I am troubling from ocd. I am student of 12th class. This disease is affecting my studies. I know I need counselling and psychotherapy to cure this. I am not finding it comfortable to tell about my disease to my parents. I have irregularity in my daily lifestyle due to ocd and my parents don't know about this. They are thinking that I am careless. So please solve my problem.

Dr. Saul PereiraPsychologist47yrs exp

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You cannot successfully hide this problem for too long. So since it is inevitable, tell them and get the necessary help. At your age other factors like hormonal influences will further complicate matters. Also the earlier you resolve this the prognosis will be very good. Meet with a counselor first and then if that person recommends a psychiatrist to deal with this issue, do visit one as soon as possible. Please take your parents with you to determine the possible developmental issues that may have contributed to this condition. This is a fear-based condition and for some reason you have not been dealing with this childhood fear which has now developed unto these repetitive adaptations to seem to need it for normal functioning. The behavior will then become based on magical thinking and certain rituals will become necessary to do normal things making you believe that either the frequency or the ritual is important to its success. This of course is a fallacy but there will come a time that even if told the truth, your belief will defy any logic and you will continue behaving like that even if it cripples you in your daily routines. It only appears as though some other force is behind these behaviors and that you are compelled to act in this fashion. That is obviously not true but no one can convince you of anything different. The obsession is a repeating thought pattern with no meaningful outcome; and the compulsiveness is the need to act on those obsessions also in a repeated behavior pattern as though you just cannot help yourself. This is all driven by fear and when you are frustrated with it, you will escalate anger over it. Doubt, insecurity, uncertainty, and lack of firm memory will all plague you and increase stress. There are certain behavioral techniques to be implemented and if they work you may get out of this condition rather easily. If that does not work as desired, then medication has to be introduced, and in combination with counseling much work can be achieved.  

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