OCD disorder symptoms
Not all OCD symptoms are the same. They can range from washing, cleaning, checking, worrying and anything else that will increase your anxiety levels. Here is a basic list of some OCD disorder symptoms:
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Obsessive-compulsive disorder includes the 18 symptoms listed below:
- Compulsions – ritualized or repetitive behaviors
- Rituals
- Repeated hand washing
- Repeated touching
- Counting
- Repeated checking
- Rearranging things
- Awareness that rituals are abnormal – patients are aware they have a compulsion but cannot control it
- Obsessions – disturbing thoughts or images
- Anxious thoughts
- Frequent thoughts of violence
- Fear of causing harm
- Unwelcome sexual thoughts
- Fantasies
- Inappropriate thoughts
- Fear of becoming contaminated
- Fear of being poisoned
- Feelings of doubt