The psychologist explained the desire to plan everything

Planning is considered a natural process of human brain activity, but if the situation gets out of control, this is a reason to be wary. Psychologist Arina Lega warned about this on Monday, March 16.

According to the expert, when there is an obsessive need to make plans and strictly comply with them, these signals may indicate the development of an anxiety disorder. 360.ru . Thus, a person tries to maintain control over events in his life, which leads to increased stress on the nervous system.

"Sometimes it happens that a strong need for planning can be part of obsessive-compulsive personality traits, when a person prioritizes order and consistency. A similar story can manifest itself in the form of perfectionist syndrome. In all cases, this is a strong strain on the psyche, which at some point can provoke a nervous breakdown, in which the slightest story that did not go according to plan provokes a total sense of insecurity and the collapse of internal supports," the expert clarified in an interview with The Paragraph.

On the same day, crisis psychologist Varvara Likunova noted that changing a car every one to two years may not indicate a high level of well-being, but rather the internal psychological problems of the car owner. According to the expert, for many, the car becomes a way to compensate for their worries, RT reports.

Earlier, on March 5, Medical Xpress magazine reported that compulsive behavioral traits may be associated with uncertainty about the future results of one's own actions. This is the conclusion reached by neuroscientists who have studied how people make decisions in the face of uncertainty.

Compulsive traits are the tendency to repeat certain actions according to a familiar pattern. They are often seen in psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addictions, or eating disorders. However, similar behavioral features are also present in healthy people, although to a lesser extent.

Psychologist and psychotherapist Olga Kushnareva, in an interview with Izvestia on September 13 last year, spoke about the difference between OCD and ordinary everyday habits. The main difference, she called flexibility, thanks to which the disorder can be disguised as habitual daily actions. According to the expert, people with OCD perceive any deviation from the ritual as a disaster.

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