Characteristics of phobias, depression and OCD

• Phobias are extreme and rational fears of some object or situation.
• Social phobias include fears of situations such as public speaking or eating in front of others.
• Avoidance is a common behavior in people with phobias, such as crossing the street to avoid a pigeon.
• The physical display of panic is associated with phobias, which can include screaming, hyperventilating, and waving hands.
• Generalized failure to function is a behavioral characteristic of phobias, meaning people may have difficulty engaging in day-to-day activities due to their fear.
• Anxiety is an emotional characteristic of phobias, as people are constantly thinking about a possible future encounter with their phobic object and are unable to relax and feel pleasure.
• Fear is an emotional aspect of panic, which is an intense emotional state linked to the final flight response.
• Cognitive characteristics of phobias include rational fears, as phobia sufferers have an exaggerated belief in the harm the phobic object could cause them.
• Reduced cognitive capacity is a cognitive characteristic of phobias, as people focus so much on their phobic objects and the danger they feel that they are unable to think about and engage in day-to-day life in the same way as other people.
• Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive characteristics of depression include a constant and long-lasting sense of sadness, lack of energy, and reduced cognitive capacity.
• Poor personal hygiene is a common feature of individuals with depression, which is likely to be particularly noticeable and cause discomfort to people around them.
• Anxiety is the emotion felt as a result of the obsessive thoughts.
• Obsessions are intrusive or rational and reoccurring thoughts and these tend to be unpleasant catastrophic thoughts about potential dangers.
• Changes in eating behavior, resulting in insignificant weight gain or weight loss, are common in individuals with depression.
• Sadness is a defining feature of depression.
• Guilt, helplessness, and a feeling of no value compared to other people are common emotional characteristics of depression.
• Compulsions are behavioral characteristics often including checking behaviors, ritual cleaning behaviors, and avoidance.
• High levels of anxiety are an emotional characteristic of OCD.
• Aggressive acts, often self-harm, are common in individuals with depression.
• Selective attention or attentional bias is a cognitive characteristic of OCD, where the individual is so focused on the objects connected to their Obsession that they're unable to focus on other objects in their environment or concentrate on conversations.
• Avoidance can result in social impairment, making it difficult for individuals with OCD to meet friends and take part in social activities.
• Depression is an emotional characteristic of OCD, resulting from not being able to control the anxiety causing thoughts and the OCD symptoms taking over the software's life.
• People with depression often have negative schemas, which are automatic negative biases when thinking about themselves, the world, and the future.
• Hyper vigilance is a cognitive characteristic of OCD, where the individual is constantly looking for the source of their obsessive boards for example, checking all surfaces they need to touch like door handles, light switches, pens, and keyboards.
• Anhedonia is a condition where individuals may not have the energy to participate in previously enjoyable activities.
• OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, is an anxiety disorder defined by obsessions, which are intrusive, constant thoughts, and compulsions, which are behavioral responses to the obsessions.