Anyone got any o.c.d.'s (obsessive compulsive disorders)?
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I stopped worrying so much and they just went away when I got a little older.
my boyfriend thinks i do because i'm obsessed with cleaning the house. can't help it, can't stand any mess. i hoover at least twice a day.
i constantly go round checking plug sockets and taps. everytime i go out. it adds like an extra ten mins onto my journey. ill know everythings off and i will be walking down the street and go back still to check.
If I am in my house, I have to count my steps and walk in multiples of 5 or take only 7 steps there and back. I don't count outside though, only if I am inside, and if there is a pattern on the floor in a store, I have to walk with the pattern. It doesn't really affect me much, I just look down alot, and I tend to be silent while counting them out. I cope by just going with it, I don't really do anything about it though.
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from my opinion this happens as a cause of stress or dissapointement, first get releaved from the cause then you can fight obsessions easily.
cleaning other peoples houses. i always have to go do their dishes or sweep the floor, i have no clue why. also i always have to make food the same way everytime. i have no clue why.
When I'm at work I constantly kick my locker to check that it is locked. When I go out I will constantly check that doors that I know are locked have been locked. I'll also check the gas hob even if it's not been used. I have the condition for about three years. I get by quite well. My girlfriend thinks I'm a little bit nuts.
I have had it since a very young age. I got over it with medication and therapy, you have to stay on the medication.
12345, yes I have had ocd for a long time 12345. You just have to apapt it to your lifestyle 12345. I quit taking medicine for the illness. 12345 I am not sure if I am getting better or not. 12345. I stopped my compulsive desire to pull the wings off of flies. 12345. I am doing well now. 12345.
i have it! i've had it for over a year, but its not to do with germs, its about arranging objects in the 'correct' way. BUT i am getting help for it luckily.
my cousin, and it is driving me crazy. I try to understand! But grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
I dont think this classifies as OCD but I have a thing about books. If I want a book and there are several in the shop I will pick them all up and look at the spine and the front cover to see which is in best condition. If all have them have even the slightest defect I wont buy it and I will look else where til I find one I am happy with. My house mate read a book of mine without asking and when I saw last night she had bent the spine I wasnt too happy. I am now going to have to go and buy another copy. Im the same with lots of other things but no so pronounced.
Well, I do the typical OCD thing..I count..when I'm really anxious. I 'm a discreet OCDer, so no one knows unless I've told them My thing was threes...3's this, 3's that. But everything doesn't come in 3's!! so, I became a "creative" OCDer. The 3 was for my 3 kids, BUT I have 5 grandkids, SO I could do fives Or add 3 plus 5 is 8! So, I could do 3,5,8. I just make it happen when I have to do my quirky counting. Make sense to you? I'm sure to non-OCDers, it definitely sounds plain nutty...but we all have something, don't we???
I have had a few symptoms for years (e.g. counting and checking rituals), but was officially diagnosed with O.C.D. a couple of years ago when things got really bad. I had started to have obsessive morbid thoughts a few months before, and these progressed to being increasingly intense and present nearly every minute of every day.
They starting taking over my life and the resulting depression made the O.C.D. symptoms so much harder to live with. I got caught in a vicious cycle and ended up in a right state.
Thankfully, I have found medication to be very helpful, the most effective drug for me has been Clomipramine (a tricyclic anti-depressant), and I've been over the worst of it for some time now. The effectiveness of different medications varies from person to person though, so it can take time and patience to find something that works well.
I also found things a lot easier when I opened up and told people about my problems. I don't find talking easy, but people were a lot more understanding than I expected, and I discovered that I had family members and friends who had experienced O.C.D., it's not all that uncommon.
if you do have o.c.d then see your doctor he can treat this with tablets it might not take it away but it will curb you impulsive habits hope this helps
My sister has several obsessions and compulsions - being terrified she'll run over a child in her car, washing things excessively, being excessively anxious about germs, terrified a parasite will get from a dog's faeces onto her baby - they've changed over the years.
OCDs are part of serious mental illness and definitely need to be treated, as soon as possible. The longer the person remains untreated, the harder it is to break out of the obsessions.
I've met people obsessed with counting, or with touching certain particular things in a certain order. I think it is an effort to control excessive anxiety by reassuring themselves with comforting rituals, but it takes over their lives and becomes crippling.
It may be manageable for years but become crippling after some misfortune occurs, such as illness of a child. Please get treatment as soon as possible. My sister's life has been blighted by this.
I never noticed my little "quirks" until after my first pregnancy. I suddenly had to have a clean floor_constantly sweeping and have at least 3 broom & dustpans.. Always washing the dishes-even stopping during a meal to wash the pots and pans we just cooked in. Dirty clothes can NOT lay on the floor-several clothes baskets around house
The kid toys are the worst-he leaves them scattered around & I ABSOLUTELY have to organize, separate and put away in individual containers
Let's not even mention how I need to have the food pantry lined up and uncluttered
I remember I used to be a counter-counting steps and things around me-the numbers helped me feel more secure
I don't know if I would be considered to have o.c.d but my husband sure thinks I do. I have certain "ways" that things have to be done. Here are some examples:
none of my sauces or food can mix on my plate. I can't sleep unless
I have a pillow under my head and one over my head, one between my legs and one to hold and I have a specific pillow I have to use for each place in my bed, and it can't change or I can't sleep. And my bed room has to be completely quiet.
The closet door HAS to be closet or I can't sleep. All of my clothes in my closet have to have the front facing the same way.
And many more. It seems like I have a certain process or routine for everything in my life and I can't handle it if they aren't done that way. It may not be an o.c.d. but I am def. not normal.
Hi this started at age 10 with wanting everything to be even. later I started not liking things that fell on the floor or not being able to go from one task to anothe without a routine. I talk to a counselor frequently and take a mild medication - I may need stronger stuff when school resumes. I will probably need medication during high school I am 15 and then go off of medication when I am done with school. I am not as happy as I used to be and its tough but I try to do the right things when I can.
This is a disorder and thank Goodness it is coming out the closet. It is treatable. Awhile back anaphanil was a good drug for treatment, but there have been many good things happening with the treatment of this hiccup in the brain. The point I want to make , is you don't have to suffer. See a psychiatrist and get on meds and cognitive therapy. I had it and now I am okay! I am on meds .
Don't know what it is about counting like so many of you mention but for a long time I also have found myself counting shapes and shadows when I get nervous or stressed. It all
started when I was married to my ex-wife. She would go into this mood were she wanted to chew me out for something and I would start counting. I think It was a way to hold on to some sanity? She did this a lot. That was in the 80"s. I am very happy now with my second and last wife of 17 good years, but when I do start to stress about anything I still count!
Just need to give this one to the lord, I'd like that.
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