Types of Obsessions

• Contamination Fears
• Causing Harm by Accident
• Causing Harm to Others on Purpose
• Sexual Obsessions
• Religious Obsessions
• Hoarding and Saving
• Symmetry and Exactness
• Other Types of Obsessions
• Types of Compulsions
• Washing and Cleaning
• Checking
• Repeating
• Counting
• Ordering and Arranging
• Mental Rituals
• Hoarding and Collecting
• Other Compulsions
• OCD Tests
• YBOCS Symptom Checklist
• YBOCS OCD Severity Scale
• OCI-R Self-Test for OCD
• Related Disorders
• Trichotillomania
• Compulsive Tics

OCD Therapy Going Nowhere?

Although any medical doctor can take your blood pressure, only a few can do heart surgery. Likewise, any therapist can help someone who is feeling a bit blue, but only a few can effectively treat OCD. OCD treatment is a type of therapy that requires a specialized protocol called Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP or EX/RP). Learn about the Top Mistakes Made by OCD Therapists.

Top Seven Myths About OCD

One stereotype is that people with OCD are neat and tidy to a fault. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Although many people with OCD wash because they are concerned about dirt and germs, being tidy is actually not a typical symptom of the disorder. Almost two-thirds of people with OCD are also hoarders... Learn more about the Top Myths about OCD.

Homosexual Fears in OCD

Sexuality Concerns in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

There are many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who have sexual obsessions surrounding homosexuality. Homosexuality anxiety is a recognized symptom of OCD, sometimes referred to as "HOCD."

HOCD includes the following:

• the obsessive fear of being or becoming homosexual
• the experience of intrusive, unwanted mental images of homosexual behavior, and/or
• the obsessive fear that others may believe one is homosexual.

A person may have only one of these facets of the disorder or a combination. Learn more about sexual obsessions in OCD.

Take The OCD Self Test

The OCI-R is a short, reliable, scientific test of common obsessive-compulsive symptoms. This measure was developed by OCD experts. Take our OCD Self Test.

About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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