OCD And ADHD: A Short Story

As a child, Jeannette’s sense of wonder and curiosity in the world undermine the need for money. During her young adult years, a new wave of insecurity associated with her poor past infects her. Finally, as an experienced and aged woman, Jeannette finds joy and nostalgia in cherishing her poverty- stricken past. It must be noted that no story goes without a couple twists and turns, especiallydefinitely not Jeannette Walls’. The fact of the matter is that growing up in poverty effectively craftsed, and transformsed her into the person she becomeshas become. While statistics and research show that living in poverty can be detrimental to a child’s self-esteem, Jeannette Walls encourages children living in poverty to have ownership over their temporary situation, and never to feel inferior because of past or present socio-economic

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Authors: Lawrence Robinson, Melinda Smith, M.A., Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., and Damon Ramsey, MD. Last updated: April 2016.

Kit sat in a corner chair, during one of her mother’s doctor appointments. Her mother was perched on the center exam table. Kit pointed out to the doctor that her mother was acting odd, belligerent, even though she was snippy before, her mother, was acting more childlike sticking out her tongue when the doctor tuned his back, becoming angry when she was asked questions. If the conversation wasn’t about her, she became angry and demanded they spoke only about her.

This feeling of isolation and constant desire for company is amplified by her regret due to her mother’s restriction of becoming a successful actress. “ ‘Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes-all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I coulda went to them, an’ spoke in the radio, an’ it wouldn’ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher. An’ all them nice clothes like they wear.

Life was always tough for 21 year old Amanda Cofield. At the delicate age of 8, her parents passed away, and she was sent to live with her grandma. When she was 11, she had gotten into a devastating car crash making her unable to attend the rest of the school year. This caused her to be held back a year, and all her friends moved up into the campus' middle school leaving Amanda lonely. By the time she was 17, she moved to a different school, and was bullied for her appearance. At the age of 18, her scholarship for college was retracted for no specific reason.

Her family had enough money to send her to school until the 8th grade; after that, they couldn’t afford it anymore. Her clothes were made from other shirts and pants being cut and sewed together. Her food was always potatoes and rice, nothing else; she was always searching for more things at dump yards. Some of her friends had it far worse than her, some didn’t even have a home. She never had any goals such as college, but it never stopped her from giving up.

OCD has existed for many centuries, it goes far back to the 14th and 16th century, though the disorder had not yet been discovered. Back then, when one had the symptoms of OCD such as obsessions, compulsions, and irrelevant thoughts, it was believed that person was being possessed by outside forces such as the devil or demons. This resulted in exorcising the sufferer of said symptoms which was considered the best and most popular treatment method at the time. During the first half of the 19th century, OCD changed due to alterations medical thinking. At first, OCD symptoms were thought of a type of dementia or madness. This led to further investigations.

Tammy has always been in the low class and her life wasn’t easy. Tammy was raised in a big family where it was difficult to get a good education. Tammy works at Burger King, where she doesn’t get paid a lot. She wants to show her children that they have to work hard, and she walks to work because she doesn’t have a car. She doesn’t want to stay at home with her children because she doesn’t lose hope of getting a higher education to help her family and have a better life. Tammy is very positive, but sometimes it’s hard for her to stay like that because she needs money. Tammy’s older son is embarrassed of her mom because of the clothes

I've always had the privilege of being the sister of someone with borderline OCD. The inside of her room gleams like the interior of an Apple Store, her bed looks fresh out of a catalogue and there is no mess on the floor preventing you from freely walking around it without the impending fear you'll lose a toe from stepping on an unknown object, therefore acting as the perfect contrast for me. As someone who lives in a world of scattered clothes, lost homework and around 1000 plastic bottles filling my shelves and floor, I've always tried to support all of my millions of justifications for this with Einsteins words “if a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk?”. But even the wise words of Einstein can't justify that random orange strategically situated next to my empty foundation bottle. Or that tinfoil ball next to my books. And my unusual excuse for this? Well, science says it makes me more creative. Although just to what extent is this actually true?

I remember while I went to school, my father babysat my toddler son, Jay. One night I came home to a flustered grandpa. "Diane, there is something wrong with Jay. He cried the whole time you were gone. That's not normal." My dad's words about my son hurt me, but I just filed them away in my memory.

Obsessive compulsive disorder is a chronic a psychiatric condition characterized by obsession, compulsion, or both. It is likely caused by genetic and environmental factors.

The definition of Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is typically defined by the disorders characteristics. The characteristics of OCD are obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions often manifest from unreasonable beliefs, thoughts, and fears. Compulsions often manifest in the form of ritualistic behaviors. Mayoclinic.org explains that individuals with OCD can have one of the other where the issues of compulsions or obsessions are concerned (Diseases and Conditions). “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” written by Gyula Bokor, MD, and Peter D. Anderson further distinguishes OCD by stating that “(OCD) consists of a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control to the degree that flexibility, openness, and efficiency are impaired” (2014, p. 117). There are a number of disorders that are comorbid to OCD, meaning in the presence of one or more disorder. Bokor and Anderson state that often times Tourette’s syndrome and Tic disorders are a frequent comorbidity with OCD (2014, p. 117). Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia has been reported a comorbidity of OCD. Bokor and Anderson state that the mental composition of a patient with OCD can lie in comorbidity with numerous psychiatric disorders as well like panic disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder (2014, p. 118). The National Institute of Mental Health’s website explains that there are a number of treatments for OCD. The two most predominant forms of

When people think of mental health people often think of crazy people, however that is not the case. Mental health is disorders of Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity, Disorder (ADHD, ADD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness), Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Schizophrenia, and Suicide Prevention. Now you are probably think, Woah, and that is most people 's reactions. There are many recent studies that have developed medication to help these patients live a normal healthy life.

I was always anxious, a worrier, with a quick mind that raced from worry to worry, always one step ahead of myself, planning what I was going to say whilst the other person was talking; planning the future, from where I might park the car, to how I was going to manage my death; and worrying about the past, why I’d said or done such stupid things. I assumed everyone did this, that their minds were bursting with stuff they were thinking, stuff they wanted to say, all the time. Thanks to my dad, who was the sole individual that noticed my subtle OCD signs, introduced me to this notion of meditation through performing it himself. I gradually spent more and more time with meditating with him - whether it be 5-10 every other day, or even sometimes 15 mins on the weekends.