Many people have a degree of obsessional behaviour and will do things like checking that they have locked the front door of the house. The difference is that it doesn’t interfere with their every day life. However problems like Obsessional Compulsive Disorder are very distressing and can have a big impact on people lives. Download the first session to understand what obsessions are.

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Obessive Compulsive Disorder is complicated. This next session will look at the symptoms and causes.

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Health Anxiety leads a person to believe that they have a serious illness or disease. They come to this conclusion because they have misinterpreted bodily sensations.

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The American Psychiatric Association defines Body Dysmorphic Disorder as “A preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance. If a slight physical anomaly exists, the person’s concern is markedly excessive. The preoccupation causes clinically significant levels of distress and/or impairment in social, occupational or some other important area of functioning”.

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The things that you do to reduce your distress in the short term actually maintain the problem in the long term. The first step is to understand the concept of problem maintenance. This next part of the learning experience will help you to acquire anti obsessional attitudes.

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Often people with obsessional problems have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility. Download the next sessions to see what you can do and how you might refocus your attention.

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