Obsessive thoughts

Delusions, on the other hand, are persistent beliefs or belief systems that are not based in reality and often cause the person experiencing them to be anxious or paranoid. Many of these delusions have a theme (a common thread), which frequendy involves feelings of threat, concerns about being personally targeted by a conspiracy, obsessive thoughts, or inordinate concerns about ill health. If a person has both hallucinations and delusions, these experiences tend to feed off one another and confirm one another s content. Hallucinations tend to support the delusional beliefs, and the delusions usually are related to the hallucinations. However, you can have the experience of one without the experience of the other, meaning that some people have delusions without hallucinations and some have hallucinations without delusions. 

Because it stimulates the central nervous system, dextroamphetamine fights mental fatigue. The drug can also improve mood and give users a sense of power, euphoria, and well-being. With chronic use, however, it may cause obsessive thoughts and feelings of paranoia, anxiety, hypersensitivity—and, in extreme cases, psychosis. 

People who suffer from OCD may have obsessions but no compulsions to act on them. The obsessive thoughts, nevertheless, consume a great deal of time and energy. Someone who is very religious and has sexual obsessions that violate the person s personal beliefs may become extremely distressed when the thoughts become all-consuming. 

Goals of therapy for OCD include reduction in the frequency of obsessive thoughts and in the time spent performing compulsive acts and reduction in the degree of anxiety. Treatment for OCD may not completely eliminate obsessions or compulsions, but patients may feel remarkably improved with partial resolution of their symptoms. Treatment should provide the patient with an optimal level of psychosocial and occupational functioning and an overall improved QOL. Efforts should be made to minimize adverse drug events and prevent drug interactions. 

Hard aspects Obsessive thoughts or compulsive behavior may keep you in their nasty grip until you find a way to lessen their power. Although J obstacles may block your way, you have the will to overcome them. 

Upon assessment it was evident to the social worker that Ron s symptoms were consistent with individuals who suffer from a type of anxiety disorder known as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The person who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder frequently has reoccurring obsessions (thoughts that interfere with action) and compulsions (behaviors that help ease current anxiety levels) that are related to the traumatic event. In OCD, the fourth most common psychiatric disorder in the United States, there appears to be a wide spectrum of symptoms (Cohen Steketee, 1998). These symptoms can range from mild to severe, yet if left untreated can impair an individual s previous level of functioning at work, school, or at home (De Silva Rachman, 1998). 

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder Recurring obsessions (thoughts) and compulsions (behaviors) severe enough to affect social/occupational functioning... 

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