Discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder by providing a definition and three examples of common obsessions and a definition and three examples of compulsions,; and explain what the diagnosis would be if a person's obsessive-compulsiveness involved just extreme orderliness and following a rigid routine

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Answer will include that people who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder are preoccupied with certain distressing thoughts and feel compelled to perform certain behaviors. True obsessions are images or thoughts that force their way into awareness against a person's will. They are so disturbing that they cause intense anxiety. The main types of obsessions are 1) about being "dirty" or "unclean;" 2) about whether one has performed some action (such as locking the door); 3) about putting things "in order;" and 4) about taboo thoughts or actions (such as one's spouse being poisoned or committing immoral acts). Obsessions usually give rise to compulsions. These are irrational acts that a person feels driven to repeat. Often, compulsive acts help control or block out anxiety caused by an obsession. For example, a minister who finds profanities popping into her mind might start compulsively counting her heartbeat. Doing this would prevent her from thinking "dirty" words. Some compulsive people are checkers or cleaners. For instance, a young mother who repeatedly pictures a knife plunging into her baby might check once an hour to make sure all the knives in her house are locked away. Doing so may reduce her anxieties, but it will probably also take over her life. Likewise, a person who feels "contaminated" from touching ordinary objects because "germs are everywhere" may be driven to wash his hands hundreds of times a day. Of course, not all obsessive-compulsive disorders are so dramatic. Many simply involve into extreme orderliness and rigid routine. Compulsive attention to detail and rigid following of rules help keep activities totally under control and make the highly anxious person feel more secure. If such patterns are long-standing but less intense, they are classified as personality disorders