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Your obsessions are mild (40%): occasional intrusive thoughts.

Your intrusive thoughts are mild (40%), which suggests you are not flooded by a constant stream of disturbing ideas. Even so, this moderate dimension contrasts with your more pronounced compulsions and taboo thoughts (60%), which may mean that the thoughts that do arise, though infrequent, generate enough discomfort to trigger rituals or worry. In some adults in a professional setting, obsessions can be consciously 'filtered out' at work but expressed at home, creating a split that masks their real reach. It would help to check whether the intrusive thoughts you rate as mild are truly rare or simply less recognised as such.

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Your compulsions are pronounced (60%): the rituals take up time and energy.

Your compulsions and rituals are pronounced (60%), which means they hold a significant place in your daily life and consume precious time and energy. This high score is especially important to consider alongside your taboo thoughts (60%) and your perfectionism (60%): the rituals may serve both to 'neutralise' the disturbing thoughts and to reach a sense of correctness or control. For an adult woman with a working and family life, compulsions can be barely visible (mental rituals, discreet checking) yet very time-consuming. The reinforcement loop between anxious thoughts and relief rituals creates a cycle in which the anxiety temporarily drops, only to return sooner the next time.

This tendency is present in you — here is what it sheds light on.

Your checking is mild (40%).

Your checking is mild (40%), which indicates that methodical doubt ('did I really turn it off? did I really lock up?') is not your main problem. However, this moderate score combined with your pronounced compulsions (60%) suggests you may use other forms of checking: mental (rereading your thoughts, reassuring yourself internally), discreet behaviours (light touches, repeated glances), or seeking certainty from others. Checking in adults without a high load of overt checks can be very subtle and therefore less recognised. The mild presence of checking does not rule out its role in maintaining the anxiety.

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Your fear is pronounced (60%): washing and avoidance take up space.

Your fear of contamination is pronounced (60%), which indicates that thoughts of 'defilement', washing rituals or avoidance occupy a notable place. This score, combined with your high compulsions (60%), points to a major axis of distress: cleaning rituals or restricted contact may well be your main compulsions. In an adult woman, this fear can take several forms (fear of bacterial contamination, but also of contact with certain people or substances) and may affect social, professional or intimate life. The wash–temporary relief–relapse cycle is well identified in CBT: each wash reinforces the brain's belief that the contamination was real and dangerous.

This tendency is present in you — here is what it sheds light on.

Your need for order is mild (40%).

Your need for order and symmetry is mild (40%), which means that discomfort linked to asymmetry or disorder is not your main concern. However, this result should be read alongside your pronounced perfectionism (60%) and your taboo thoughts (60%): the need for order may show itself less through the physical arrangement of objects than through excessive mental rigour, an aversion to 'imprecision', or unease in the face of what escapes control. In a perfectionistic adult, the need for exactness can migrate from the spatial domain to the behavioural or emotional one ('I must have the right feelings', 'I must think correctly'), which is often more disabling but less recognised as an OCD symptom.

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These thoughts are pronounced (60%): they generate significant shame and distress.

Your taboo thoughts are pronounced (60%), which indicates that they generate significant distress and shame. These thoughts (often violent, sexual, or contrary to your values) arise intrusively and create deep guilt in you, even though you never act on them. This is a very classic OCD symptom in adults, and particularly common in women, though less recognised and often kept silent out of shame. The link between taboo thoughts (60%), compulsions (60%) and distress (60%) is central: you try to 'neutralise' or reassure yourself against these thoughts through mental or behavioural rituals. The belief that 'having this thought = being capable of doing it' or 'this thought reveals who I truly am' is the engine of the suffering. Yet these thoughts are purely symptoms, not reflections of you.

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Your need for certainty is mild (40%).

Your need for certainty is mild (40%), which suggests you do not constantly seek reassurance or circle obsessively around the same doubt. However, this score should be read alongside your high compulsions (60%) and your taboo thoughts (60%): doubt may exist but express itself differently. In some people, doubt is not about external facts ('did I close the door?') but about internal certainties ('am I a good person?', 'can I really have this thought and not be dangerous?'). Such doubts are harder to detect on a self-report questionnaire but can be very invasive. The mild presence of doubt does not rule out its role in maintaining the anxiety–compulsion cycle.

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Your perfectionism is pronounced (60%): the rigidity costs you time and energy.

Your perfectionism is pronounced (60%), which indicates excessive strictness toward yourself and an aversion to error, imprecision or non-conformity. This trait is strongly intertwined with your compulsions (60%), your taboo thoughts (60%) and your distress (60%), forming a coherent profile: perfectionism fuels the rituals ('I must do this exactly right'), reinforces the guilt around taboo thoughts ('I must think correctly'), and prolongs the suffering. In an adult woman, perfectionism often comes with harsh self-criticism, a fear of judgment, and emotional fatigue linked to unrealistic standards. OCD perfectionism is pathological: it does not produce more success, but more anxiety and ritualisation.

This tendency is present in you — here is what it sheds light on.

Your rumination is mild (40%).

Your mental rumination is mild (40%), which means you do not loop constantly over the same thoughts or worries. However, this moderate score should be read in context: rumination may exist but be less visible, especially if your energy is directed toward compulsions and rituals rather than circular thinking. In some people with compulsion-focused OCD, rumination is reduced in favour of compulsive action. It is also possible that you ruminate without naming it as such: dwelling on your taboo thoughts, chewing over your doubts, or circling around your fears without ever resolving them is a form of rumination different from simply 'replaying' a worry. Your profile suggests this is less your dominant area, which is a relative strength.

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The impact is pronounced (60%): time, relationships and freedom are affected.

The impact of your symptoms on your distress and daily functioning is pronounced (60%), which means OCD genuinely affects your quality of life, your relationships, your work or your leisure. This high impact score, aligned with your compulsions (60%), taboo thoughts (60%), perfectionism (60%) and contamination (60%), indicates that you carry a significant emotional and time burden. For an adult woman in a professional or family setting, this impact may be invisible to others (the symptoms can be hidden) yet very present inwardly: fatigue, tension, time stolen from pleasant activities or relationships. This is an important signal that support can genuinely improve your daily life. The high impact is also, paradoxically, what often motivates people to seek help: you know that something has to change.