People with OCD are good actors, as they do an excellent job of concealing their OCD in the workplace, in school or around friends. It is only when those suffering from OCD let up on their acting that others start to notice. The family gets the brunt of the problems mainly because the OCD sufferer feels safe in the home environment and knows that they will be less criticized for their actions. Most OCD sufferers will have both obsessions and compulsions. Only about twenty percent will have either obsessions or compulsions.
Obsessions are unwanted thoughts that reoccur.
These thoughts are just not worries about real-life problems, yet they seem to be to the OCD sufferer. Many obsessions involve harming someone or something. For severe OCD sufferers, obsessions can cause great anxiety, but for those who have mild OCD, they could be just back round noise. Compulsions are repeated behaviors that the OCD sufferer will do in attempt to neutralize the obsessions. The compulsions are most often the same each time.