It is a state of mind wherein a person is unrealistically controlled or trapped by repetitive thoughts and behavior. It is a mental disorder the individual is plagued by recurring and disturbing thoughts over which they do not have any control. this anxiety leads an individual to perform routines and rituals under compulsion.

Though the anxiety subsides temporarily the person involved starts performing the rituals once the obsessive thoughts return. People with this disorder are so obsessed that they forget to realize it is interfering with their daily routines. They are unable to stop themselves from achieving their goals.

Some common symptoms are not to keep things in order or symmetry, behaving in a socially unacceptable way, fear of committing a mistake, fear of contracting infections, repeatedly having baths, arranging things in a particular way, checking for locks whether they are locked, stoves are off and many more.  Sometimes OCD include phobias such as fear of spiders, fear of flying. They sometimes face problems of depression, learning disability, lack of attention due to hyperactivity, eating disorder.

People with OCD are sometimes affected by violent behavior; some extreme cases want to even harm a child. They have urge to jump off a cliff, Jump from a moving train or they sometimes harm their best friend or close relative. one other symptom of OCD is strange sexual behavior of having sexual obsessions with children or parents, which leads an individual to go through self-loathing, which ultimately leads to depression.

With advance in research and technology doctors and researcher found out that this problem had to do with brain neuro transmitters called SEROTONIN. this neurotransmitter when produced in deficit quantities may lead to this condition.  this neurotransmitter is supposed to induce sleep and memory.

It attaches to a receptor in the next nerve cell to bring about the effects of serotonin. But people with this health disorder, the receptor gets blocked from functioning thus undergo problems relating to OCD. The selective intake of medicine containing required doses of serotonin might help the patients to overcome this problem.

Many famous people are reported to have this problem. this condition can be addressed by taking medicines, with continuous family support, with constant counseling and attending spiritual get to-gathers.