THE BEST REACTION EVER

“OCD is like having a bully stuck inside your head and nobody else can see it.” — Krissy McDermott“

In the second Sophomore STEAM class called Disease. We are in unit II is called mind. In this unit, we learned about the different disorders of the brain for example autism. we even read a book by a thirteen-year-old autistic child named Naoki called the Reason I Jump. In this book, we learned about compassion towards people with mental illness.

We chose a disorder from the DSM-V. I chose obsessive compulsive disorder to study in class so we can get and idea as to how it feels to have each of our disease’s. We also watched videos on our disorders. Afterward we learned about our disease we made a lesson plan and a stimulation to explain what it is like to have the disorder.My stimulation shows an image that represents the obsession. To be obsessed with this image may cause them to clean or to repeat certain behaviors in order to make that obsession go away. For a short period of time while they do that behavior this is called a compulsion.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a disorder where The people with this order is obsessed with something for example in my simulation seeing that picture could be your obsession. If you see this image you have anxiety and to make that go away you have to close the door every day twice in order to make that thought go away for a short period of time. Or Psychiatry. of or relating to a neurosis characterized by persistent intrusion of unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or the performance of actions, as repeated hand-washing, that one is unable to stop (compulsions). I also showed a video of someone with an Obsessive compulsive disorder and they portray the thoughts in their head. here is the link to the video.

Suggestions

My suggestions for people with the obsessive compulsive disorder should go to therapy and see if they can solve the problem by working through your problem. Another suggestion for people that may have the Obsessive compulsive disorder is to go to the doctor and make sure that you have it. My last suggestion is to don’t give up and that there are people like you everywhere and they can help you with things that even your family can’t understand.

Sources: 

"UOCD: Facts&Statistics on OCD." UOCD: Facts& Statistics on OCD.Web. 23 Feb. 2016. <http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/ocd_facts_statistics.html>.

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Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 27 Feb. 2016. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obsessive-compulsive>.

"Diagnostic Criteria for 300.3 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder." Diagnostic Criteria for 300.3 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Web. 26 Feb. 2016. <http://behavenet.com/node/21592>.

"17 Quotes That Prove OCD Is So Much More Than Being Neat." The Mighty. Web. 27 Feb. 2016. <http://themighty.com/2015/10/l7-quotes-that-prove-ocd-ls-so-much-more-than-being-neat/>.

"Get Information Main Page." ABCT Get Information on Assessment and Treatment of Disorders. Web. 27 Feb. 2016. <http://www.abct.org/Information/?m=mInformation>.

DSM-V: American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.