I am 28 years old. I am facing a problem of checking things like lock, gas etc again and again. And if someone stops me I get very angry. Can you please help.
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You are into what is called obsessive-compulsive disorder. The obsession is a repeated thought pattern that is not productive and it leads to a repeated action behavior that is compulsive and also non-productive. The person will usually believe that if the behavior is repeated a certain number of times, the problem will disappear. In some people it can be quite crippling. So if it has not reached serious proportions go and meet with a counselor to resolve the same. One effective measure that you can use to minimize the checking so often is to make a check-list of all activities and mark off things that have been completed so that you need not go through them again. The ocd, as it is called, is founded on fear, and the compulsive behavior is magically believed to resolve the same. The counselor will help you identify the fear and help you deal with it in healthy and normal ways. You must be cooperative and very communicative for any success. The therapy may be for long-term and so be patient and never drop out thinking that you are done with it. Let the counselor decide that with you. You must also involve your parents in all this. If the counselor thinks it is serious enough that medication is required, that person will send you to a psychiatrist. Whatever happens do not discontinue the therapy until you feel completely out of this problem. Naturally if someone disturbs your serious and compulsive checking you will get easily angry. But it is not genuine anger; it is escalating anger over the fear: the fear is genuine. The fear is of some insecurity of not doing things perfectly for your safety.
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