Obsessions are repetitive, intrusive thoughts or unwanted images. Unless a person has OCD, it is difficult to imagine that the faulty circuitry in an individual’s brain generates their obsessive thoughts. Obsessions are different than thoughts an average person have.
Most common obsessions are thoughts of contamination, pathological doubt, somatic, aggressive and/or sexually, religious scrupulosity and hoarding.
Compulsions are an individual attempt to try to neutralize, suppress, or deal with anxiety provoking obsessive thoughts. Compulsions consists of repetitive mental or physical acts ritualistic acts
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Some typical obsessions include:
Somatic
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