Her cleanliness is due to psychological anxiety.

Sandy is a doctor. She likes to tidy up the magazines in the clinic, mop the floor of her house spotless, and hates the mess around. "I have a colleague who always likes to wear a coat with more pockets. There is a zipper in his chest pocket, but he never zips it. Every time I help him, he doesn't appreciate it. He thinks I'm not helping. Every time he said that I have' cleanliness'. " This made Sandy very depressed. She entrusted all this to her friend and psychologist Zhou Meng.

According to Zhou Meng's analysis, sandy has a certain degree of compulsion, and what she likes is step by step. Of course, for her, if this compulsive tendency does not affect her normal life and cause self-suffering, it is actually harmless. As for Sandy's zipper for others, Zhou Meng suggested: "You are not helping others, and you have not faced up to the psychological anxiety that leads to this behavior. Your deeper psychological anxiety lies in your excessive pursuit of perfection and your liking to control everything in your own hands. The only way to deal with these problems is to moderately reduce this anxiety. "

Psychologist Liu Jun said that psychological barriers like Sandy are very common in today's society. Everyone may have several compulsions, such as insisting on keeping the bedroom clean or writing memos in an orderly way. These symptoms are not bad, but may be of great benefit to life. Only when obsessive-compulsive tendency has negative effects such as destruction or loss can it be called obsessive-compulsive disorder. "They can spend 15 hours a day washing their hands, checking whether they have locked the door, and often asking their families: Am I clean enough? Do you want to wash it again? It doesn't matter if you ask it once or twice, but if you ask it often, people around you will feel bored, which will eventually lead to the inability to work and study normally. "

Stress and anxiety can easily lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Psychologically, obsessive-compulsive tendencies can be divided into two categories: behavioral compulsion and thinking compulsion, which belong to one kind of anxiety symptoms. For example, washing hands often, constantly checking whether windows, doors and faucets are tight, or constantly thinking about daily chores are all compulsive tendencies. Liu Jun said: "Stress and anxiety are the two major causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder, so to some extent, everyone has different degrees of obsessive-compulsive disorder. From the performance point of view, compulsive people always pay attention to whether something is safe or perfect. In essence, this compulsive tendency is a reflection of long-term anxiety, such as worrying about whether the work is done well, whether it will be fired by the boss, whether it can find a suitable partner, and so on. "

In addition to stress and anxiety, personality traits are also an important cause of obsessive-compulsive tendency. Liu Jun pointed out that from the point of view of personality, people with obsessive tendencies tend to pursue perfection and idealism excessively. "People with compulsive tendencies often try to keep tight control over themselves and their surroundings. They pay attention to details, do things seriously and rigidly, often demand too much of themselves, pay attention to order, and strive to do everything accurately and perfectly. But even so, patients will still feel' imperfect',' unsafe' and' uncertain'. Once things fail to meet the requirements, their compulsion will begin to appear. "

Personal growth trauma is also one of the factors that induce obsessive-compulsive tendency. Liu Jun believes that the patient's past personal experiences, especially the events that are quite shocking, may all be related to compulsion. For example, due to changes in the working and living environment, increased responsibilities, difficulties, fear of accidents, family disharmony, marital discord, or the death of relatives, they are suddenly frightened and persecuted. It is easy to induce compulsion.

The proportion of female patients is higher than that of men.

Foreign epidemiological surveys show that there is no difference in the incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder between the sexes, while the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children is three times that of girls. However, domestic epidemiological surveys show that the proportion of women is slightly higher than that of men.

Judging from the obsessive-compulsive disorder or obsessive-compulsive tendency in Shanghai at present, teenagers and white-collar workers are the main groups of patients, and among white-collar workers, women are slightly more than men. Why does obsessive-compulsive disorder like to "patronize" such people? Liu Jun said that due to the great pressure of people of this age group, most of them are in the stage of remolding after personality change.

Among these "susceptible groups", intellectual women around the age of 30 are high-risk groups of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Their working environment is characterized by high pressure, fierce competition and high elimination rate, which is easy to produce compulsion. "For urban women around the age of 30, they have been working for some time, and they have a certain degree of burnout and a strong desire for promotion. They hope to get the appreciation of their superiors, don't allow themselves to make mistakes, and pursue perfection in everything. This state forms a vicious circle and may cause compulsion. "

In addition to the pressure of social competition, the lack of vent channels in the gap of social transformation is also an important reason why Kochi women are more likely to force themselves. Liu Jun said: "Women are required to go not only to the kitchen, but also to the lobby. Women should be smart and beautiful. Of course, this kind of pressure is also reflected in men, but men can vent by drinking and having fun, and women have relatively few vent channels. "

At the same time, under the influence of consumer culture, the forms of women's compulsive tendency are more diverse, such as "forced plastic surgery". Some women are addicted to plastic surgery, blindly pursuing the perfection of their own appearance and repeatedly plastic surgery; Or "slimming obsessive-compulsive disorder", in this thin age, many women are always very picky about their bodies.

Appropriate reduction of requirements can alleviate the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Actually, it's not useless to be obsessive. Liu Jun believes that mild compulsion is just forcing yourself to do things more perfectly. David Beckham, a football star, is a good example. Beckham can't stand every tiny mistake. If there are three cans of coke in the refrigerator, he will throw away one because he doesn't like odd numbers like "3". If any corner of the house is not clean enough, Beckham will get busy at once. Because every shot failed to satisfy him, Beckham insisted on practicing free kicks for several hours, which made his arbitrary skills unique in the world. Of course, this is limited to mild coercion. Liu Jun said that from a psychological point of view, any negative state has its positive significance, which can protect people to some extent. For example, phobia can protect you from harm and extreme psychological stimulation, while moderate coercion is more likely to make people successful.

Liu Jun said, when people have obsessive-compulsive disorder, don't blindly label themselves as obsessive-compulsive disorder. "A person who is not sure whether he has obsessive-compulsive disorder will aggravate his symptoms if people around him say that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder. The correct way is to consult professionals instead of simply doing some so-called tests online. "

As for how to alleviate the obsessive-compulsive tendency, Liu Jun suggested two ways: first, if a person's obsessive-compulsive tendency does not reach the point of getting sick, don't worry, just learn to turn your attention to other things you like, which will help force the center to leave; Secondly, excessive stress is the direct cause of obsessive-compulsive tendency and emotional anxiety. We can suit the remedy to the case, learn to decompress ourselves, lower our requirements appropriately, don't pursue perfection excessively, and even try to give some discounts to our consistent standards.

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