Food and Drug Administration
The answer is obsessive-compulsive disorder. Compulsive and usually unwanted thoughts and actions (rituals) are the common features of the disorder. Although OCD is usually associated with repeating the actions over and over, such as obsessive hand-washing or having to flick a light switch a certain number of times, many people who suffer from OCD struggle with frequent unwanted thoughts and images.
At the onset of a muscle contraction, the presence of calcium triggers the opening of the Na-K channels in the membrane. Potassium is a calcium inhibitor, so as the potassium flows out of the cell, it eventually reduces the presence of calcium. This causes the closure of the Na-K channel (negative feedback mechanism). In a hypokalemic state, the lack of sufficient K doesn't inhibit the calcium channel, and in turn doesn't properly terminate the muscle contraction at the cellular level.
