Reassurance is defined as words or advice of comfort intended to make someone feel less worried, according to the Cambridge Dictionary. It is common for us as humans to seek reassurance from one another as a way to navigate and relieve the anxiety that arises in times of uncertainty and doubt.
Because of this, it makes complete sense that OCD and reassurance-seeking often come hand in hand.
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Rumination is a core feature of OCD that causes the sufferer to spend excessive time and effort trying to figure out, analyze, fix, clarify, or gain control over a particular obsession or theme.
Rumination is not a subtype of OCD in and of itself.
It is a compulsion that occurs within all OCD subtypes and is a key contributing factor to maintaining the OCD cycle.
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People with checking OCD tend to fear that something terrible may happen to themselves or others if they don’t check. These fears (obsessions) trigger an intense feeling of anxiety and uncertainty that can be incredibly distressing.
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There are two core elements that contribute to the cycle of OCD: obsessions and compulsions. Except not all compulsions are visible. Some are ritual-like behaviors that occur in our minds. These are called mental compulsions.
Specific OCD subtypes can experience the groinal response as a physically intrusive and unwanted sensation.
While everyone experiences groinal responses, in relation to OCD, they are confusing and distressing as they appear in response to an obsession in which the context often disturbs the individual.
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