Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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OCDClinical name: Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderUnwanted thoughts and the rituals done to silence them. The thoughts attack what you value most, and there is a clear way out.Body dysmorphic disorderClinical name: Body Dysmorphic DisorderA torment about a flaw others barely see. Surgery does not fix it; treatment does, and it lowers a real risk.Hoarding disorderClinical name: Hoarding DisorderWhen possessions fill a home past use. Forced clean-outs feel like violation and change nothing; partnership does.Hair-pulling disorderClinical name: TrichotillomaniaAn urge-driven condition, not carelessness, carried in deep secrecy. Habit reversal training works.Skin-picking disorderClinical name: Excoriation (Skin-Picking) DisorderRecurrent picking that wounds and scars, with real attempts to stop. The skin and the urge are treated together.