• Pure O (Purely Obsessive Thinking and Ruminating)

  • Intrusive thoughts often taboo, sexual, violent, religious, or upsetting

  • Ruminating and “trying to figure it out” IS the compulsion

• Checking OCD

  • Checking the stove, locks, lights, and more to prevent bad outcomes

• Perfectionist OCD

  • Things have to be just right in an attempt to relieve uncertainty

• Relationship OCD

• Contamination and Hoarding OCD

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder and OCD

  • Obsessing about physical appearance

• Substance Use with OCD

OCD has many forms and presentations, and the Content often changes whereas the Process remains the same over time.