Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition that causes kids to have unwanted thoughts, feelings, and fears. These are called obsessions, and they can make you feel anxious. To relieve the obsessions and anxiety, OCD leads you to do things called behaviours or compulsions (also called rituals).
What Are Obsessions?
Obsessions are fears that kids with OCD can't stop thinking about. They may realize their thoughts don't make sense, but they still feel anxious about certain things.
These fears might include whether:
What Are Compulsions?
Compulsions (rituals) are behaviors that if you hve OCD you will do repeatedly. OCD causes you to feel that you have to do rituals to "make sure" things are clean, safe, in order, even, or just right. If you have OCD, rituals seem to have the power to prevent bad things from happening.
Rituals include things like:
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