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Does "Pure O" Exist? | Pure OCD

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⁣You may have heard the term "Pure O". People say this is where an individual will have excessive intrusive thoughts without observable outward compulsions. ⠀

But, does Pure O actually exist? There may be some confusion with this. Let's go through how Pure O | Pure OCD is described and what treatment would look like for it. ⠀

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Pure-OCD is OCD where there are more mental compulsions then physical compulsions. But the mental compulsions manifests themselves physically through avoidance, procrastination, etc.

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