A million French people suffer, sometimes in secret, from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorders).
Each of us is obsessed with our thoughts, or pace our days with little quirks. But when these obsessions or manias become overwhelming, to the point of occupying you for more than an hour a day, we speak of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, aka OCD.
For example, these people can check the alarm on their smartphone a hundred times before turning off the light in the evening, wash their hands irrepressibly every 5 minutes, or even cannot leave their room without reciting a list of 200 words, always in the same order with obligation, in case of error, to start again at the beginning. It is a real illness, a real suffering that the media, in particular television, have brought out of anonymity.
Obsession and compulsion
“Obsessive” as an obsession, an idea that imposes itself on a person even though he considers it absurd, ridiculous and struggles in vain to get it out of his mind, but this struggle is accompanied by strong anguish. These obsessions can take different forms: unseemly thoughts, the incessant fear of having been defiled, the fear of committing an aggressive act, against one’s will.
“Compulsive” like the compulsion which concerns action and no longer thought. Compulsions are closely related to obsession since they are supposed to fight it. “I am afraid of being contaminated so I wash myself constantly”. OCD in its simple form, each of us might believe to be suffering from it. Think about it, we all have our rituals. We will therefore only worry when these begin to disrupt the good course of life.
Drugs + Psychotherapy
But the Knocks heal themselves. The discovery of certain antidepressant drugs has revolutionized the treatment of OCD. It made it possible to discover the biological mechanisms of the disease. Obviously, the help of the psychologist or psychiatrist to help the behavior change perfectly complements the action of the drug. With real chances of success. Talking about it to those around you and to your doctor is already the first recipe.
To know more : You are your best shrink!
A program from the VYV medical frequency channel
A somewhat surprising title, but which is that of Professor Antoine Pelissolo’s latest work.
It is likely that reading, or at least the advice to its recourse, can be of great service to those who will watch this program and do not really know what to do in the face of stress, insomnia, shyness, the need to check everything. , jealousy, hypochondria, addictions of all types, or simply the fear of flying … A nice slice of personalities, phobias, anxieties and blockages.
Antoine Pelissolo casts a very wide net, but he is a very talented psychiatrist. His speech is a sweet mixture of life problems, constantly hesitating between what is a somewhat exaggerated normality and emerging pathologies.
With one constant: each of the problems mentioned in this book has consequences for the quality of life of patients and those who support them. Antoine Pelissolo also declares that they can be corrected; and gives very practical recipes. So, as he says in the preface to his book, this show will be a valuable show to help those who are suffering and their loved ones.
Find all the broadcasts of the VYV Fréquence Médicale channel:
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