a mental state in which a person acutely experiences unpleasant experiences caused by the presence of a certain atypical individual property that he would like to get rid of. Egodystonia is characteristic of neurotic disorders. A striking example is obsessions (obsessions) in obsessive-compulsive disorder, which are burdensome, excruciating, and anxiety-causing for the patient. Egodystonia is contrasted with egosyntonia (see Egosyntony (egosynthonia) in Chapter 2.1. Key Psychological Concepts in Clinical Psychology).