Obsessive compulsive disorder also known as OCD is an inappropriate, illogical, unpleasant thought or performing actions which are useless and senseless According to DSM-V, in obsession a person continuously, suffers from unrealistic, irrelevant and meaningless thoughts and actions. This type of thoughts include suffering from some terrible disease, killing of near and dear ones, getting injured, throwing himself or others from the high building or place, regarding the safety of the family members, sexuality and religiosity. These type of thoughts create obstacles in the routine work of an individual, but he can neither stop them nor avoid them.
In compulsive disorder, a person performs particular action without any logical reason. This type of disorder includes activities like-repetitive hand washing, counting numbers/figures, checking the fan, light and tap again and again, repeating the same actions or arranging things again and again. In compulsion, a person knows about illogicality of his actions but can not control them. 2.5 % of people have experienced this type of disorder anytime in life. There is no gender differences in this disorder. This type of disorder can be seen more among the people who are divorced, detached emotionally from the family, unemployed and feeling anxious due to guilt.