<prompt> True about obsession - compulsive disorder are AE -Ego-alienPatient tries to resist againstEgo syntonicInsight is present  <response>: OCD is ego-dystonic not egosyntonic.Characteristic features of obsession compulsion They are egoalien, i.e. experienced as foreign to persons experience of himself.They are egodystonic, i.e. unwanted behavior.Thought is recognized as irrational and absurd insight is presentPatient tries to resist against it however patient is unable to do so thought is irresistible Inability to resist causes marked distress or anxiety. 