Leading to anxiety or depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects 2 million Americans. Affecting just as many men as women, 1/3 of all adults with OCD had developed symptoms as a child. Statistics show that it can be genetic or can also begin in childhood, the teen years or early adulthood. Learn How Panic Away can CURE your anxiety attacks, the underlying root cause of fear.
Unwanted obsessive thoughts or fears that lead a person to perform repetitive behaviours is a type of anxiety disorder called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD.
I had a friend over for dinner the other night and she told me she has been aware of her OCD since the 8th grade. Her behaviour consists of always having things perfectly neat and lined up, when her friends come over and move anything in her room out of her symmetrical alignment it triggers her anxiety and she immediately feels stricken with panic, this had led her to finally talk to each of her friends individually expressing how she feels and her OCD. All of her friends are very understanding toward her OCD and her anxiety and panic attacks. At first she felt embarrassed but after bringing it out in the open she appreciates their care and concern and she can relax a lot more. But she wants to learn how to get OVER it!
Symptoms of OCD:
1. Constantly cleaning your house even when it`s not dirty
2. Fear of dirt or germs
3. Counting, ritualistic behaviours or patterns that you feel compelled to do and can`t seem to stop doing.
4. Obsessive about weight, constantly weighing yourself several times a day
5. Fear of appliances left on or door not being locked so you check over and over and over
6. Frequent hand washing, fear of being contaminated
7. Picking at your skin
8. Driving around the block several times to make sure no one has been run over
9. Repeating certain phrases
10. Needing things to be orderly and symmetrical, aligning them in a certain way that feels ``perfect``.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and anxiety are definitely linked. Left untreated, OCD can take over your life leaving you feeling smothered and unable to stop the behaviours.
Even though the person can possibly recognize that the behaviour or obsessive thoughts don't make any logical sense they still perform their rules or rituals, some take up to hours a day and can considerably interfere with a person's life.
Don't let the unwanted, obsessive thoughts or behaviours harass you any longer, get back in the driver seat of your life. The Panic Away program will help you to recover from anxiety attacks and the results will last a LIFETIME!
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