🗂️ [[Indices/Sources]] # Pure Obsessional OCD — Symptoms & Treatment 📰 **null** 📇 [[The Gateway Institute]] 🏛️ null 🔗 https://www.gatewayocd.com/pure-obsessional-ocd-symptoms-and-treatment/ > [!check] Finished Reading > **Last read**: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 > **My rating**: 10 out of 10 > _An easy primer on the subject._ >[!abstract] > `= this.abstract` 🔑 [[obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)|OCD]] 👉🏼 The Gateway Institute (2023-05-23). *[[The Gateway Institute - Pure Obsessional OCD — Symptoms & Treatment|Pure Obsessional OCD — Symptoms & Treatment]]*. The Gateway Institute. [Link](https://www.gatewayocd.com/pure-obsessional-ocd-symptoms-and-treatment/) %% ## 📝 Notes ## 📃 Selected Quotes ## 📋 Table of Contents ## 📖 Annotations %% # **Template**: [[Book Search Template]] **Created**: [[2024-05-22|Wednesday 22 May 2024]] **Published**: [[2023-05-23|Tuesday 23 May 2023]] **Updated**: 13:06 [[2024-05-22|Wednesday 22 May 2024]] ## Readwise Highlights and Notes ### Imported from [[Readwise]] on [[2024-05-22]] **Common Obsessions of Pure Obsessional OCD** The obsessions that occur within “Pure O” can vary substantially from one person to the next, but generally can cause you to believe that you are flawed or a bad person and will plague your mind with fear, doubt, shame, and anxiety. For example, a mother with “Pure O” may have intrusive thoughts of harming her child that cause her to feel like a terrible mother and to experience crippling doubt about whether she would ever want to harm her baby. Some types of obsessions that may occur within “Pure O” include: • Abhorrent sexual acts • Doubt about your sexual orientation • Doubt in your romantic partner • Sacrilegious thoughts • Thinking about somatic function (breathing, blinking, or swallowing) ([[The Gateway Institute - Pure Obsessional OCD — Symptoms & Treatment|The Gateway Institute, 23 May 2023]], [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyf6m62wyd5zjd3z9ekg2erh)) ^25f1e7 **Common Compulsions of Pure Obsessional OCD** The compulsions that are enacted when a person experiences “Pure O” OCD are often driven by the mental analysis of one’s obsessions, attempting to eliminate doubt caused by obsessions and find certainty, and trying desperately to find the answer behind unwanted, [intrusive thoughts](https://www.gatewayocd.com/intrusive-thoughts-ocd-symptoms-and-treatment/). Common compulsions of “Pure O” include: • Mentally reviewing memories, experiences, and past events to try to find certainty • Mentally trying to ascertain what one’s intentions were in a given situation • Using logic and rationale to try to neutralize the doubt created by obsessions • Reassuring one’s self about motives and behavior • Avoiding situations that may trigger your obsessions • Performing superstitious rituals in order to lower your anxiety • Seeking reassurance from others ([[The Gateway Institute - Pure Obsessional OCD — Symptoms & Treatment|The Gateway Institute, 23 May 2023]], [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyf6m8qjs8wj7kce3f9dq45h)) ^16982f