I have been reading this site and its opened my eyes to the complex way our minds deal with things.I wouldnt of thought that doing rituals because of ocd,would stop the anxiety,when i do my rituals its when im feeling most anxious,and still i am anxious.I havnt been diagnosed as having ocd,i realise its the condition i have probably got,because of the symptoms,but i dont like going to the doctor,because i think hes not going to believe me or he wont pick up on what i am trying to tell him,so in the end i lie or go along with what hes saying,then in the end i kind convince him im fine.My daughter tells me shes counting colours,this happens when shes under stress from school,shes 13,could this be ocd,shes had it numerous times when shes under stress,she had like this attack a couple of months ago,she said her tongue was going numb and she couldnt breath and started to panic,i managed to calm her down and she was fine,then out of the blue she will have panics about something.