Do You Have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

1. Do you experience obsessions, as defined below?
   • recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced as intrusive and inappropriate and cause a great deal of distress
   • the thoughts are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems
   • the thoughts are extremely difficult to ignore or suppress
2. Do you experience compulsions, as defined below?
   • repetitive behaviors, such as handwashing or checking, that you feel driven to do in response to the obsession
   • the compulsions are aimed to reduce distress or prevent some dreaded event from happening, and are clearly excessive
3. Do you spend a significant amount of time dealing with your obsessions and compulsions (more than 1 hour per day)? Or, do your obessions and compulsions interfere with your day-to-day functioning and relationships?

If you answered yes to each of the above questions, you may have obsessive-compulsive disorder.