Every day Jillian is late for work.She leaves the house in plenty of time but a half-mile away from her home she thinks that she has left the garage door open and must drive back to close it.Jillian cannot stop thinking that the garage door is open and makes an average of three trips back to her house every morning in order to check.Jillian may be diagnosed with:

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Jillian's behavior of repeatedly going back to check on the garage door is a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder, where a person experiences intrusive and repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and engages in ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) in response to those thoughts. In this case, Jillian's obsession is the fear of leaving the garage door open and her compulsion is to keep going back to check it, even though she has already checked it before. This behavior is interfering with her daily life, as she is consistently late for work.

Every Day Jillian Is Late for Work