Obsessive conditions, the symptoms of which will be described in our article, are absurd or inappropriate thoughts, motives, or subjective fears that appear contrary to the will of the patient and regardless of the fact that the majority of people exposed to this syndrome clearly understand their painful nature and try in every possible way get rid of them.
Neurosis of Obsessive Thoughts
A similar pathology manifests itself in completely absurd, but indestructible thoughts: why, for example, a cat has strips, or how old is a passer-by. These thoughts are perceived by patients as unnecessary, but he cannot get rid of them.
Obsessive account
This obsessive state is manifested by an irresistible desire to consider everything that catches your eye: pillars by the road, pebbles underfoot, letters on a billboard , etc. And sometimes the actions get complicated: there is a need to add up the numbers in the phone number, the oncoming car or find out when reading the total number of letters in a word, etc.
Obsessive state
As a rule, this phenomenon is accompanied by constant anxiety about whether this or that business is done. For example, the absolutely exhausting doubt whether the door is locked or the iron is turned off does not rest, forcing a person to return home again and again. And although the patient will repeatedly check all the appliances and the door, leaving the apartment, but after a couple of minutes it will again be painful to think and doubt.
Phobias
An obsessive state manifests itself in various inexplicable logically fears. This is a fear of spiders, heights, open spaces, enclosed spaces, etc. Often, fear is added to them to do something criminal, unlawful (to kill a spouse, scream loudly where they keep silence, or take someone else's thing).
Obsession drive neurosis
These are especially pronounced pathological desires. The patient can hardly restrain himself from striving to jump out of a moving car, pinch a person in front of him or pull a girl by the hair, etc.
True, usually these desires are never put into effect, but they bring a lot of torment to a person who has such an obsessive state.
Contrasting Obsessions
These deviations are manifested, as a rule, in relation to the one whom the patient especially loves: for example, a son who adores his mother will incessantly reflect on how unclean she is, although she knows for sure that this is not so. A husband who loves his wife will think about how he will pierce her with a knife.
As well as obsessive drives, this condition does not go into action, but exhausts the patient, who is aware of the absurdity of such thoughts.
Rituals
To alleviate the state of anxiety and a kind of "protection" from constant tension, a patient with a syndrome of obsessive states creates a series of "rituals" that are required to help him in this. For example, to get rid of thoughts about the TV not turned off, such a person will touch the wall ten times near the outlet or, if he is afraid of some kind of illness, will wash his hands, accompanying it with a loud score, and if it fails, it will start all over again.
Obsessive Syndrome : Treatment
The syndrome under discussion is quite difficult to treat. It includes both drug therapy and the psychological effect on the patient’s consciousness. The main thing at the same time is to create an atmosphere of trust and cooperation with the patient, to assist him in social adaptation.