When I get out my car I lock my doors. Before I walk into I lock them again. Then later on I feel like I haven’t locked them or don’t want to take the chance of them not being locked so I lock them again.

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When I go into stores I feel like I haven’t locked my doors when I have so I have to walk outside & lock them again. Is this a form of ocd? I have always been like this

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I do this all the time. It isn’t a ritual, I just can’t recall if I locked them even though I almost always have locked them.

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Sounds more like an insecurity than an ocd to me.

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I do this at home. 🤷 I check the door to see if it's locked all the time. At least 4 times before I go to bed. I don't think it's an ocd thing. . it's a me wanting to feel protected and safe in my house feeling.

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Not ocd.

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OCD is like having to turn on and off a light 5 times before leaving a room. Or knocking on a door 10 times before entering. This isnt ocd

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I do this when I drive somewhere and I also do this at home. Constantly checking all of our doors and windows to make sure they are in fact locked. My fiancé calls me paranoid BUT he works 3rds, I'm pregnant and I have 2 kids at home I call it being protective of the crazies out there!

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OCd is obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior, to the point where it interferes with your well being and day to day life. 
Like, I have obsessive thoughts about dying in a fire. And I have to compulsively check the stove....4 times each knob,  16 times total. And I do this over and over again. I have other rituals but this is the biggest one. I literally drive myself crazy. 
If you feel like your life is being negatively impacted you could always talk to a mental health professional.

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Nope it’s just you being extremely cautious

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Well do you have any other rituals and sequences of feeling like you have to do certain things? To have ocd would be multiple things you do in sequences and rituals otherwise you get extremely anxiety and or feel like it’s not done and at its worst like someone or yourself might get hurt/die if you didn’t do it a certain number of times or as a ritual. I brush my teeth 3 times in a row, wash my hands 3 times in a row, wash dishes in a ritual like fashion and have to sequence how many times I wipe a surface before I feel it’s actually clean and I or someone else won’t get ill from it. Mines fairly mild ocd, I hope that helps.

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I used to be paranoid about this, but since now I have a key holder that can lock them as I walk away (and makes a honk sound as a sound reminder that I did for sure lock it), I don't worry about it anymore. I do check the stove like 1000× to make sure it's actually off after use, though.

When I get out my car I lock my doors. Before I walk into I lock them again. Then later on I feel like I haven’t locked them or don’t want to take the chance of them not being locked so I lock them again.

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