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By Peter Davis
March 12, 2024
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Reliance on things feeling perfect according
Obsessions about germs, sickness, and contagion
Intrusive thoughts around impossible questions.
Intrusive thoughts exacerbate the uncertainty of a memory.
Unwanted thoughts about harming oneself or others.
Acquiring things and difficulty discarding them
Belief your thoughts influence events in physical world
Thoughts that one is sexually attracted to a child.
Intrusive thoughts accompanied by mental rituals.
False narrative about how event in your life happened.
Thoughts and compulsions about a relationship.
Careful about one's actions and repenting for mistakes
Constant obsession about one's own sexual orientation.
Obsession with one's own physical movements or sensations.
Unwanted thoughts and obsessions around fear of killing oneself.
Treatment experiences
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