OCD awareness
🟢 Evidence-based
About
OCD involves unwanted, repeated thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or mental acts (compulsions) done to reduce distress.
Experiences that can occur
Intrusive thoughts, checking, washing, counting, spending hours on rituals. Some of these experiences can occur with this condition, but only a qualified professional can assess and diagnose.
What can help
Specific therapies and sometimes medicines are effective. Having tidy habits or preferences is not OCD.
When to seek professional help
If thoughts or rituals take much time or cause distress.