OCD free screening test - MY Psychology

The next several questions are about your compulsive behaviors.

Compulsions are urges that people have to do something to lessen feelings of anxiety or other discomfort. Often they do repetitive, purposeful, intentional behaviors called rituals. The behavior itself may seem appropriate but it becomes a ritual when done to excess. Washing, checking, repeating, straightening, hoarding and many other behaviors can be rituals. Some rituals are mental. For example, thinking or saying things over and over under your breath.

The five questions of compulsion remain

6. How much time do you spend performing compulsive behaviors?*

Explain: When rituals involving activities of daily living are chiefly present, ask yourself: How much longer than most people does it take to complete routine activities because of your rituals? If you're unable to figure how long, estimate time by determining how frequently you performed these. Consider both the number of times compulsions are performed and how many hours of the day are affected. Count separate occurrences of compulsive behaviors, not number of repetitions; e.g., a person who goes into the bathroom 20 different times a day to wash his hands 5 times very quickly, performs compulsions 20 times a day, not 5 or 5 x 20 = 100.

None
Mild (spends less than I hr/day performing compulsions), or occasional performance of compulsive behaviors.
Moderate (speeds from I to 3 hrs/day performing compulsions), or frequent performance of compulsive behaviors.
Severe (spends more than 3 and up to 8 hrs/day performing compulsions), or very frequent performance of compulsive behaviors.
Extreme (spends more than 8 hrs/day performing compulsions), or near constant performance of compulsive behaviors (too numerous to count).

7. How much do your compulsive behaviors interfere with your social or work (or role) functioning? Is there anything that you don't do because of the compulsions*

Explain: If currently not working, determine how much performance would be affected if you were employed.

None
Mild, slight interference with social or occupational activities, but overall performance not impaired
Moderate, definite interference with social or occupational performance, but still manageable
Severe, causes substantial impaiment in social or occupational performance
Extreme, incapacitating. Can't work at all.

8. How would you feel if prevented from performing your compulsion(s)? How anxious would you become?*

Explain: Rate the degree of distress you would experience if performance of the compulsion were suddenly interrupted without reassurance offered. In most, but not all cases, performing compulsions reduces anxiety. If anxiety is actually reduced by preventing compulsions in the manner described above, then asked yourself: How anxious do you get while performing compulsions until you are satisfied they are completed?

None
Mild only slightly anxious if compulsions prevented, or only slight anxiety during performance of compulsions
Severe, prominent and very disturbing increase in anxiety if compulsions interrupted, or Prominent and very disturbing increase in anxiety during performance of compulsions
Severe, causes substantial impaiment in social or occupational performance
Extreme, incapacitating anxiety from any intervention aimed at modifying activity, or incapacitating anxiety develops during performance of compulsions

9. How much of an effort do you make to resist the compulsions?*

Only rate effort made to resist, not success or failure in actually controlling the compulsions. How much you resist the compulsions may or may not correlate with your ability to control them.

Makes an effort to always resist, or symptoms so minimal doesn't need to actively resist
Tries to resist most of the time
Makes some effort to resist
Yields to almost all compulsions without attempting to control them, but does so with some reluetance
Completely and willingly yields to all compulsions

10. How strong is the drive to perform the compulsive behavior? How much control do you have over the compulsions?*

Explain: In contrast to the preceding item on resistance, your ability to control your compulsions is more closely related to the severity of the compulsions.

Full Control
Much control, experiences pressure to perform the behavior but usually able to exercise voluntary control over it.
Moderate control, strong pressure to perform behavior, can control it only with difficulty
Little control, very strong drive to perform behavior, must be carried to completion, can only delay with difficulty
No control. drive to perform behavior experjcoced as completely involuntary and overpowering, rarely able to even momentarily delay activity