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Quirky behavior or something more serious? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD affects nearly two to three percent of the U.S. population. OCD affects both males and females, but males start to show signs of OCD at an earlier age, between the ages of six and fifteen, while in females it tends to occur later. “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. “OCD.”http://athealth.com/athealth31.cfm?topic=22(1 April 2000). A good example of OCD can be viewed in the movie “As Good As It Gets.” In this movie, Jack Nicholson plays a character who uses a bar of soap once, then throws it away, constantly checks the locks on doors to make sure they’re locked before leaving. He must sit at the same table, in the same restaurant and have the same waitress every day. If his routines are changed, in any way, it causes to have an anxiety attack. “OCD.” http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9809/htm/ocd.htm(29 March 2000). Just being “quirky” or a “perfectionist” doesn’t mean someone has OCD. Because people always get things done ahead of time, or have weird “obsessions”, doesn’t mean that they are Obsessive Compulsive it may be that they hold themselves to a higher standard of living. Only when the behaviors begin to