Someone who is obsessive-compulsive feels a strong, anxious push to repeat certain actions even when those actions are not needed — checking a lock again and again, washing hands over and over, lining things up until they feel right. The worry and the repeating go together.

Someone who is obsessive-compulsive一個obsessive-compulsive的人 feels a strong, anxious push to repeat certain actions會感覺到一種強烈、焦慮的衝動，想要重複做某些動作 even when those actions are not needed即使那些動作根本不需要 checking a lock again and again一直檢查門鎖 washing hands over and over一直洗手 lining things up until they feel right把東西排到感覺對了為止 The worry and the repeating焦慮和重複的動作 go together是連在一起的

The medical name for the condition is obsessive-compulsive disorder, often shortened to OCD.

The medical name for the condition這種狀況的醫學名稱 is obsessive-compulsive disorder是obsessive-compulsive disorder（強迫症） often shortened to OCD常縮寫成OCD

Though actually, people now use OCD and obsessive-compulsive very loosely, as a joke about liking things tidy. That stretch can make a real, heavy illness sound like a cute habit, and some people find it unkind.

Though actually不過其實 people now use OCD and obsessive-compulsive very loosely現在大家用OCD和obsessive-compulsive都很隨便 as a joke about liking things tidy常常只是開玩笑說自己喜歡整齊 That stretch這樣的延伸用法 can make a real, heavy illness sound like a cute habit會讓一個真實、沉重的疾病聽起來像是個可愛的小習慣 and some people find it unkind有些人覺得這樣不太厚道

In careful talk, keep the word for the real pattern of anxiety plus repeating, not for I like my desk neat.

In careful talk在講究一點的用法裡 keep the word for the real pattern of anxiety plus repeating這個字要留給真正焦慮加上重複行為的狀況 not for I like my desk neat不是用在「我喜歡桌子整齊」上