· These are recurrent, persistent and unwanted thoughts that cause the person much anxiety/distress.
· Besides coming under the form of thoughts, they can also be images or impulses that will repeat themselves and are experienced to be unwanted, intrusive and inappropriate.
· The person feels overwhelmed by the obsessions as they seem to intrude in every aspect of their thinking and are very disturbing thus triggering much anxiety and discomfort.
· They will try hard to suppress the thought/images/impulses and/or try to "neutralize" them by other thoughts or specific actions.
· They do realize the thought to be a product of their own mind.
http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/ocd_obsessions.html
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