OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

OCD, is characterised by a group of behavioural disturbances but also by a distinct underlying inappropriate anxiety.

OCD sufferers tend to carry out rituals or compulsions fuelled by their fear that not carrying them out will result in a 'catastrophic' outcome.

OCD sufferers feel that carrying out their compulsions will somehow prevent something bad from occurring and so their compulsions become part of their daily routines; they know that their behaviour is inappropriate but feel unable to change.

The anxiety which fuels OCD can present itself in other ways, for example, panic attacks, phobias or agoraphobia for example. By eliminating the underlying anxiety, which is the cause of OCD, the sufferer can quickly be released from their compulsions.