OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive disorder ) occurs in
2-3% of population
Answer the following questions:
YES
NO
1.
Do you have either obsessions
or compulsions?
a) Obsessions :
Do you experience recurrent, intrusive and inappropriate thoughts
or impulses that are not simply excessive worries about real life
problems and that cause anxiety or distress?
Do you try to ignore the thoughts or impulses?
Do you try to neutralize them with other thought or action?
b) Compulsions:
Do you perform repetitively some behavior (hand washing, checking)
or mental acts (counting, praying) in response to an obsession and in
order to prevent the anxiety or a dreaded event?
2.
Do you recognize that the obsessions / compulsions are excessive
or unreasonable?
3.
Are the obsessions / compulsions time consuming, interfering with
your normal functioning
or distress provoking?
If you answered with YES to most of the above questions you
probably suffer from OCD and you might benefit from psychiatric
treatment (medication, psychotherapy).
