Obsessions ndi matenda amisala. Amadziwika ndi zithunzi zosokoneza zomwe zimawonekera mobwerezabwereza ndipo zimakhala zovuta kuchotsa malingaliro. Amatha kukhudzana ndi mitu yosiyanasiyana monga litsiro, kuipitsidwa, kunyoza, kugonana kapena chisokonezo.

Nthawi zina amatchedwa "malingaliro okhazikika" kapena "obsessive neurosis," kukhumudwa kumakhala kosokoneza, kosasangalatsa komanso kosavomerezeka kwa munthu amene akukumana nazo.

Pali mitundu itatu: malingaliro ongoganizira (= malingaliro, kukayikira, zolakwa), zokonda zaphobic (= mantha owopsa) ndi kutengeka mopupuluma (= kuopa kuchita chigawenga kapena chowopsa).

Anthu otengeka mtima nthawi zambiri amazindikira kusagwirizana kwa malingaliro awo. Zizindikiro zoyamba za vuto la neurosis nthawi zambiri zimawonekera pafupifupi zaka 20.

Pali zifukwa zosiyanasiyana zomwe zingayambitse obsessions:

• Zinthu zamaganizo ndi zachikhalidwe (zopwetekedwa mtima paubwana, zovuta za moyo, ndi zina zotero) zingayambitse kutengeka maganizo.
• Zifukwa za majini zingakhalepo. Majini omwe amathandiza kuwongolera serotonin (= messenger yamankhwala aubongo omwe amatumiza zizindikiro pakati pa ma cell a ubongo) amatha kufalikira.
• Kusokonezeka kwa metabolic muubongo kumatha kulimbikitsa kuyambika kwa kutengeka mtima chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa serotonin komwe kumathandizira kuwongolera malingaliro, nkhanza, kukakamiza, kugona, kufuna kudya, kutentha kwa thupi ndi ululu.
• Pakachitika kusintha kwa ntchito zaubongo, zigawo za 3 zaubongo zimatha kukhala ndi zochitika zapamwamba kuposa zanthawi zonse (orbito-prefrontal cortex, caudate nucleus, ndi corpus callosum) ndipo zimatha kuyambitsa kusokonezeka kwa neurosis.

Kutengeka maganizo kwa nthawi yaitali kungayambitse vuto la obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Ndilo kuyankha kwamakhalidwe ku zovuta, kukakamiza komanso motsutsana ndi chifuniro cha munthu amene akukumana nazo.

Nkhawa ingadziwonetsere mwa anthu otengeka maganizo chifukwa amadziwa kuti ali ndi malingaliro okhazikika koma sangachite kalikonse.

Kwa anthu ena, kutengeka mtima kumabweretsa kukhulupirira kuti kuganiza za chinthu kumawonjezera ngozi kuti zichitike, zomwe  Zingakhale zoletsa kwambiri.

Pofuna kupewa kutengeka, ndi bwino kupewa zolimbikitsa monga mowa, khofi kapena fodya. Zochita zolimbitsa thupi zimalimbikitsidwa komanso kupumula.

Mankhwala ena amatha kuchepetsa kuyambika kwa kutengeka maganizo poonana ndi dokotala poyamba.

Mankhwala amagulu kapena mankhwala achilengedwe amatha kukhazika mtima pansi ndikuchepetsa kutengeka mtima.