Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is an anxiety disorder. Although the thoughts associated with this disorder are quite bizarre, they are not the focal point and do not make up the entire disorder. The essential features of an obsessive-compulsive person are recurrent obsessions, or thoughts, that create an awareness of alarm or a threat. Examples of these thoughts are such as “Someone can get sick from that band-aide if I don’t …showed first 75 words of 2168 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2168 total…handle or stepping on the cracks in the sidewalk. The sufferer must accept the challenge and be willing to participate in their own therapy. This form of treatment for OCD will not be effective for all sufferers. There are also drug treatments that can be used. This tends to be a more controversial from of treatment, however it is very effective in some cases. Like the therapy, this treatment will not work for all sufferers.