How Are PTSD and OCD Connected?
In addition to PTSD, people who have experienced a traumatic life event may also be more likely to develop symptoms of OCD. In fact, it has been shown that the severity of a person's OCD symptoms is connected to the number of traumatic events they have experienced in their lifetime.http://ptsd.about.com/od/relatedconditions/a/OCD_PTSD.htm