The American Psychiatric Association defines it as “A problem in which the sufferer is plagued by either obsessions or compulsions or usually both. Unwanted recurrent intrusive thoughts, impulses or images that cause marked distress and are not simply excessive worries about real life problems. The sufferer makes attempts to ignore, suppress, neutralise the obsessions and recognises them as the products of their own mind”. Download the session and see what the full definition and causes are.

A list of common obsessions and compulsions and making an assessment for yourself.