the actions a person does to calm the obsessions.
For example, if a person has the thoughts- “I left the stove on. I left the stove on. Oh my god I left the stove on. My house will burn down. I left the stove on. I left the stove on.” the compulsion to calm the thoughts is to go back to the house to check that the stove is not on. Then for [ Read More ]
