OCD - Characteristics

What are the behavioural characteristics of OCD

Avoidance compulsions anxiety

What is avoidance in OCD

Attempts to avoid situations that trigger obsessive thoughts

What are compulsions

Repetitive behaviours that reduce anxiety caused by obsessions

What is anxiety in OCD

Obsessive thoughts cause fear worry and distress

What are the emotional characteristics of OCD

Accompanying depression guilt and disgust anxiety

What is accompanying depression

Low mood and loss of enjoyment in activities

What is guilt and disgust

Obsessions often involve dirt germs or moral issues causing guilt or disgust

What is anxiety emotional characteristic

Ongoing distress caused by obsessive thoughts

What are the cognitive characteristics of OCD

Obsessive thoughts awareness of irrationality

What are obsessive thoughts

Unpleasant persistent thoughts that cannot be ignored

What is awareness of irrationality

Individual recognises their thoughts or behaviours are illogical