Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition that causes kids to have unwanted thoughts, feelings, and fears. These are called obsessions, and they can make kids feel anxious. To relieve the obsessions and anxiety, OCD leads kids to do behaviors called compulsions (also called rituals).

What Are Obsessions?
Obsessions are fears that kids with OCD can't stop thinking about. They may realize their thoughts don't make sense, but they still feel anxious about certain things.

These fears might include whether:-

They, or someone else, will get sick, hurt, or die
They said a bad word, had a bad thought, or made a mistake
They have broken a rule, done a bad thing, or sinned
Something is clean, dirty, or germy
Something is straight, even, or placed in an exact way
Something is lucky or unlucky, bad or good, safe or harmful