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He tells himself, “I know the door is locked! I won’t get up again.” But bad thoughts start to run through his mind. “What if it isn’t really locked? What if a murderer kills me and my family while we sleep?” These terrible thoughts force him to get up and check the door. This person doesn’t want to get up again and again. He wants to go to sleep just like you did. But he feels he must check that door again, because bad things will happen if he doesn’t. Habits and Rituals Lots of us have little rituals we like to do. Maybe you always wear special socks when you have a soccer game. Or maybe you always put your markers back in the box in rainbow order—

Some people need things to be put away in the exact same order every time. It’s not necessarily a case of OCD.