Obsessive-compulsive disorder
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (or "OCD") is the product of a serious brain malfunction which causes the victim to compulsively and self-destructively repeat routine actions like washing, dusting and tickling his or her ass several times a day or replying to a troll who is baiting the obsessive-compulsives in a discussion group by answering all posts with misspelled non sequiturs printed in several colors and fonts.
OCD is also a popular diagnosis when e-psychiatry is being performed during a flame war, as it implies any opinion expressed by the diagnosed can be dismissed since it stems from his or her uncontrollable need to be a complete dick.
OCD is most likely the main force that holds most Wikis together (as well as many other parts of the internet).
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As A Ploy For Attention
Much like Asperger's Syndrome, OCD is frequently used in self-diagnoses by attention whores. In modern filmography (fucking Monk), certain character quirks are often accounted for by OCD (among other disorders), because the writers are usually too lazy to concoct an actual back story. You do not have OCD.
Actual Diagnosed Patients
hep is an actual diagnosed Obsessive-Compulsive by an IRL psychiatric doctor person who likely has OCD him/herself. It mostly manifests in routines and rituals possibly from being raised Catholic. It runs down directly down the matriarchal line of her family, even her youngest daughter already shows signs of it. In hep's case her OCD actually helps control her OCD but there are still difficulties to work through. Most OCD patients manifest symptoms in different ways depending on severity. Whereas for instance hep is not that badly affected, her mother is insane when not on extreme medication.
Useful OCD
OCD can sometimes be useful for completing tasks that others can't be bothered with doing, such as Einsidler's obsession with fixing double redirects. PROTIP: This is currently unnecessary, as the soulless entity known as MysteryBot now fixes double redirects automatically.
