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        What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Obsession is recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted. The patient tries to resist it but is unable to. Failure to resist against it leads to marked distress. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts than an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession. A compulsion is a form of behavior that usually follows obsession. The behavior is not realistic either irrational or excessive. It is aimed at either preventing or neutralizing the distress or fear arising out of obsession. The compulsive act may be carried out in an attempt to reduce the anxiety associated with the obsession does not always succeed in doing so. The completion of the compulsive act may not affect the anxiety it may even increase the  anxiety  Anxiety also increases when a person...

Overview In this post, I tried to describe what anxiety is, types of anxiety disorders, and how to treat anxiety disorders. What are Anxiety Disorders? Anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress. Everyone feels anxious now and then, it is a normal emotion. We can feel anxious when we are stressed at work, taking a test, or even when having problems at home. Anxiety is a diffuse, unpleasant, vague sense of apprehension. Normal anxiety becomes an Anxiety disorder when it causes significant subjective distress and or impairment in the functioning of an individual. It can prevent you from performing your day to day activity, like going to work, going to the mall, social gatherings, and so on. Anxiety is the commonest psychiatric symptom in clinical practice and anxiety disorders are one of the commonest psychiatric disorders in the general population. What are Types of Anxiety Disorders? The anxiety disorders differ from one another in the type of obj...