Emotional characteristics of OCD

• • Anxiety and distress- Obsessive thoughts are unpleasant and frightening, the urge to repeat a behaviour (compulsions) creates anxiety. anxiety can be overwhelming
• • Accompanying depression- often accompanied by depression, low mood and lack of enjoyment in activities
• • Guilt and disgust- Irrational guilt, e.g over minor moral issues, or disgust, can be directed against something external like dirt or at the self