Common Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1. Repeated hand washing
2. Repeated clearing of the throat, although nothing may need to be cleared.
3. Specific counting systems — e.g., counting in groups of four, arranging objects in groups of three, grouping objects in odd/even numbered groups, etc.
4. One serious symptom which stems from this is "counting" steps — e.g., feeling the necessity to take 12 steps to the car in the morning.
5. Perfectly aligning objects at complete, absolute right angles, or aligning objects perfectly parallel etc. This symptom is shared with OCPD and can be confused with this condition unless it is realized that in OCPD it is not stress-related.
6. Fear of acting out on violent or aggressive impulses, or feeling overly responsible for the safety of others.
7. Sexual obsessions or unwanted sexual thoughts. Two classic examples are fear of being homosexual or fear of being a pedophile. In both cases, sufferers will obsess over whether or not they are genuinely aroused by the thoughts.
8. Chasing- Having the need to follow people who the victim is irritated by. Sometimes having warm feelings inside about this person.
9. Strange and chronic worries about certain events such as sleeping, eating, leaving home, etc. without proper items. An example would be one who is unable to fall asleep without a metronome.
10. Fear of going crazy.
11. Repetitive and often pointless exercises of doing something over and over again.
12. Having to "cancel out" bad thoughts with good thoughts. An example of this would be imagining harming a child and having to imagine a child playing happily to cancel it out.
13. ometimes, although this is uncommon, someone with OCD will escape into fantasy because of bad, unwanted thoughts.
14. A fear of contamination; some sufferers may fear the presence of human body secretions such as saliva, blood, sweat, tears, vomit, or mucus, or excretions such as urine or feces. Some OCD sufferers even fear that the soap they are using is contaminated.
15. A need for both sides of the body to feel even.
16. A person with OCD might walk down a sidewalk and step on a crack with the ball of their left foot, then feel the need to step on another crack with the ball of their right foot. They may brush up against a wall with one shoulder, and then turn around and brush up against the wall with the other shoulder. If one hand gets wet, the sufferer may feel very uncomfortable if the other is not. If the sufferer is walking and bumps into something, he/she may hit the object or person back to feel a sense of evenness. These symptoms are also experienced in a reversed manner. Some sufferers would rather things to be uneven, favoring the preferred side of the body.
17. An obsession with numbers (be it in math class, watching TV, or in a room). Some people are obsessed with even numbers and loathe odd numbers (odd numbers cause them a great deal of anxiety and often make the person uncomfortable or even angry) or vice versa.
18. Twisting the head on a toy around, then twisting it all the way back exactly in the opposite direction.
19. Fear of transformation. A fear of transforming into someone or something else. Losing one's self or taking on undesired characteristics is what creates the anxiety and fear. Rituals such as counting, blinking, checking, hand washing, etc., may eliminate the anxiety when they are done in a way which "feels right" to the sufferer.
20. Feeling like they are needed to have an exact routine, with minor details.
21. Obsessive-compulsive spending. May be indicated by a pattern of uniformity on a bank account.
22. In addition, the affected person may feel complacent about or invincible against the economic issues.

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