A short YouTube monologue by Danielle Jhiani explaining that the scientific cause of OCD is not fully known but is believed to involve genetics and learned behaviors. The speaker emphasizes parental modeling of fear and unhealthy coping (avoidance, suppression, judgment) as contributors that worsen over time, and asserts that the brain can be retrained to eliminate anxiety and OCD.
Scientifically, we haven't discovered why people have ocd. They believe it's a combination of genetic factors and learned behavior. And what happens is we are subconsciously picking up on everything from our parents. If they had fears that's going to come across in their actions, words that they use, and they are going to project that onto us, then we don't learn how to handle uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and situations in a healthy way. So we start to behave the way our parent did, with avoidance, pushing down our feelings, judging our feelings, running away from scary things. As we grow up and life gets more complicated, these unhealthy coping mechanisms gets worse. The good news is you can retrain your brain, you can eliminate anxiety and an OCD from your life for good.
