Obsessions

Many of us have our little quirks and habits.  Sometimes things nagging at our minds. So when do these quirks become Obsession, Compulsions or OCD?  When they produce anxiety. discomfort, guilt or fear.  There are so many different variety of OCD (see

Obsessions are intrusive, irrational thoughts -- unwanted ideas or impulses that repeatedly well up in a person's mind. Again and again, the person experiences disturbing thoughts, such as "My hands must be contaminated; I must wash them"; "I may have left the gas stove on"; "I am going to injure my child." On one level, the sufferer knows these obsessive thoughts are irrational. But on another level, he or she fears these thoughts might be true. Trying to avoid such thoughts creates great anxiety.

Compulsions

A compulsion is a behavior in which a person feels that they have to engage in a certain activity, which they would not normally want to do.  

Some people experience just the obsessions, some just experience the compulsions while most have to deal with both the obsessions and the compulsions.

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