... give you an idea of what symptoms these individuals have: Common Obsessions Common Compulsions 1. Contamination fears of germs, dirt, ECT. Washing 2. Imagining having harmed self or others Repeating 3. Imagining losing control of aggressive urges Checking 4. Intrusive sexual thoughts or urges Touching 5. Excessive religious or moral doubt Counting 6. Forbidden thoughts Ordering/arranging 7. A need to have things "just so" Hoarding or saving 8. A need to tell, ask, confess Praying Everyone has worries, doubts, and maybe superstitious or seem anxious at times about various things in life. It is when these actions become excessive (more than an hour in a day) and are affecting and individual's daily life that it leads to a diagnosis of OCD. Individuals will often recognize that their obsessions are coming from their own minds and are excessive and unreasonable. "OCD, a psychological disorder typically marked by uncontrollable, repeated thoughts and recurrent, "driven" patterns of ritual-like behavior, has only recently been recognized as far more common than previously believed" (Sebastian, ...

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