Date________________________
Diary of Obsessive-Compulsive Rituals
Please record the daily occurrence of rituals, make a note of the time when the ritual occurred, the situation in which it occurred, and describe the type of
ritual (washing, checking oven etc). Rate your discomfort on the following scale
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
extreme discomfort / anxiety (the worst I’ve had)
No discomfort or anxiety
Write the number in the discomfort column. Record the length of time taken to do the ritual. At the end of each day, record the total number of rituals.
Time AM
Situation
Description of ritual
Discomfort
Duration of ritual
(0-100)
Time PM
Situation
Description of ritual
Discomfort
Duration of ritual
(0-100)
Total number of rituals today:
Wells 1997