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Even when people with OCD “know” that nothing bad will happen if they don’t do their rituals, they still feel like something will.

Imagine that you are trying to fall asleep one night. Suddenly, you wonder if the front door is locked. You get out of bed to check the door. Yes, it’s locked. So you go back to bed and fall asleep. Simple, right? For some people, life is not that simple. Even after the door is checked, a different person might think, “Wait, is it really locked?” He needs to check it again. And again.