All of the following statements are true about obsession except:
Correct Answer: Patient believes that the images or thoughts are imposed by others
Description: Obsessions are repetitive thoughts, images or impulses. Often the content of thoughts is about sex or god and patient tries to stop these anxiety provoking thoughts unsuccessfully. Please remember, that a patient with obsession identifies the repetitive thought as his "own thoughts" and not something that is imposed by others. if the patient indeed believes that the thought has been imposed by others, it would then be diagnosed as "thought inseion" and not an obsession.
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