Assertion: compulsion | /r/HasProperty | repetitive behaviors
Facets:
value: like washing hands
type: OTHER
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: overly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: To try to avoid these obsessions, patients develop compulsions, which are overly repetitive behaviors that they believe will help them counteract or overcome the obsessive thoughts.
text: These compulsions are often repetitive, and can provide temporary relief from the shame, anxiety or guilt that often accompanies obsessive thoughts.
text: Compulsions are repetitive acts that temporarily relieve the stress brought on by an obsession.
text: A person with OCD is gripped with obsessions (uncontrollable thoughts) and ruled by compulsions (repetitive urges and actions).
text: It has generally been thought that compulsions (repetitive actions) were a way for a person with OCD to momentarily banish their obsessions (intrusive thoughts).
text: A compulsion is a repetitive behavior or mental act that a person with OCD is driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rigidly applied rules (which are often used to help manage feelings of anxiety or distress).
text: A compulsion is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that you feel you need to do to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the obsessive thought.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that one feels compelled to do in response to an obsession or based on strict rules.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors, commonly involving hand washing, checking, ordering, counting, repeating words silently, or the like.
text: "OCD is a mental health disorder consisting of obsessions (unwanted, intrusive, distressing thoughts) and/or compulsions (repetitive behaviors or actions in order to eliminate the distress surrounding the obsession)," counselor Amanda Petrik, LCPC, RPT-S, tells Bustle.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that one feels compelled to do in response to an obsession or based on strict rules.
text: Troubling thoughts, such as being contaminated after shaking hands, are usually accompanied by compulsions -- repetitive behaviors, like washing hands or checking that your front door is locked -- that a person with OCD feels driven to perform in response to the thoughts.
text: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a disorder in which a person has recurring obsessions (unwanted thoughts, ideas, images, or sensations) that lead to compulsions (repetitive behaviors or rituals).
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an OCD patient may feel compelled to perform in order to “undo” the obsessive thought.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that one feels compelled to do in response to an obsession or based on strict rules.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that one feels compelled to do in response to an obsession or based on strict rules.
text: Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are performed in response to an obsession.
text: Compulsions are the repetitive behaviors—like washing hands excessively or following precise routines—the patient feels the need to do, often as a way to quiet the obsessions.