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#246- Are Generalized Anxiety Compulsions Different Than OCD Compulsions? GAD vs OCD!

October 07, 2025

For today’s episode, I got a relatively simple question; what are the differences between the compulsions and other behaviors found in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and how do they differ from those in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). While this was a pretty quick answer, it spun out into a comparison between OCD and GAD, how they differ diagnostically, and how they are really similar! You can have both, and sometimes it’s hard to see the differences between the two.

For more on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), check out this article from the California OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center

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