Obsessions

Definition: The person will constantly ruminate over certain themes and act on it to either relieve their obsessions or resolve the “problem”.

There are many types of obsessions, they are different than those demonstrated by persons with OCD.


 * Obsessions of dislike: The person	will constantly think about how others might not honestly like them.
 * Obsessions of abandonment: The	person will constantly think about how they might be abandoned, they	will try to avoid this abandonment in every way possible.
 * Obsessions of scrupulosity: The	person will constantly ruminate about whether they have sinned or	not.
 * Obsessions of persecution: The person will constantly ruminate about how they might be harmed by someone.
 * Obsessive anxiety: The person will	constantly ruminate about how the future might happen, often around	end-of-the-world scenarios.
 * Positive obsessions: The person might think constantly about their own personal interests or they might obsess around the idea that they are loved, these obsessions usually do not involve compulsions.

There are many types of compensations to relieve obsessions, unlike compulsions, these acts are not caused by urges but are under voluntary act to relieve profound feelings of pain.


 * Ritualized behavior: The person	will engage in strange rituals that are inconsistent with culture,	they are often centered around religious themes.
 * Routines: The person will engage	in very strict and nonfunctional routines in which they will strongly refuse to	change.
 * Murder: Common in most severe	cases, the person will use murder as a tool to relieve their	profound distress or in case to "avoid their thoughts to come true".
 * Bizarre behavior: As a common	symptom, the person will engage in bizarre, stereotyped behavior to	relieve their obsessions temporarily.
 * Compulsions: Similar behavior than	those found in OCD.