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": "My sister was diagnosed with Obsessive-compulsive disorder always needing to perform rituals. Are you familiar with OCD?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do not have a lot of knowledge about it.  I frequently read that more and more children are being diagnosed with it."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My sister started exhibiting some of the behaviors as a child always needing to wash her hands or turn a light off 3 times. She says that she is unable to control theses thoughts until she does the ritual."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What an affliction.  Do doctor's know what causes it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The cause is unknown by there seems to be a genetic component."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do your sister's conditions change much, or is she doing the same things since she was first diagnosed?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "She has undergone cognitive behavior therapy and it has helped reduce the hand-washing ritual at least to the point she no longer has raw skin or bleeds."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It is great that the treatment seems to be working."}]