The following statement refers to one or more Symptoms and Experiences which many people have in their everyday lives relating to OCD.

Obsessions or compulsions that cause significant distress.............

• I think having contact with bodily secretion may contaminate me and my clothes.
• I wash my hands often or longer than necessary.
• I wash and clean obsessively.
• I avoid using public toilets for the reason that I am afraid of disease or contamination.
• I am extremely concerned about cleanliness.
• I find it difficult to touch rubbish or dirty things.
• I ask people to repeat things to me numerous times, even though I understand them the first time.
• Unpleasant thoughts come into my mind against my will and I cannot get rid of them.
• I have to review conservations and actions to make sure that I didn't do something wrong.
• I have saved up so many different things that they get in the way.
• I check things more often than required.
• I repeatedly check doors, windows.
• I collect thing I don't really need.
• I have terrible thoughts that I might want to harm myself or others.
• I get very upset if objects are not arranged correctly.
• I feel obliged to follow a particular order in dressing and undressing and myself.
• I feel compelled to count while I am doing things.
• I need certain things to be arranged in a particular order.
• I get behind in my work because I repeat things over and over again.
• I feel I have to repeat certain numbers.
• After doing something carefully, I still have the thought I have not finished it.
• I have to do things over and over again until it feels right.
• Before going to bed I have to do certain things in a certain way.
• I regularly get nasty thoughts and have hard in getting rid of them.
• I avoid throwing things away because I am afraid I might need them later.
• I get upset if other people change the way I have arranged my things.
• I feel that I must repeat certain words or phrases in my mind in order to wipe out bad thoughts, feelings or actions.
• After I have done things, I have constant doubts about whether I really did them.
• I feel that there are good and bad numbers.

There is no reliable diagnostic test for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The diagnosis is generally based on a thorough face-to-face interview conducted by a fully experienced Mental Health Professional.