Possible Reasons for OCD

  Not much research has gone into reasons why people develop OCD; however, looking into my past and that of my friends I can see reasons for it. For myself it developed from great anxiety and stress that I put on myself, developing bad skin during my teen years stressed me, and made me feel extremely anxious, especially when around large groups of people, that for me is what triggered my problems and issues. One of my friends had a bad sexual situation with her boyfriend; this greatly stressful situation is what triggered off her obsession with cleanliness. Think about yourself and your past, is there one defining moment that has happened to you? Is there some situation or an event from your past that could be the root underlying issue that has then led to you developing OCD? Well readers please think about this, this may help. A second possible reason for OCD is a hereditary issue, new research has shown that people whose parents themselves suffered from OCD have a higher chance of developing it themselves, look at your parents or other family members, is there any sign of OCD in them? Look towards your kids; is there any sign of OCD in them? Be aware of this, if you see it developing in a family member you will be in a great position to help them before it gets worse, use your own knowledge and apply it to them, and sometimes helping others helps yourself. This can be a really effective way of controlling your own problems. Stress in work or at home can also trigger of OCD problems, some people who want to control every aspect of there life can often find themselves falling into the trap of OCD, OCD is about been ‘obsessive’ so we can see how easy it would be for a controlling person to be susceptible to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, you may also be susceptible as most people don’t often realise they have this problem until something in there life changes, this could be a job change, relationship change or even a baby, there life turns upside down, there life is no longer in there full control and there left with the ‘obsessive compulsive’ feeling, of needing to be in or regain control of there life in some way, so this big change in there life could be the catalyst, so reader does this sound like you?, A friend of mine gets really stressed out over every single little thing, and I tell him what you stressing about and panicking about, and he doesn’t really know, he says he has this constant anxious feeling with him, almost like been hyperaware of things, I told him sometimes you need to step back and look at what your really worrying about, is it something about yourself?, allot of these feelings I think come from a problem with self image or how you think others see you, with me it was the way I looked and what others saw when they look at me, now, I still sometimes think when I’m out ‘there really looking at me, Why?, what are they looking at?’, and in the past this would panic me and stress me, now I just try and let it go, the anxiety is still there but instead of letting it rule me, I rule it!!, a great Buddhist saying is ‘sit lose to life’, and this is so true with dealing with OCD, sit lose, don’t question yourself, accept, and let go.