This happened a while ago but is it ocd?

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If I found I couldn’t leave the house without checking the door was locked 5 times, and thought that if I didn’t my house would definitely burgled – was this a form of ocd? It hasn’t happened for a while now. But, if it comes back, could it be ocd? Where do I go for support and treatment?

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