Obsessive-Compulsive_Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders The Personal Prison: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Introduction You finally make the decision, “This time I’m going to do it.” “People ride the bus every day with no worries at all,” you tell yourself. As the large bus idles up to the stop you glance at the ground, take a deep breath and step on. “No, problem,” you say as you pay the driver and walk down the isle. You make your way to an empty seat half way back, slide in and calmly lean your head towards the window. At the next stop many people scramble up the steps and your face becomes white fearing the inevitable. Sure enough a man with a newspaper under his arm spots the empty seat next to you and plops down unaware of your presence. Unfortunately, the sentiment is not reciprocated as the intrusive thoughts strike like lightning through your head. First they are sexually explicit, extremely vivid and rapidly appearing like a slide show. Scene after horrible scene invades mind consuming your entire attention. You hate them, you hate yourself, you feel shameful, embarrassed, y! et are defenseless against them. You can’t seem to turn your head ocd, obsessions, compulsive, disorder, people, treatment, time, symptoms, way, therapy, often, day, yet, thoughts, reason, person, life, help, after, stop, scene, reduce, others, now, normal, need, mind, medication, make, levenkron, head, first, fears, family, every, even