Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die.He becomes anxious about these thoughts because he now thinks if anything really happened to his brother, it would be his fault.For no explainable reason, Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious.How would you describe Tony's behaviour?
A) Tony is attempting to stop himself from actually hurting his brother.
B) Tony has a mental compulsion developed to neutralize his bad thoughts.
C) Tony has a phobia of going into his brother's room because he is afraid his hatred will actually hurt him.
D) Tony has a compulsive ritual designed to make him like his brother more.
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