i was diagnosed with mild ocd in college.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Obsessive\u2013compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder where people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly (called \"rituals\"), or have certain thoughts repeatedly. People are unable to control either the thoughts or the activities for more than a short period of time. Common activities include hand washing, counting of things, and checking to see if a door is locked. Some may have difficulty throwing things out. These activities occur to such a degree that the person's daily life is negatively affected. Often they take up more than an hour a day. Most adults realize that the behaviors do not make sense. The condition is associated with tics, anxiety disorder, and an increased risk of suicide. The cause is unknown. There appear to be some genetic components with both identical twins more often affected than both non-identical twins. Risk factors include a history of child abuse or other stress inducing event. Some cases have been documented to occur following infections. The diagnosis is based on the symptoms and requires ruling out other drug related or medical causes. Rating scales such as the Yale\u2013Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) can be used to assess the severity.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "So the cause for OCD is unknown and doctors cant find out why people have OCD. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is a huge issue that needs to be resolved, I have a couple of friends that have OCD."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "people who are workaholics and people with miserliness are often the ones affected by OCD"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes but my friend is the opposite but he has a fear of germs and needs to have thing symmetrical or in perfect order. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I myself have a slight OCD for having everything perfectly in order and also a clean house is a must"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It could be considered OCD or could just be good habits, regardless in my friend you can tell its an extreme case. Whenever I look at him weird he just tells me \"you know how i am\"."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Indeed, In some cases it has been reported that OCD can occur before an infection."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I did not know that , i thought it came from genetics or brain structure."}]