CONTAMINATION
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Washing hands 7 times after shaking the hands of a maskless person who coughed into their elbow
What is the fear of getting COVID-19?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Constant adjusting of items, hypervigilance regarding tidiness
What is the fear of disarray?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Compulsively avoiding unknown and "dangerous" people, avoidance of leaving the house, not trusting people despite having suffficient evidence to do so
What is the fear of being hurt by someone else?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
excessive questioning, rituals done to shake intrusive thoughts, changed behavior around people of a certain gender
What is the fear of being gay?
The meaning of the acronym OCD
What is Obssessive Compulsive Disorder?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Jumping up and down repeatedly and interrogating ChatGPT about stomach pain
What is the fear of appendicitis?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Rereading an assignment for longer than it took to do it in order to catch mistakes before turning it in
What is the fear of getting a bad grade?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Feelings of distress when being around atheists, overly apologizing to religious figures, and avoiding greed, lying, or using foul language
What is the fear of disappointing God/going to hell?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Repetitive self-critisism and nitpicking, unwaiverable ritualistic systems done to achieve sufficience, inability to leave home without wearing certain things or looking a particular way
What is the fear of being unattractive?
The two categories of OCD that most people are familiar with
What is perfection and contamination?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
excessively feeling around their body for abnormalities, eating restrictively healthy, avoiding airport detectors, and experiencing distress when not getting enough sleep or exercise
What is the fear of having cancer?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Checking to make sure things are approved by others, ritualistic obsessive planning for the future, strong aversion to taking risks
What is the fear of failure?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Avoiding handling knives, ritualistic self-punishment after accidentally hurting someone else, preferring large crowds
What is the fear of wanting to hurt themselves or others?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Avoidance of specific groups of people, illogical misinterpretation of kindness, superstitious rituals in attempt to control other people's desires
What is the fear of being attractive to someone who shouldn't be attracted to them?
The limit of categories in which OCD can present in any given person
What is none?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
testing by eating food and fasting, over-exemplifying how dizzy, lightheaded, or thirsty they feel, being extra cautious to not be alone in the case of fainting
What is the fear of having diabetes?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Repeatedly apologizing, inability to openly disagree, superstitious compulsions surrounding saying the "right thing" constantly
What is the fear of being disliked?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Strict avoidance of self-serving actions, compulsively trying to help others (even when unwarranted), aversian to critical language and gossip
What is the fear of bad karma?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Excessively taboo, distress instead of gratification in sensual circumstances, compulsive modesty
What is the fear of being too sexual?
The consequences of stigma against OCD
What is lack of understanding prevents people from getting adequate help?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Asking friends if they are okay too often, checking to make sure they care in every scenario, not allowing mean thoughts, and getting intrusive thoughts of hurting people
What is the fear of being a psychopath?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Compulsions with an unknown and often unrelated grand consequence, excessive faith in the butterfly effect, strong sense of duty
What is the fear of doom?
(also correct: death, the end of the world)
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
engaging in ritualistic compulsions to avoid theoretical consequences, a strong sense of guilt, repetitive questioning of themselves
What is the fear of accidentally being at fault for harm?
Guess the obsession from the compulsion:
Repetitive mental checking, strong detachment from facts, feelings of guilt, rituals done to shake intrusive thoughts
What is the fear of being attracted to somebody they shouldn't be?
The most effective way to combat OCD
What is ERP (exposure response therapy).