A 28-year-old taxi driver is chronically consumed by fears of having accidentally run over a pedestrian. Although he tries to convince himself that his worries are absurd, his anxiety continues to mount until he drives back to the scene of the "accident" and proves to himself that nobody lies hurt in the street. This behavior is an example of?
B. An obsession triggered by a compulsion
C. A delusional ideation
D. A typical manifestation of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
The
Answer is. (A). A compulsion
secondary to an obsession
A compulsion secondary to an obsession Obsession
is a repetitive doubt, thought, images comes to one's mind, identified as one's
own & senseless, tries to resist but unable to do so. Compulsion is a act
performed is response to obsession. It could be Mental or Physical (Washing
hand or cleaning)
