OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that effects nearly 5 million Americans, and half a million children. Its a disease that fills the brain with unwanted ideas, and worries. OCD is a diseases that effects the Cerebral frontal cortex. Unfortunately there is no cure for OCD. Obsessive compulsive disorder can start developing as early as age five. In most cases OCD controls your life. Through out the rest of this paper I hope to inform you on Obsessive compulsive Disorders.OCD fills your mind with unwanted worries or images, that cannot be rejected. Patients must seek the help of others. Urges must be satisfied at once, so they don’t grow stronger. Then vicious cycles develop. They became full time problems. OCD affects four main areas; emotion-the way we feel, behavioral-the way we respond, cognitive-the way we think, perceptual-the way we perceive things.Anxiety is a common symptom of OCD. If you feel restless, frightened or just uncontrollable, then you could have OCD. Many OCD sufferers feel this way daily. They also experience headache, dry-mouth, tremors, butterflies in the stomach, and other feeling associated with being worried. Some compulsions that are caused by OCD are; Depression, anxiety, aggression, deception, phobias, double checking, sleep disturbances, washing excessively, appetite disorders, self mutilation, and other rituals.The three main types of aggressive behavior caused by OCD are mental, verbal, and physical problems. The mental problems include violent images in the mind of the person with OCD. Verbal problems are cursing, and yelling a lot. Finally physical aggression is shown toward people or objects. Physical aggression is usually directed toward a family member. About 65% of the people with OCD have one of these problems. Some people with OCD have phobias. Unlike normal people with phobias who can simple avoid what they fear, people with OCD must ...
