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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - OCD and Overvalued Ideation (Ego-Syntonic OCD)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – OCD and Overvalued Ideation (Ego-Syntonic OCD)

Do you know what overvalued ideation is? Do you know what ego-syntonic OCD is? This is simply when the part of the brain that deals with anxiety has, in a way, joined with the reasoning part of the brain and this causes the person to no longer be able to see the irrationality in their OCD rituals. It may be possible that they never were able to see the irrationality in their rituals. Most people…

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Egosyntonic and egodystonic

Egosyntonic is a psychological term referring to behaviors, values, feelings that are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image.

Egodystonic (or ego alien) is the opposite of egosyntonic and refers to thoughts and behaviors (e.g., dreams, impulses, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are in conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person's ideal self-image.

Many personality disorders are considered to be egosyntonic and are, therefore, difficult to treat. Anorexia nervosa, a difficult-to-treat Axis I disorder, is also considered egosyntonic because many of its sufferers deny that they have a problem.

Obsessive compulsive disorder is considered to be egodystonic as the thoughts and compulsions experienced or expressed are not consistent with the individual's self-perception, meaning the patient realizes the obsessions are not reasonable.

The egosyntonic and egodystonic concepts are studied in detail in abnormal psychology; while 'the notion of ego syntony plays an important part in psychoanalytic ego psychology'.

Source: WIkipedia.

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Egosyntonic or egodystonic?