If there was a trigger that would explain why it has only started when it did but unless you know you cannot be certain
I do not remember any thing triggering mine and simply assumed that it was just a natural extension of my personality
What will you do if it carries on getting worse ? How would you stop it ? Have you considered anything ?
Do you experience it all of the time or is it only at particular times ? And is it specific or more general ?
OCD is actually a positive trait, not a negative. Almost all star athletes, businessmen, and competitors of all kinds, have high degrees of OCD. How else could somebody put 8-12 hours per day into their specialization and abilities, if it were not for OCD? The problem with OCD is when obsessive-compulsion is linked to bad behaviors and habits rather than good. Drug abusers and addicts, for example, could be said to have “OCD” with relation to their specific addictions.
The challenge is to direct obsession into something that is personally and/or socially beneficial. Then it would not be a “disorder”.
Excessive cleanliness, hoarding instincts, perfectionism, these are the ‘normal’ associations to OCD.