1. Do you have concerns with contaminations (dirt, germs, chemicals, radiation)?
- Yes
- No
2. Are you over concerned about keeping objects (clothing, tools, and groceries) in perfect order or arranged exactly?
- Yes
- No
3. Do you have personally unacceptable sexual or religious thoughts?
- Yes
- No
4. Do you have images of horrible events or death?
- Yes
- No
5. Do you worry about terrible things like fire, burglary or flood?
- Yes
- No
6. Do you worry about spreading AIDS (i.e. giving to someone)?
- Yes
- No
7. Do you worry about accidentally hitting a person with your car?
- Yes
- No
8. Do you have any worry about any harm coming to your loved one because you aren’t careful enough?
- Yes
- No
9. Have you ever worried about acting on an unwanted and senseless urge or impulse for physically harming a loved one or pushing a stranger in front of a bus?
- Yes
- No
10. Have you worried about losing something valuable?
- Yes
- No
11. Have you ever done washing, cleaning, and grooming over and over again?
- Yes
- No
12. Have you ever counted or arranged things again and again?
- Yes
- No
13. Have you ever checked things light switches, stove knobs, water faucets, door locks and emergency brakes again and again?
- Yes
- No
14. Do you collect useless objects?
- Yes
- No
15. Do you inspect the garbage before throwing it out?
- Yes
- No
16. Do you keep on repeating actions like getting in and out of the car or going through the doorway for a long period of time or till it feels ok?
- Yes
- No
17. Do you unnecessarily reread, rewrite and reopen letters before mailing them?
- Yes
- No
18. Do you feel the need to touch some objects or people again and again?
- Yes
- No
19. Do you engage in examining your body for signs of illness?
- Yes
- No
20. Are you in need of some constant assurance to know whether you have done things and tasks correctly?
- Yes
- No
21. Do you avoid colors, numbers, and names that are related to dreaded events or to unpleasant thoughts?
- Yes
- No
22. Do you have recurrent and persistent thoughts?
- Yes
- No
23. Do these thoughts seem to be intrusive and inappropriate?
- Yes
- No
24. Do the thoughts make you feel very anxious?
- Yes
- No
25. Do you try to ignore or suppress the thoughts?
- Yes
- No
Answering yes to a significant number of these questions may indicate that you have OCD and you should seek professional treatment.