Common OCD obsessions
Having a fear of coming in contact with germs, disease, chemicals etc.
What is contamination?
This medication is usually the first pick when treating OCD because of it's more favorable side effects.
What is SSRIs?
Performing activities for a certain amount of times or until they feel right.
What is repeating?
Having thoughts about causing accidental harm to oneself and others, or fears of being responsible for a terrible mistake or accident.
What is harm and checking?
A common myth that describes someone who simply likes to be neat, organized, or a "perfectionist"
What is a misunderstanding of OCD?
Having an excessive concern about everything needing to be precise, in order or just feel right.
What is symmetry, order, and perfectionism?
What is the golden standard?
Thinking back on past conversations to check for any mistakes.
What is mental reviewing?
This type of OCD involves fears of related to religion, morality or sin.
What is Scrupulosity?
The amount of time per day symptoms must take up to potentially meet clinical criteria for OCD diagnosis.
What is more than one hour a day?
Having persistent and distressing doubts about having completed a task correctly with no mistake?
What is doubting and checking?
Using mindfulness to help change the individual's relationship with OCD.
What is ACD?
Staying away from people, places, or objects that trigger obssesions.
What is avoidance?
Having persistent doubts about a romantic relationship, a partners flaw or having one's feeling of love.
What is relationship OCD?
The defining characteristics of OCD, distinguishing it from general anxiety, is the presence of this specific, repetitive cycle.
What is the obsession-complusion cycle?
Having distressed thoughts about abstract themes that have no definitive answer.
What is existential or philosophical obsessions?
Using magnetic fields to stimulate specific nerve cells in the brain that are involved in the OCD symptoms.
What is TMS?
Trying to replace a bad thought with a good thought, phrase, or image.
What is undoing or canceling?
Being intensely focus or doubtful past events, memories leading to constant mental review.
What is false memory or real events OCD.
Unlike a simple habit, people with OCD typically feel this intense emotion about their obsessions and compulsions.
What is distress (or anxiety)?
Being hyper-aware of automatic bodily functions or sensations that are typically unconscious.
What is somatic or sensorimotor obsessions?
Surgically implanting electrodes in the brain to send electrical signals to help regulate abnormal activities.
What is DBD?
Compulsively analyzing a philosophical question or existential question with no answer.
What is rumination?
Having highly distressing unwanted thoughts, or images that violate a person's core values.
What is taboo and intrusive thoughts?
The estimated percentage of the population that will experience OCD at some point in their lives, making it relatively common.
What is approximately 2-3%?