If you are reading this, perhaps obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be affecting someone close to you. Alternatively, maybe you feel anxiety over certain thoughts you have, and the thoughts and the distressing feelings they evoke will not go away. You are not alone. OCD is classified as an anxiety disorder that may present in a variety of forms and combinations, including the classic presentation of obsessions consisting of unwanted, intrusive, or personally unacceptab