Post Date April, 15 2023
An expert once said that many urban white-collar workers, especially male friends, have varying degrees of obsessive compulsive disorder, especially those from the management level who strive for perfection in their work, sometimes exhibiting excessive behavior, resulting in compulsive behavior. Let's take a psychological test with a white-collar man and the editor to see if you have developed this disease
What is "obsessive compulsive disorder"?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of neurosis and anxiety disorder. Patients with this disease are always troubled by a compulsive thinking. Patients repeatedly experience obsessive compulsive attitudes and behaviors in their lives. The patient has a good self knowledge, and knows that this is unnecessary, even painful, but cannot escape.
Psychologists believe that with increasing social pressure, many urban white-collar workers are suffering from "obsessive compulsive disorder", especially those at the management level who strive for perfection in their work, sometimes exhibiting excessive behavior, leading to compulsive behavior. And obsessive compulsive symptoms have covered all aspects of life, but most people just don't feel them.
A psychological test to see if you have a tendency to obsessive compulsive disorder:
1. Unnecessary thoughts or words hover in the mind;
2. Great forgetfulness;
3. Worried about their untidy clothing and appearance;
4. Feeling difficult to complete the task;
5. Do things slowly to ensure that they are done correctly;
6. Do things must be checked repeatedly;
7. Difficulty in making decisions;
8. Thinking about meaningless things over and over again;
9. Inability to concentrate;
10. Must wash hands repeatedly and count;
11. Repeating a meaningless action;
12. Often suspected of being contaminated;
13. Always worrying about relatives and making meaningless associations;
14. There are uncontrollable opposing thoughts and concepts.
Scoring criteria
"No" is 0 point;
"Very light" is 1 point;
"Medium" is 2 points;
3 points for "overweight";
"Serious" is 4 points.
Test results
Add up the scores and consider the possibility of obsessive compulsive disorder if the total score exceeds 20 points.
And obsessive compulsive symptoms have covered all aspects of life, but most people just don't feel them.
Typical symptoms of white-collar "obsessive compulsive disorder"
1. Repeating meaningless behavior multiple times
Your phone stays on for 24 hours, and although you have a ringing tone on, you should subconsciously check your phone every few minutes to avoid missing text messages or phone calls; The first thing I do when I open my eyes in the morning is to surf the internet. The webpage is refreshed every few seconds, without letting go of any updates; Often repeat the same words several times without any reason; Washing hands repeatedly, taking a long time each time... These compulsive behaviors have emerged in an increasing number of people.
2. Always suspected of having a problem
"Every time I go out, I always look back and wonder if the door is not locked properly."; Often, after walking to the entrance of the community, I climb the stairs and run back to open all the doors, check them one by one, and then lock them again. Sometimes when I go out to dinner with a friend and walk to the restaurant door, I suddenly remember if the door is unlocked, and nervously return to check. Should I see a psychologist if such a problem arises?
3. I can't control myself. I always stay up late
After work, I was quite tired, but when I returned home, my sense of drowsiness turned into excitement. I started surfing the Internet, reading novels, watching movies, and playing games, and then I couldn't help myself. When playing games, I always think that the next game is the last one, while when watching a series, I always want to go to bed after watching this episode. "As a result, every time I break my promise, I become more excited as the night progresses... In fact, this is the common characteristic of many white-collar workers who suffer from" obsessive compulsive sleep disorder. "". Work pressure, habits, the need to relieve stress, and passing time are the reasons they find themselves "staying up late and getting up late.".
