What are the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Many people often hear the term obsessive-compulsive disorder in life, but what exactly is obsessive-compulsive disorder? This makes people feel confused. Obsessive-compulsive disorder has various manifestations in life and will have a certain impact on life and physical health. So when everyone thinks that this kind of thing is not a serious illness, they are very wrong. So what are the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

1. Obsessive thoughts refer to the patient's loss of control over a certain subconscious desire, impulse, or an idea that he knows should not and is unnecessary to appear. Although he tries to get rid of it, he is unable to stop and eliminate this involuntary repetitive thinking. Common obsessions include:

2. Compulsive recollection and association: This means unconsciously repeating and remembering certain things that you have experienced or done, as well as what you or others have said. Common symptoms include a past event, a sentence or a song repeatedly appearing in the mind. Bin's symptom is compulsive recollection.

3. Compulsive doubt: doubting what you have just done, such as doubting that the door is not locked after you have just locked it; doubting that you did not put a stamp on the letter after you put it into the mailbox; doubting that you missed or made mistakes in the homework after you have just finished it; and doubting that your hands are dirty after you have just washed them. Obsessive-compulsive patients often show doubt and anxiety, and perform compulsive behaviors, such as repeated checking and repeated washing of hands.

4. Compulsive opposing ideas: Simply put, the more you want to control the thoughts, the more they will keep appearing. Such thoughts or ideas are often bad and violate moral concepts. They are a reflection of the patient's potential desires. Therefore, the patient feels deeply ashamed and nervous, afraid of being seen by others, and tries hard to control them. However, the more he tries to control them, the greater the temptation becomes, and the more frequently they occur, which constantly increases the patient's sense of guilt and inferiority.

5. Compulsive thinking: This symptom is similar to being obsessed with trivial matters. The patient will dwell on some meaningless issues and become entangled in them and unable to extricate himself. A female student said during a psychological consultation: "Because I am not good at studying, I am under a lot of pressure, so I always force myself to figure out all the knowledge points, and I will try my best to think even if I can't figure it out. But recently, I sometimes think of some strange questions, such as why 1+1=2 is not equal to 3? The more I think about it, the more confused I am, so I enter a vicious circle. I was very nervous and began to resist this idea firmly, but I got deeper and deeper into it, and I couldn't even study normally." This is a typical symptom of obsessive thinking. The patient's thinking is like being forced onto a never-ending train with no end, and eventually he is exhausted both physically and mentally.