I keep checking the door.

This is the typical pattern of checking compulsion. We look at the time it takes first.

I wash my hands so much that my skin is damaged.

We look at the skin side and the compulsion side together.

The attempt to get rid of the thought itself actually feeds it.

Many people do combine them. Please do not stop it on your own.

They can. Scolding or blocking it is counterproductive.

We regard it as a condition to control rather than cure.

We apply them at the head, the hands and feet, and around the neck and shoulders.

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Unwanted thoughts that repeat, with behaviours to neutralise them that are hard to stop. Checking, washing and counting are common.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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