AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Repeatedly thinking about your own death is to as repeatedly washing your hands is to . classical conditioning. Compulsive hand washing often increases in frequency because it relieves feelings of anxiety.

Detailed explanation-2: -Obsessive thoughts of death can come from anxiety as well as depression. They might include worrying that you or someone you love will die. These intrusive thoughts can start out as harmless passing thoughts, but we become fixated on them because they scare us.

Detailed explanation-3: -For some, however, concern about cleanliness and germs is an obsession and leads to compulsive, often ritualized behavior. Obsessive fear of germs or dirt and the compulsion to wash the hands over and over is one of the most common manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Detailed explanation-4: -Death anxiety OCD is a subtype of OCD in which a person can’t stop thinking about their own death or the death of loved ones. To overcome the fear of death, one must take certain risks to fully enjoy life.