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When Individuals Are Diagnosed with OCD, Are the Obsessive Thoughts

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When individuals are diagnosed with OCD, are the obsessive thoughts usually positive or negative?
Illustrate your answer with an example of an obsessive thought.


Definitions:

Poor Insight

A lack of awareness or understanding about one's own condition, symptoms, or the impact of one's actions on others, often seen in various mental health disorders.

Framing

The way information is presented to us which can influence our decisions and judgments.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.

Restructuring

Thinking about a problem in a new way in order to solve it.

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