The 28-year-old singer says it causes her to freak out if things are disturbed in her normal routine and she is convinced the medical condition first flared up when she was a youngster, reported Contactmusic.
"I have OCD tendencies. I do strange things with buttoning everything up and colour coordinating it, hanging it in a certain way. When things are out of control in your childhood, you find things to focus on," Perry said.
The 'Wide Awake' hitmaker was brought up in a strict Christian household and previously revealed she struggles to read as she didn't go to school much due to her family constantly moving around the US when she was a child.
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