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Are you the type of person who needs to have your bed made before you can do anything else? Or perhaps you are con­stantly washing your hands, not ever feeling that they are com­pletely free of germs. While the former may not be an example of what con­stitutes an obsessive-​​compulsive disorder, the latter may.

Com­pulsions are the thoughts and/​or actions you feel you must do and repeat con­stantly. The com­pulsion is what you do to try and deal with the anxiety and distress caused by the obsession; the two clearly go hand in hand. Com­pulsions that one has may help to relieve the distress only tem­porarily, but obsessions soon return and the vicious cycle begins again. For a lot of the people affected, the disorder may take over their life and corrupt their work and social environments.

If you think you have obsessive-​​compulsive disorder, or know someone who does, there are treatments available. Unfor­tu­nately, for a lot of people, they avoid telling their doctor or other people about their problem. The fear of being labelled as crazy is one reason, while others are purely in denial about the fact. Cog­nitive therapy, behaviour therapy, medicine, and a com­bination of them all are the top treatments for the disorder.

Cog­nitive therapy is the act of talking to a doctor about your problem and is probably the most effective obsessive-​​compulsive disorder treatment available. Behaviour therapy is the act of changing your beha­viours that may be harmful and not helpful, like med­itation to control anxiety.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​05 09:59:59.