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2. Obsessive–compulsive disorder - Wikipedia

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   Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental and behavioral disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an obsession) and feels the need to perform certain routines (compulsions) repeatedly to relieve the distress caused by the obsession, to the extent where it impairs general function. [1] [2] [7]

3. Primarily obsessional obsessive–compulsive disorder - Wikipedia

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   The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts by Lee Baer, Ph.D. The Treatment of Obsessions (Medicine) by Stanley Rachman. Oxford University Press, 2003. Brain lock: Free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior: A four-step self-treatment method to change your brain chemistry by Jeffrey Schwartz and Beverly ...

4. Intrusive thought - Wikipedia

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   Such thoughts are universal among humans, and have "almost certainly always been a part of the human condition." [10] When intrusive thoughts occur with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), patients are less able to ignore the unpleasant thoughts and may pay undue attention to them, causing the thoughts to become more frequent and distressing. [7]

5. 7 Things to Know if You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With OCD - AOL

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   Related: The Essential Guide to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. ... You are not your thoughts. OCD thoughts are ego-dystonic, which means they are antithetical, distressing, and repugnant to your ...

6. How to Tell If Your Sexual Thoughts Are Actually OCD ... - AOL

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   While sexual obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a real thing, too often, the term OCD is overused, says Patrick McGrath, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and chief clinical officer at NOCD.

7. Thought suppression - Wikipedia

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   Thought suppression is a psychoanalytical defense mechanism. It is a type of motivated forgetting in which an individual consciously attempts to stop thinking about a particular thought. [1] [2] It is often associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). [3]