Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of either obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are frequent, disturbing, pervasive, and/or intrusive thoughts, usually unwanted, that the person is unable to prevent (e.g., repeated thoughts of harming oneself or another person, aggressive behavior towards other people). Persons suffering from OCD are trying to neutralize their tentions and anxiety coming from obsessions by compulsions.[3] Compulsions are typically specific nonsensical behaviors or certain compulsive repetitive actions[4] (e.g., handwashing due to a fear of germs) that the affected individual feels compelled to perform over and over again; being prevented from engaging in these behaviors causes extreme anxiety. OCD patients may recognize that their obsessions or compulsions are excessive.
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| âWhat happens in the life of a man who chooses such a path is well illustrated by the tale of lark which gradually sold all its feathers for fat worms. A businessman constantly comes to him with an offer every day, again and again. The first choice had been carefully hesitant, but next ones took less courage and prudence. The subsequent choices became quite a matter of routine until the hour of truth has been reached and then it was disclosed that lark could not take off any more. This is the typical way how obsessive-compulsive disorder is created. At first, there is âjustâ an initial choice, but then it is followed by forming a certain habit, which may eventually lead to an addiction that is very difficult to change or revert. All compulsive courses of action are strongly resistant to change and lead people, over and over, into the same pattern of behavior, despite it can cost them a hard price, in extreme case even their own life.[note 1]â
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The most famous literary example of person suffering from obsessions and compulsions is Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the most famous of the living people was Charles Darwin.[3]
OCD and Pornography
Victor Cline, psychologist and psychotherapist, concluded, based on experience with treatment of ca 300 sex addicts, sex offenders, and victims of sexual abuse, that pornography consumption has a causal effect leading to sexual obsessions and possibly even criminal acts. In this respect, he identifies a five step process:[5]
1. An early contact with pornography
2. Addiction
3. Escalation
4. Desensibilization
5. Acting-out
Prevention also means fighting the demand - and here we face the sad truth that many 'customers' who pay for sex acts are neither poor nor undereducated. However, their education falls short of teaching them that the women apparently available for thier pleasure are hurting and trapped in an evil trade from which there is no easy exit. Pornography is often a factor, being adictive, presenting women as objects, destroying healthy relatoinships and creating the demand for more and more novelty and younger and younger girls. This culture leaves the door wide open for exploitation and crime.[6]
The methods of treatment
There are two primary methods of treatment for OCD. Exposure therapy is a method in which the OCD sufferer is exposed to the thing that he or she fears and prevented from engaging in compensating behaviors. For example, a patient who washes his hands for hours due to fear of germs may be exposed to germs in a public restroom and not allowed to wash his hands. Repeated exposure teaches the patient that the fear is excessive, diminishing anxiety and compulsive behavior. OCD is also sometimes treated with SSRIs, a form of anti-depressant medication. Exposure therapy is generally considered the preferable mode of treatment, because the effects are long-lasting, whereas the beneficial effects of medication fade when the drug is discontinued.
The inappropriate usage of the term
The term is routinely used in liberal psychobabble propaganda attacks against Christianity by undermining the doctrine of Priesthood of all believers and its derivative the Protestant work ethic.
Notes
- â For exmaple, such was apparently the case of Michel Foucault, partisan of homosexual lifestyle, who in 1983 autumn undertook what would be his last trip to San Francisco. At that time, he was obviously preoccupied by his AIDS problem and the possibility that he himself will die from this mortal disease.[1]
References
- â GRENZ, Stanley J. (1996). A Primer on Postmodernism. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 126. ISBN 978-08028-08646.Â
- â Å tÄpán Rucki (April 2001). "Homosexualita: normálnà varianta lidského chovánÃ? (Homosexuality: A normal variant of human behavior?)" (in Czech). Zápas o duÅ¡i (Reformace.cz) (68). http://www.reformace.cz/zod/homosexualita-normalni-varianta-lidskeho-chovani-cislo-68. Retrieved 7 November 2015. "To, co se dÄje v životÄ ÄlovÄka, jenž volà takovou cestu, vystihuje velmi dobÅe pohádka o skÅivánkovi, který postupnÄ prodal veÅ¡keré svoje peÅà za tuÄné ÄervÃky. ObchodnÃk k nÄmu pÅicházel s touto nabÃdkou postupnÄ každý den znovu a znovu. Prvnà volba byla opatrná, dalÅ¡Ã stála již ménÄ odvahy a opatrnosti. NásledujÃcà volby již byly celkem rutinnà záležitostà a pÅicházely celkem jednoduÅ¡e, až nastala hodina pravdy a skÅivánek již nemohl vzlétnout. Toto je typická cesta, jak vzniká nutkavá (kompulzivnÃ) porucha chovánÃ. Zprvu je to poÄáteÄnà volba, následuje vznik urÄitého zvyku, který může nakonec vyústit do závislosti, jež se velice tÄžce mÄnÃ. VÅ¡echny nutkavé způsoby jednánà jsou velice rezistentnà (odolné) proti zmÄnÄ a vedou lidi stále znovu a znovu ke stejnému chovánÃ, i když je to stojà velmi mnoho, ba dokonce i život.".
- â 3.0 3.1 (2008) ObsedantnÄ-kompulzivnà porucha a jak ji zvládat (Obsessive-compulsive disorder and how to handle it) (in Czech). Galén, 23. ISBN 978-7262-53-4. Retrieved on 7 November 2015. âObsese a kompulze jsou dávno známou poruchou. Nejzná- mÄjÅ¡Ãm literárnÃm pÅÃkladem je Shakespearova Lady Macbeth, nejslavnÄjÅ¡Ãm z postižených byl Charles Darwin.âÂ
- â SlovnÃk cudzÃch slov (akademický): kompulzia (Compulsion) (Slovak). Ľ. Å túr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) (2005). Retrieved on 7 November 2015. âkompulzia lek., psych. nutkavé, nezmyselné opakovanie urÄitých pohybov al. konanÃ, ktorým sa postihnutý nemôže ubrániÅ¥â
- â Gabriele Kuby. Globálna Sexuálna Revolúcia. Strata Slobody v mene Slobody. (Global Sexual Revolution. The loss of Freedom in the name of Freedom.) (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia: LúÄ. ISBN 978-80-7114-922-4. âThe title in German original is âDie Globale sexualle Revolution.ââÂ
- â Deborah Meroff (2011). Europe:Restoring Hope. OM Books, 22. ISBN 978-3-941750-06-7.Â