CHARACTERISTICS

• REPETITIVE COMPULSIONS?

  anxiety reducing behaviours (e.g. handwashing, light switches, door locking)
• AVOIDANCE?

  avoiding situations where they may come into contact with threats
• ANXIETY?

  unpleasant state of inner turmoil as a result of obsessive thoughts
• GUILT?

  guilt over minor moral issues (may need to confess)
• DISGUST?

  revulsion/ profound disapproval at things (e.g. self or dirt)
• INTRUSIVE OBSESSIONS?

  persistent, uncontrollable, recurring thoughts
• HYPERVIGILANCE?

  enhanced state of sensory sensitivity to threats
• CATASTROPHIC THINKING?

  irrational belief that disasters may occur
• AWARENESS OF IRRATIONALITY?

  aware compulsions/ obsessions are not rational
• OCD CHARACTERISTICS?

  BEHAVIOURAL

  • repetitive compulsions
  • avoidance

  EMOTIONAL

  • anxiety
  • guilt
  • disgust

  COGNITIVE

  • intrusive obsessions
  • hypervigilance
  • catastrophic thinking
  • awareness of irrationality