Regarding a similar compulsion, Renan says: “My mind is in constant turmoil as I go over and over past mistakes, reanalyzing them and looking at them from every possible angle. ”
ان الشخص الذي يعاني وسواسا من الجراثيم او الاوساخ قد يجد نفسه مضطرا الى غسل يديه عشرات المرات .‏