Like can it make me feel to much or not a lot at all?
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Can OCD effect emotions?
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That answer is both! Having OCD means that you are frequently overwhelmed by emotion, particularly fear and anxiety, and that can crowd out other emotions.
There is a system in the brain called the 'limbic system' that is responsible for emotion. Now, I'm not an expert on brain science, but it's something you could read up about.
Having OCD can mean that your body is flooded by chemicals like noradrenaline, which the body makes in response to fear and anxiety. Having OCD can make you hypersensitive, a bit like a faulty house or car alarm that goes off when it shouldn't.
I think that often this emotional overload means we try to shut down our emotions, just to get some peace from them. That often means shutting out pleasant emotions as well. It just gets too much.
But it is possible to get back to your old self, and feel pleasant emotions as well. Medication combined with CBT can help a lot. The brain, always remember, is adaptable and is always making new connections and learning. CBT can help you to make positive new connections and enable you to feel emotions as you ought to.
The old you is still in there, underneath the OCD!
Cbt is therapy right?
CBT is cognitive behavioural therapy. It has been developed since the 1960s as a tried and tested way of dealing with a lot of different mental health problems. For OCD it normally involves exposing yourself to the anxiety and resisting the temptation to do compulsions until the anxiety has subsided. It also means learning to think differently about how your OCD is triggered. It isn't the easiest of therapies to carry out, but it is effective. A good introduction to it can be found in many self help books such as Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and The OCD Workbook.
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