Characteristics

• cognitive - Obsessions


  unwanted thoughts or images that take control of the mind
• behavioural - compulsions


  Particular acts that the person feels driven to perform over and over again that reduce anxiety
• upset


  an emotional characteristic of concern caused by the knowledge that behaviour is irrational
• behavioural - avoidance


  the act of evading something
• emotional - anxiety


  The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen
• cognitive strategies


  these help people to deal with their obsessions
• emotional - guilt


  a negative emotional state associated with anxiety, tension, and agitation
• awareness of irrationality


  cognitive aspect - they understand that their behaviour is irrational