Thank you for visiting this page. As part of our ongoing effort to help people recover from OCD, we are conducting research on different aspects of OCD. Your input would be extremely valuable. Please take the time to answer the questions. New questions added daily, check back.

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Are you male or female?

 

• Male
• Female

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How old are you?

 

• under 18
• 18 - 25
• 26 - 35
• 36 - 45
• 46 - 55
• 56 - 65
• 66 - 75
• 75 +

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Where are you located?

 

• Africa
• Asia
• Australia
• Europe
• North America
• South America

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In general, would you say your life including early childhood overall has been easy or difficult?

 

• Easy
• Medium
• Difficult

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Would you say that as a person you are more sensetive and gentle than most people?

 

• Yes
• No

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At what age did you have your first OCD thought (high anxiety)?

 

• 5 - 6
• 7 - 11
• 12 - 14
• 15 - 17
• 18 - 25
• 26 - 35
• 36 - 50
• 51 +

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Would you say that you had some mild forms of OCD since early childhood?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you have a high stress job?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you work odd hours?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you find that you sleep enough?

 

• Yes
• No

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How any hours do you sleep each night?

 

• Less than 4
• 5-6
• 7-8
• 9-10
• 10-12
• 12+

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Do you eat a healthy diet?

 

• Yes
• No

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On average, how much time daily do you spend outdoors?

 

• Less than 1 hour
• 1 - 3 hours
• 3 - 4
• 5 + hours

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How much coffee do you drink?

 

• none
• 1 cup a day
• 2 cups a day
• 3 cups a day
• 4 cups a day
• more than 5 cups a day

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How many energy drinks do you drink per day?

 

• none
• 1
• 2 or more

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Are you socially active?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you exercise? If so, how many times per week?

 

• No exercise
• 1 time per week
• 2 times per week
• 3 times per week
• 4 times per week
• 5 times per week
• 6 times per week
• 7 times per week

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Do you seek reassurance from your family?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you find that your relationships have become worse because of OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you meditate?

 

• Yes
• No

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What is your most common way to seek reassurance?

 

• Analyze / Ruminate
• Ask reassurance from other people
• Online research
• Physically checking
• Other physical compulsion
• All of the above
• Some of the above

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How many times a day do you seek reassurance or preform compulsions?

 

• 0 - 5
• 6 - 10
• 11 - 15
• 16 - 20
• 21 - 30
• 30 +

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Are you suffering mainly from Pure-O or Physical OCD?

 

• Pure O
• Physical OCD
• Both

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What is your OCD theme?

 

• Harm OCD
• Relationship OCD
• Religious OCD
• Contamination OCD
• Checking OCD
• False Memory OCD
• Other

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Do you feel guilt because of your OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do your thoughts feel real?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you get OCD thoughts in the form of images?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you get OCD thoughts in the form of urges?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you get uncontrollable bodily functions because of OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you sometimes experience high anxiety without a specific thought/fear?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you feel the thoughts are coming automatically?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you feel like you are a bad person?

 

• Yes
• No

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Does stress make your OCD worse?

 

• Yes
• No

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For Women - Do you feel worse during your monthly cycle?

 

• Yes
• No

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When are your OCD thoughts feel most severe?

 

• Morning
• Afternoon
• Evening
• Night

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Do you feel worse during the work week or on the weekend?

 

• Work week ( Monday - Friday )
• Weekend ( Saturday - Sunday )

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During which season does your OCD feels the most intense?

 

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter

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Does your OCD make you tired / fatigued?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you find it hard to concentrate because of OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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How often do your OCD thoughts switch (This includes details within the thought switching and causing new anxiety attack)?

 

• Once a day
• Multiple times a day
• Once a week
• Once a month
• Once a year
• I'm always stuck on the same thought with exactly the same fears.

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Rate your level of your anxiety throughout the day 1 - 10

 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

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Does your OCD make you tired / fatigued?

 

• Yes
• No

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If you are taking a low dose SSRI's (anti-depressants), how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking a standard dose SSRI's (anti-depressants), how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking a high dose SSRI's (anti-depressants), how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking a low dose of anti psychotic medication, how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking a standard dose of anti psychotic medication, how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking a high dose of anti psychotic medication, how would you classify it's effect on your OCD?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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If you are taking vitamins specifically as a way to fight OCD, do you find that they help you?

 

• I have definite improvement.
• I have some improvement but I still get OCD thoughts.
• I see no difference, I still have severe OCD.
• This does not apply.

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Do you currently have a doctor who helps you with OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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In your opinion, on the scale of 1-10 how much does your doctor know about OCD?

 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

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How long have you been seeing your doctor?

 

• Under a year
• 1 - 2 years
• 3 - 4 years
• 4 - 5 years
• 5 - 6 years
• 7+
• I am not seeing a doctor for my OCD.

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Do you feel that your doctor continuously increases the dose of your medication?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you do CBT?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you do ERP?

 

• Yes
• No

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Do you do talk therapy (examining childhood, etc.)?

 

• Yes
• No

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How many times have you changed doctors?

 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• I never switched doctors.

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If you are honest with yourself, do you think your doctor has the skills to help you overcome OCD?

 

• Yes
• No

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