Program om OCD på kanal 4 - mandag d. 23/10 kl. 20.55. Linda.

[Linda]

Hej alle sammen!

Der sendes mandag d. 23/10-06 kl. 20.55, et program på kanal 4 om OCD. Programmet hedder: Tanker ude af kontrol. Hvad det mere konkret handler om nåede jeg ikke at se, men der er vidst mest fokus på tvangstanker.

Linda.

[Lisbeth]

Hej Linda.

Tak for meldingen. Du og alle andre kan her læse, hvad programmet handler om:

20:55 - 21:50
Tanker ude af kontrol (1:2)
Eng. dokumentar.
Tre personer, der lider af tvangshandlinger (OCD), stiller frivilligt op til at blive filmet, mens de flytter ind sammen i et hus, hvor de gennem to uger undergår behandlinger, som er del af et banebrydende eksperiment. De tre OCD-patienter kommer her i hænderne på et hold eksperter og terapeuter fra Instituttet for Psykiatri fra South London.

I kan også læse om det her: http://www.kanal4.dk/programoversigt/index.php I skal dog vælge mandag under ugedagene.

[Mads]

Postet på forsiden http://ocd-foreningen.dk/2006/10/22/...de-af-kontrol/


Lidt baggrund om udsendelsen:

Washed your hands 12 times, repeatedly polished your front door or counted to 27 before reading this? You could have OCD

A groundbreaking TV show has revealed the horror of a hidden illness afflicting millions of Brits.

A Channel 4 programme this week followed three people locked in the world of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Viewers were gripped as Wendy Johnstone, Sophie Prosser and Gerard McAree lived together in the House Of Obsessive Compulsives and confronted their bizarre behaviour.

Wendy was unable to touch anyone, even her husband or her two kids, such was her irrational fear of dirt – as well as glitter.

Sophie spent hours washing her hands and scrubbing her teeth. She longed for a baby but struggled even to look after herself.

Gerard would fill his mouth with water for up to five hours and hide pens to stop himself from confessing to a crime he had not committed.

Often referred to as the secret illness, OCD is thought to affect up to three per cent of the UK population.

Two million Brits suffer from it at some point in their lives – and millions more have minor traits.

Film Director and aviator Howard Hughes, subject of hit movie The Aviator, had OCD. He had an obsessive fear of germs and ended up living as recluse.

Actor Billy Bob Thornton has to repeat words and count up to particular numbers to bring luck.

David Beckham is thought to have obsessive compulsive traits. He has to have things in straight lines, such as the contents of his fridge, and moves his furniture around so that it is in straight lines.

Naturalist Charles Darwin worried about unexplained ‘palpitations, fatigue and trembling in his fingers’ – and famous nurse Florence Nightingale and writer Hans Christian Anderson suffered from OCD.

Professor Paul Salkovskis, who was in the house to help to help Wendy, Sophie and Gerard conquer their obsessions, said: ‘Worries that bad stuff might happen pop into everybody’s head and those thoughts are normal. But when that fear runs away with us and starts to interfere with our life, that’s when it becomes OCD.’

Prof Salkovskis, a leading OCD specialist from the Institute of Psychiatry at Maudsley Hospital, London, and his team used cognitive behavioural therapy to encourage the three housemates to confront their worst fears – and to realise that nothing bad would happen.

Sophie touched the inside of a loo and then had lunch without washing her hands. Wendy covered herself in glitter. And Gerard wrote a postcard, committing his thoughts in writing, and then sent it to his wife.

Prof Salkovskis added: ‘Most of us push these thoughts out of our minds but it becomes a problem when the thing you do to control your thoughts makes things worse.

‘The compulsive behaviour is a reaction and response to the obsessive thought and then it takes on a life of its own. The solution becomes the problem and it becomes a trap.

‘If you are prone to it and then you have a baby, or leave home, or are promoted, it may well take off.’

For Wendy, Sophie and Gerard, though, things are looking up.

Case of Wendy
Wendy Johnstone believes her obsessive compulsive behaviour was linked to the trauma of a miscarriage. She suffered it soon after her marriage to husband David when she was 22.

She said: ‘It knocked me sideways. I was desperately miserable from that moment onwards.’

The condition began to take hold when she became pregnant again with her twin sons, now 19. When they were born two months early her fears increased further, even though they were perfectly healthy.

Wendy, now 45, began cleaning obsessively, even getting down on her hands and knees to examine the carpet for marks.

She said: ‘I thought I was going insane but it was the only way I could get control.’

Fuelled by the fear of going into an institution, her compulsive behaviour only got worse.

Wendy, from Horsham, West Sussex, said: ‘It went into every area of my life. I would try to run away but the OCD would keep chasing me.’

Two years ago an obsession with avoiding flecks of paint morphed into a fixation with metal and glitter.

She was unable to touch anyone for fear of getting glitter on her.

The family went broke trying to keep up with unemployed Wendy’s £200-a-week bill for cleaning products, rubber gloves, tissues and dry-cleaning. But now, after being treated by Professor Salkovskis and his team, she has escaped OCD for the first time in 20 years.

Wendy said: ‘Now I am finally free. It’s amazing.’

Case of Sophie
Sophie Prosser had a fear of germs and obsession with checking things. As a result she felt unable to start a family.

But after two weeks in The House Of Obsessive Compulsives, she has not only finally escaped the illness – she is also four months pregnant.

She said: ‘I feel totally confident and happy.’

Yet less than six months ago, Sophie was controlled by OCD. She said: ‘I was a slave to it.’

As a child Sophie, now 31, was particular about keeping her possessions neat and tidy – but it was when she first lived alone that her OCD really took hold.

She would spend up to six hours a day cleaning, checking that all the appliances in her flat were turned off and obsessively washing herself.

She was a modern languages lecturer and then met Brian, who later became her husband.

But OCD had captured her and her behaviour spiralled out of control. Eventually Sophie, from Plymouth, feared she was incapable of looking after herself, let alone anyone else.

Every time she thought of having a baby, she face the reality that she couldn’t even feed her pet rabbit without worrying she has poisoned it.

She entered the TV house in desperation – but it has turned her life around.

She fell pregnant two weeks after leaving the house and is now looking to the future with a new confidence.

She said: ‘Rather than there being three in my relationship, there are just two. But soon there will be a third person for a very happy reason.’

Kilde: http://www.monkeykingdom.com/index_press.php?id=146

[Lisbeth]

Hej Alle.

Asnit (2:2) af programmet "Tanker ude af kontrol" bliver sendt mandag den 30./10. kl. 20.55 - 21.50 på Kanal 4. Der står det samme som ved første afsnit.

[Moonlight]

Første del genudsendes søndag d. 29 okt. kl. 20 på Kanal4, og 2. del bliver sendt mandag d. 30 okt. kl. 20.55

[Traveller]

Jeg er ny her og havde ikke set dette tråd.. skrev et andet sted om at diskutere udsendelse.. jeg ved ikke, om mit tråd burde flyttes hertil? Det ligger under "voksne og OCD".
Vi fandt udsendelse i aftes, tilfældigvis.. jeg var ikke klar over, at der var en genudsendelse om søndagen...