obsessive-compulsive disorderin a sentence
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People with OCD cannot stop thinking about an intrusive thought the way others can.
OCD = obsessive-compulsive disorder -- an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors
- It helps to be an obsessive-compulsive geek.† (source)
- Even if that means getting involved in someone's obsessive-compulsive underwear disorder.† (source)
- Anyway, Lilly's parents told her Norman just got out of Bellevue and that if she sees him she's not to torment him anymore, because he's just a poor obsessive-compulsive with possible schizophrenic tendencies.† (source)
- I took his picture, too, his brow furrowed intently as he contemplated his cards, with the obsessive-compulsive blurred in the back frame, a cigarette curling smoke out of his hand.† (source)
- Maybe I was developing obsessive-compulsive disorder.† (source)
- The program attracted some of the most obsessive-compulsive women in the Camp, and their (BCD could really come into full flower as they trained the dogs, forming intense bonds with their canine companions and feuding with their human neighbors.† (source)
- Vyes can hypnotize victims with their voices, but riddles can distract them and, trigger an obsessive-compulsive response.† (source)
- "Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder?" he asked when I was done.† (source)
- My father and I had worked our way through a vicious round of Rummy and now were into Hearts, for which we recruited two guys from my floor-a former heroin addict and an obsessive-compulsive, who played for cigarettes while we played for money.† (source)
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- He got so OCD before races, too, shaving off every hair on his body, including the ones on his arms and legs.† (source)
- The last guidance counselor had major OCD issues.'† (source)
- She was brilliant and charming and all that, but she was also controlling and OCD and a drama queen and a bit of a liar.† (source)
- "Or OCD."† (source)
- Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus the OCD border god.† (source)
- She probably has biweekly visits with the school psychologist to control her paranoia, or OCD, or whatever her issue is.† (source)
- If Martha were designated to Danbury I felt pretty sure they'd stick her in the A Dorm "Suburbs" with the OCD cases.† (source)
- The man took another careful sip of coffee and set it down, the mug just so. Puller wondered if he had OCD.† (source)
- I was exhausted, but my OCD was totally calling.† (source)
- My OCD was definitely in overdrive, and I had everything perfectly organized and separated.† (source)
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- Ivy grew up one wall, and they'd let an OCD gardener have his way with the grounds.† (source)
- "I'm OCD,"† (source)
- While none had agreed on what the former problem actually was—each had a different theory, ranging from Asperger's to OCD—all of them had concluded that the two problems were related.† (source)
- We're laughing over the fact that Lindsay's a bullshitter and Elody's a drunk and Ally's OCD and I'm antisocial, and someone cracks a window to let out the smoke, and a fine mist of rain comes in, smelling like grass and fresh things, even though it's the dead middle of winter.† (source)
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