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": "A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with OCD or obsessive-complusive disorder. Have you heard of it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah, a lot of people claim to have it even though they are just self diagnosing. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, she has quite a severe case of it. She feels the need to check things repeatedly and perform certain routines over and over. She really struggles with it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Damn that sounds like a huge hassle."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "She obsessively washes her hands, counts random items and checks to make sure her door is locked at least twice an hour. She can't control it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's crazy, I really hope she learns to deal with it somehow."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I hope so too! She spends over an hour a day with her OCD rituals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah that's way too long to be spending on stuff like that."}]