The 6 most common hobbies What is yours?

Lately it seems that society is becoming familiar with a term that until recently was almost completely unknown. We are talking about obsessive compulsive disorder, a mental disorder that, thanks to the fictional characters and the improvement in their diagnosis, more and more people know. The flip side of the coin, as with other mental disorders like depression, is that people often take it too lightly and talk about OCD in situations that are not. Everyone, or almost everyone, has certain hobbies and customs that are part of our personality and way of being, but not all hobbies are OCD.

Manias are those attitudes, actions and behaviors that we do in our day to day, almost unconsciously, but that if at some point we cannot carry out it does not cause us any discomfort. We can make exceptions. OCDs, on the other hand, are behaviors that condition our lives, that enslave us and that become a true prison of routines.

For example, you may have a certain mania for keeping your hands clean. Every time you touch a coin, go on public transport or touch a doorknob, you wash them. However, if for whatever reason, at that moment you do not have a bathroom nearby and you cannot wash them, you would feel somewhat uncomfortable but you could continue your routine normally. Someone with OCD would be unable to ignore it, their anxiety levels would soar, and they would not be able to continue life until they wash their hands.

In the following oneHOWTO article we explain how to know if a person has obsessive compulsive disorder.

One of the most common hobbies is the one that is related to calculations and counting. This can manifest itself in many different ways, as many as people who suffer from it, and it can range from counting the license plate numbers, grouping everything in numeral sequences, counting the number of motorcycles that pass through the street, counting the steps that go up or the steps they take, the blinks they perform, and so on.

This is known as arithmomania and, in severe cases, it can lead to numerical obsessive compulsive disorder. At this point, when the person is unable to control their impulses to count and this affects their daily life, we are talking about a mental disorder that must be evaluated by a psychiatrist

This may seem like child’s play, but the truth is that even in adulthood there are many people for whom, if it is not strictly necessary, they avoid stepping on the lines that separate the tiles, making their feet always coincide with the square inside. This is one of the clearest examples of mania, as it is a belief that has no foundation or basis, which despite this is done repeatedly, but if the person does not do it, they do not suffer any kind of anguish or suffering.

Have you ever come home just before an exam because you left your lucky pen behind? Do you have a favorite T-shirt, boxer shorts or pants that are never missing on big occasions? The fact of have garments or objects of luck It is one of the most widespread manias among the population.

Normally they are born at a certain moment in which we have had good luck and we associate that success with the fact of wearing one clothes or another, so as long as possible we prefer to maintain that ritual to embrace fortune.

This type of mania can also manifest itself in many different ways, the most common being making sure that the door is locked, go back to the car in case you left the door open, close the gas tap several times to make sure it does not stay open, touch your pockets every so often to feel your wallet, and so on.

They are usually little hobbies that do not affect the day to day and that define our personality, harmless although sometimes they can make people who are not around us nervous. The problem is when this effort that we put into making sure of things becomes excessive and we cannot use it in other actions, in that case it may turn into obsessive compulsive disorder.

Surely you have met someone who has an absolute devotion to symmetry, who touches and retouches the cutlery until they are absolutely aligned, who is capable of repeating some notes again because the letters are not on the same line, that he needs that in your desk everything is scrupulously ordered. Symmetry mania is one of the most common and can be seen in many of the actions we do every day, some involuntary. From those who move the pictures so that they are parallel with the floor to those who close drawers that were not completely closed.

In any group of friends, there is always the one who excuses himself to be absent for a while while you are having a coffee in a neighborhood bar. The reason is that you have to go home to go to the bathroom. There is no lack of the one who tells him that he has a perfectly equipped bathroom in the place, but he flatly refuses and assures that if it is not at home, he cannot be a belly. It is calculated that about 7% of the population He goes through the same thing every time he wants to defecate, which he cannot do if it is not in the tranquility of his home.

This can happen for a variety of reasons, but it is mainly due to the belief that public toilets are dirty and can transmit illness to you and the shame of being observed by someone.

This article is merely informative, at oneHOWTO we do not have the power to prescribe any medical treatment or make any type of diagnosis. We invite you to see a doctor in the case of presenting any type of condition or discomfort.

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