Question

Genaya recently sought help for her obsessive-compulsive disorder after she found that she could not control her compulsion to pull out her hair. her therapist, who uses behavioral techniques, suggested that when genaya feels the overwhelming urge to pull out her hair, she should ____.

a. ​not resist the urge but limit the activity
b. ​distract herself with a competing activity
c. ​talk to someone about her feelings
d. ​brush her hair instead

Answer 1

The answer will be b. distract herself with a competing activity. Trichollitomania or hair pulling disorder is common in teenagers nowadays. Talking about this problem with someone else also helps a lot.

Answer 2

The correct option is B.
Behavioral therapy is a therapy that is used to treat mental disorders, it involves reinforcing desirable behaviors while eliminating the unwanted ones. Behavior therapy methods are based on the theories of classical and operant conditioning. For the question given above, anytime Genaya feels like pulling her hair, she can use behavior therapy to prevent this behavior by distracting herself with another task.