My question is to psychiatric Dr. and to psychology Dr. Dr I don't able to express myself in front of girls. There are my friends who stay comfortably with girls. like I love one girl I mean having crush oh her so when I feels to hold her hand I don't able to hold her hand ,if I feels to keep my hand on her shoulder I don't able to. And lots of things. My friends does this easily. And even in front of lots of people I don't able show who I am. I am suffering from OCD and depression from last three years. I am taking medicine from last 1 month. So I think I must be suffering from anxiety disorder too. What you think dr.

Dr. Saul PereiraPsychologist46yrs exp

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OCD is a fear based disorder and so this level of anxiety is not quite uncommon. Perhaps the medicines are working by now and you sense a relief. Even so, you must meet with a counselor and work with tandem with the medication. This combination will work best for any results of recovery. Please take you parents with you to determine the possible developmental issues that may have contributed to this condition. This is a fear-based condition and for some reason you have not been dealing with childhood fear which has now developed these repetitive adaptations to seem to need it for normal functioning. The behavior will then become based on magical thinking like you describe and certain rituals will become necessary to do normal things making you believe that either the frequency or the ritual is important to its success. This of course is a fallacy but there will come a time that even if told the truth, your belief will defy any logic and you will continue behaving like that even if it cripples you in your daily routines. It only appears as though some other force is behind these behaviors and that you are compelled to act in this fashion. That is obviously not true but no one can convince you of anything different. The obsession is a repeating thought pattern with no meaningful outcome; and the compulsiveness is the need to act on those obsessions also in a repeated behavior pattern as though you just cannot help yourself. There are certain behavioral techniques to be implemented and if they work you may get out of this condition rather easily. If that does not work as desired, then medication has to be introduced, and in combination much work can be achieved. This is now lead to obsession about girls and they may reject you or the people around will reject you. You are embarrassed about yourself for various reasons connected to unusual fear. The counselor will certainly help. 

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