Research Questions

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• Do you get fixated on certain thoughts/notions/ideas/objects/actions? How easily? Please specify the fixation.
• Do you know about obsessions or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
• Do you think that you are obsessed?
• How would you define obsessions/obsessive compulsive behaviour?
• What is the extent of your obsession? Please specify using an example of an incident/event.
• How has OCD affected your life?
• What are the symptoms you experience?
• What is the history of the obsession? How did it start? When did you find out? What is the reason (a superstition/something that you learnt as a child/an accident or event)?
• What are the strategies you use to cope up with your compulsive needs?
• What is the worst that would happen if you make a mistake?
• What happens in the process of recurring thoughts and getting anxious?
• What happens when you are unable to perform the compulsive actions?
• What are the things that calm you down?
• Do you take any medication? What kind?
• Are you undergoing any treatment?
• Do you know of any other cure?
• Do you know when your compulsive behaviour starts becoming irrational and irritating for those around you? What actions do you take then?
• How does it affect your family and people around you?
• What do you think about your OCD?
• Do you laugh at your OCD?
• Do you mind talking about your obsessions to people or do you find it embarrassing?
• Are there any special needs that you have as an OCD survivor?
• How do you think your experiences with OCD can help other who have the same or the people around them?
• Do you get involved into the lives of other people who have OCD?
• Do you get influenced by other people’s obsessions?