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Obessesive Compulsive Disorder: Ritual and Repeat

Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

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The Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

People with OCD experience irrational, disturbing thoughts and engage in false of actions to relieve their anxiety. This is because part of the brain designed to warn them that danger is being triggered gets stuck. And in seeing danger where there may be none, it traps them in a hyper aroused state so they have no short-term memory. The symptoms really consume a person's energy.

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