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We learn fear and anxiety through observing what other people or animals are afraid of. One experiment showed that monkeys in the wild were afraid of snakes even though they did not have a reason to be. Monkeys that grew up in the lab were not afraid of them because they did not have anyone to look up to who was afraid.

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Using classical conditioning, researchers have also created chronically anxious, ulcer-prone rats by giving them unpredictable electric shots.

The link between conditioned for and general anxiety helps explain why anxious or traumatized people are hyper-attentive to possible threats and how panic prone people come to associate anxiety with certain cues.

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Genes matter. Identical twins often develop similar phobias even when raised separately. For example, two identical twins were afraid of water and wouldn't go in the ocean except backwards. Researchers are investigating the specific genes associated with anxiety disorder symptoms and so far they have found 17 genes. Genes influence disorders by regulating neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and glutamate. With too much glutamate, the brain's alarm centers become over activated which leads to an individual developing OCD.

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A lot of our fears come from evolution and our ancestors. For example, a fear of
flying may come from our biological predisposition to fear confinement and heights. We also learn what not to fear. We haven't learned to fear certain things so we tend to not be afraid of them.

Helps us survive and pass on our genes.

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Biological obsessions and compulsions are in overly aroused brain areas and are involved in impulse control and habitual behaviors. Fear-learning experiences can traumatize the brain which can create brain circuits within amygdala.
Anterior cingulate cortex is a brain region that monitors our actions and checks for errors. Hyperactive in those with OCD. Fears can also be blunted by giving people drugs as they recall a traumatic experience. Although they don't forget the experience, the associated emotion is largely erased.

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- Are interpretations and irrational beliefs allow us to feel anxious
-People with anxiety order tend to be hypervigilant
ex: Pounding heart becomes a sign of a heart attack
-Anxiety is especially common when people cannot switch off intrusive thoughts and perceive a loss of control and sense of helplessness

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OCD is disorder where the brain tries to organize and process to feel comfortable

PTSD is a disorder where the brain gives you flashbacks of panic of past events

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I know PTSD can be associated with military personnel and OCD is typically associated with extreme organization and attention to details.

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PTSD is common with veterans, OCD and PTSD can be very intrusive into daily life, making normal days harder,

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OCD- people must complete a certain amount of a task or are obsessed with a completing a task
PTSD - having flashbacks or memories from a trauma that impacts life.

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I already know that someone who has OCD needs their environment to be meeting their standards. Symmetry is common with someone who has OCD. However, PTSD is different from OCD because it correlates to memories and traumatic events. It can alter our behavior and even our mindsets.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is when an individual feels strong compelling feelings to repeatedly complete some form of a ritual even if the ritual is pointless.

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ptsd is post traumatic stress disorder
ptsd is being traumatized over past events

ocd is obsessive compulsive disorder
ocd is obsessed with having extreme obsessions over germs, organization, etc

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I know people with OCD are super organized and people with PTSD usually are diagnosed with this after war or something they have experienced that makes them afraid and how visions of the event

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PTSD is commonly associated with veterans

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I know that OCD means obsessive control disorder. That basically means your obsessive with things. PTSD is when you get flashbacks from traumatic things, like war or a car accident... etc. PTSD stands for post traumatic stress disorder.

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PTSD is very common for people in the military when they come home from war. They have frequent memories from the war that can be very scary. OCD can cause people clean constantly

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What do you already know about OCD and PTSD?  Please include your name in the post.

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What do you already know about OCD and PTSD?  Please include your name in the post.