Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous OCD OCD Do you often find yourself thinking repetitive thoughts, or performing repetitive actions? If, so you may be suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) along with many other people. One in every 50 Americans has been diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive, gtonline). The nagging obsessions can become irritating and leave you feeling hopeless. On top of the overpowering conditions, understanding, treating, and dealing with OCD can be quite overwhelming. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder deals with two main parts, obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are recurrent, unwanted, and distressing thoughts, which you cannot control (Obsessive, gtonline). Sexual thoughts and constant hand washing are two of the most common obsessions. Frequent doubts can be considered as obsessions because they lead to anxiety, dread, worry and fright (Obsessive, mental). Obsessions cause sufferers to perform repetitive behaviors, like counting to a certain number, in order to relieve the obsession. These repetitive behaviors are known as compulsions. Compulsions are the second part of OCD. Compulsions are rituals in which you feel you must carry out in order to relieve the repetitive thoughts or actions. Compulsions may differ from case to case depending on each situation. During Childhood compulsions can be simple and meaningless. “Children often believe that if they do not perform the compulsion bad things will happen” (Obsessive, gtonline). Children often avoid stepping on cracks in pavement, and always touch certain things. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder tends to run in families, yet there is no clear evidence of a genetic link (Obsessive, mental). In most cases dealing with genetics, OCD appears more in twins, or triplets (Obsessive, mental). For males, the onset is age 6 to 15, while women usually aren’t affected until between ages 20 to 30 (Obsessive, mental). A baby is believed to bring a lot of stress to a woman, because of the new responsibilities involved with caring for a child. The added stress in a woman’s life would likely be the reason that OCD appears around this age. Stress is directly related to anxiety, and being pregnant brings constant worry to the average females life. Anxiety is a major factor of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and is also believed to be connected to the serotonin levels in the human brain. Serotonin is a chemical in the brain that controls behavior (Norden 22). Serotin helps to stimulate muscle activity, and the lack of it can cause unpredictable behavior (Norden 22). Bibliography: Norden Word Count: 396
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