What do you know about OCD?  My husband has a mild form of this mental disord
I often hear people talk about it or claim to suffer from OCD, but I don't know much about formal diagnosis.
This disorder makes them perform little rituals over and over.  Like he has to check that his car doors are locked repeatedly
I wonder at what point it is considered a disorder. I know that I do certain little things like that, but it doesn't seem pathological.
I'm not sure on that.  He also has to wash his hands repeatedly b/c he thinks his hands are dirty if he touches just normal things
This reminds me of some of the characters from the book "Xenocide" by Orson Scott Card.
I may have to look that one up b/c I haven't heard of it.  I always like to read interesting things.  One thing they also have trouble with is throwing things out.   he most definetly has trouble with that.  He like to keep shoe boxes of all things
In that book, there are a group of people called the "Godspoken" who are profound geniuses who suffer from extreme OCD. But in their society, the occurance is understood and tested for amongst the youth.