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What could lead me to repeat a process till my brain is convinced?
human
Hello. I have some type of mental disorder, not sure what it is. So I'm wondering if you could tell that for me. What I do is, repeat same process over and over until I make my brain believe it is allright, or, putting a TV at a right angle, if not, something inside of me doesn't feel right. Can you help me please?
gpt
Hello,This is sign and symptom of OCD ( obsessive compulsie disorder). The good thing is that you still have some insight into your illness and can see that what you are doing is ill logical and not sensible but cannot control it at the same time. The disorder is a cluster of several symptoms & one should be throughly interviewed before proceeding for treatment.Drugs ( clomipramine or vanalafaxine, etc.) and therapy ( ERP) are the mainstay of treatmemt.Please do see a psychiatrist in person, start the medicine and enter into regular therapy to cure this illness.Hope the reply is usefulDr. Manisha GopalMD psychiatry