What are potential signs of obsessive compulsive disorder?

In the name: I always think OCD is a well named disorder. The signs or symptoms of OCD are having obsessions, intrusive upsetting, unwanted thoughts, and compulsions behaviors including mental behaviors you repeat to reduce anxiety or prevent the things you obsess about.

OCD Recap: Obsessions: •1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that can cause marked anxiety or distress. Compulsions: 1. Repetitive behaviors (eg, hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (eg, praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly to decrease anxiety.

OCD: OCD is obsessive compulsive disorder, which is comprised of obsessions (repeating unwanted thoughts) and compulsions (ritualistic behaviors to help deal with those thoughts) such as washing hands repeatedly, constantly cleaning, checking locks, and other similar behaviors. Often the emotions behind OCD are based in fear and/or anger that is unresolved and even unverbalized.