OCD Test
Reflect on intrusive thoughts and repetitive responses
If unwanted thoughts or repetitive responses have been taking your attention, this free OCD test offers a way to reflect on the pattern. It includes mental reviewing and reassurance loops as well as visible checking, cleaning or arranging. It does not decide whether you have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Preview the assessment questions▼
1. An unwanted thought, image or urge kept interrupting me, and I found its return distressing.
- Did not occur
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
2. I replayed a situation in my mind to reach certainty, but the reviewing did not feel finished for long.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
3. After an ordinary check was complete, I felt driven to perform it again to reduce doubt.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
4. I asked for the same reassurance again because relief from the previous answer had faded.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
5. I became caught up in what an unwanted thought might say about me, rather than being able to let it remain a thought.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
6. I silently repeated a phrase, count or mental action because leaving it unfinished felt difficult to tolerate.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
7. I continued a cleaning routine beyond its practical purpose because stopping left a feeling of contamination unresolved.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
8. I searched or compared information repeatedly to feel certain about the same doubt, even when little new information was appearing.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
9. Unwanted intrusions made it difficult to stay engaged with an activity I cared about.
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
10. I tried to cancel out an unwanted thought with another thought or mental action, and felt driven to repeat the process.
- Did not occur
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
11. I repeated arranging or adjusting something until it felt complete, despite wanting to move on.
- Did not occur
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
12. I delayed a manageable decision because I felt I needed more certainty than the available information could provide.
- Did not occur
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- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
13. How much did unwanted thoughts or repetitive responses interfere with work, study or ordinary tasks during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
14. How much did time spent reviewing, repeating, checking or seeking certainty interfere with how you wanted to use your day during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
15. How much did avoiding discomfort linked to these experiences restrict relationships or activities you wanted during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
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