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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
If you have OCD, you will experience repeated (obsessive) thoughts, ideas, images and impulses. The thoughts or ideas can be disturbing, and you are probably aware that they make no sense, and often try to suppress them or get rid of them in a number of ways.
Compulsive behaviour accompanies the thoughts or ideas, usually in an attempt to get rid of the anxiety associated with the thoughts. The symptoms (either obsessions or compulsions or both) take up a large part of your time, and are very disturbing.
Obsessive thoughts
Obsessive thoughts or ideas are commonly related to a fear of dirt or contamination, hurting someone else, making inappropriate sexual advances, becoming aggressive, or being blasphemous.
You might also doubt yourself and feel a need for order or symmetry in your surroundings.
Compulsive behaviours
Some of your compulsive behaviours might include checking rituals, cleaning and washing rituals, putting things in a certain order, counting, needing to repeatedly ask or confess, needing symmetry or precision or hoarding.
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