OBSESSIONS
• Contamination
• Harm
• Symmetry
• Religious
• Sexual
• Hoarding
• Unwanted Urges
COMPULSIONS
• Checking
• Cleaning/washing
• Repeating
• Mental Rituals
• Ordering
• Collecting
• Counting
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