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Responsibility Doesn’t Give You OCD Or Anxiety
Why you should stop worrying about worrying too much
This week has been a bit worrying. I’m not talking about the endless ennui of living in the age of the internet, or the troublesome resurgence of internet Nazis, although those are both not ideal. No, according to headlines, we are all giving ourselves mental health problems because we are worrying too much, thinking too much about responsibility, and just generally being too afraid of what might happen for our own good.
Apparently, the only thing to fear is fear itself, because fear itself causes mental health problems like anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Media sources from the Daily Mail, with their headline “Don’t be so hard on yourself…it could lead to OCD and anxiety” to the Economic Times with “Worrying too much about being responsible? You’re more likely to develop OCD” have all been screaming that we are heading down a dangerous path. A new study, according to these headlines, has revealed that the secret to good mental health is to worry less.
