Staring OCD (often confused with Visual Tourettic OCD, VT-OCD)

People with these OCD types have an urge to stare at others’ private parts. The person may never actually stare but is very concerned that he or she may be staring.

The symptoms may manifest with everybody and in every social situation or only with a specific category of people or in certain situations (with either men or women, with colleagues, people in an authority positin at work, in either group or individual settings, etc).

People with this OCD type engage in multiple compulsion to try and avoid staring, such as looking away, avoiding being close to people, avoiding social interactions, and even avoiding certain TV shows.

The treatment for this OCD type, just like for other OCD types is a combination of ERP and ACT.