Many people with OCD will have magical ideas in which the distinction between “thinking about” and “making things happen” is blurred. This is called:
Synesthesia
Thought-Dominance
Xenophobia
Thought-Action-Fusion
Ans.Thought-action-Fusion (TAF)
Thought-action-Fusion (TAF) refers to the process in which many patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may have ideas in which the distinction between 'thinking about' and 'making things happen' is blurred. Salkovskis (1985) is credited with labelling this process as TAF. During the therapy, the patients need to be clarified that thoughts do not equal actions and that thinking about bad things does not mean one wants them to happen. It is also important to identify the specific details of the patient's feared consequences in order to draw an effective therapy plan.
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