Just Right - Pure "O" OCD
Just Right - Pure "O" OCD
Just Right/Pure "O" OCD involves unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, images, and sensations (obsessions) related to something feeling or being "wrong" and engagement in behaviors or mental acts in response to these thoughts or obsessions (compulsions).
- Frequent disturbing intrusive thoughts, feelings, ideas or sensations relating to something feeling or being "Wrong" (obsessions)/
- Repeated behaviors that one feels compelled to engage in such as re-writing, repeating, rearranging, re-looking, etc., in order to reduce or manage anxiety symptoms related to feeling "Wrong"/extreme anxiety (compulsions).
- Obsessions and compulsions cause clinically significant emotional distress and/or impairment in functioning.
- Feared consequence is that one will continue to feel indefinitely anxious or uncomfortable/
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