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Can you have mild obsessive compulsive disorder?
I'm trying to do research about this because people keep telling me I might have it but I'm not sure. From what I've researched about it, I have some symptoms but not others, and I can't afford to get professionally diagnosed.When I was about sixteen I started washing my hands constantly to the point that my knuckles started bleeding, so I stopped and now I use germ x regularly, pretty much after I touch anything my phone, doorknobs, remote controls, light switches, etc. and I put germ x on certain objects to try to avoid getting germs on my hands. I have to put germ x on my body before I go to bed especially my feet otherwise germs will get in my bed and I can't relax enough to go to sleep. Over the past year or so I have to stop myself from thinking about violent sexual thoughts like sexual assaults, abuse, etc . I have a constant fear of doing something wrong, particularly at work, and or feel like I've forgotten to do something important. When I was a child I would have to step on the cracks in the sidewalks and less often repeatedly look up and down things like walls and streetlights, but those have gone away now. I hate to drive because I'm afraid I'll cause some kind of fatal accident, when I light a candle I'm afraid I'll burn down the house, and when I'm reading I avoid looking at certain negative words because I feel like they'll bring bad luck or something, even though rationally speaking I know they won't.At the same time I'm not obsessed with organization or symmetry, my body image, and I don't hoard.Help?
Do I have obsessive compulsive disorder?
I think that I have ocd. I have a lot of symptoms that are commonly associated with this disorder, but I'm not entirely sure if they are caused by my other disorders GAD, hypochondria, panic disorder, agoraphobia . My symptoms are 1. I repeat the last 3 words anyone says in my head 3 times you will notice that I obviously like the number 3 2. Before entering a bathroom, I have to turn on and off the lights 3 times3. I do extensive medical research online, because if I don't, I'm paranoid that I'm dying of a mysterious disease that could have been provented from reseach.3. I need to fold over my blanket in a " perfect" way before I go to sleep this can take up to 45 minutes sometimes 4. I compulsively take various medications no, I'm not addicted 5. I have to reread the last 3 sentances in a book before I can continue.I am 13 years old I am already seeing a psycologist for the other disorders.
What is a groinal response in terms of HOCD (homosexual obsessive compulsive disorder)?
can these responses also include feelings?
Do i have mild obsessive compulsive disorder? please tell me what is wrong with me?
Look, everybody please try to help me. I'm 16 years old and a girl. i think i might have a mid case of obsessive compulsive. it used to more strong when i was younger, i have overcome some of the problems now, however i still have following problems 1. if i am reading a book, i have to reread the same passage again and again or i won't be satisfied that i have read it, i won't be able to move on to next page,it used to be so much it made reading books impossible.2. if i am going to bed or to eat something tasty, i have to drink water, the right amount, i often drink too much.3. i take off and put on clothes again and again.4. i am not very tidy or organized, but i arrange things like books in positions like arrange the corners... etc.5. i wash my hair in bath for too much time, i think they not rinsed thoroughly.6. i used to be very obsessed with cleanliness washed my hands with soap so much the skin started turning white.7. i have to go to bathroom again and again for satisfaction8. i used to have and urge to touch things like corners of tables.. etc i have many similar problems i can't list them all, please help me how do i overcome them. they make life so difficult
So how is obsessive compulsive disorder?
It's genetical right? So I wonder if I inherited that from my grandmother. Explain me this disorder.
What do you know about obsessive compulsive disorder?
lately i have develop a very depressed and sad mood. i really don't wanna be but i am angry about the littlest things. the things that make me mad have being messes. i am cleaning all the time at home and when i take shower yesterday i realise i have scars from scrubbing so hard. i still do it though. i feel dirty and touching people have being a nightmare for me. so what i wanna ask, can i develop obsessive compulsive disorder at my teen years? i really need help. my parents are very traditional they thing i am just being a teen. but i know there's something wrong with me and it scares me.
Is it possible I have slight obsessive compulsive personality disorder?
Some of the little things I do Obsessing over a sports score, If I am not watching the game I check the score as much as I can.I read, re read, and read again anything I write. I have a deep fear of posting things up accidentally on facebook. I do things without thinking about them almost out of compulsion like, checking my phone constantly, locking my car door after I get out even when there is people inside , putting on the e break everytime I park, and some others. These things I don't have to do like typical people with ocd, but I just do them without thinking. I am pretty sure if I think about doing them before I actually do them, I can stop myself.More noticeable at least to me things I do are Thinking over a single thought a lot. This one is the one that got me thinking because I feel like I can control this the least. I also am always obsessing over my health. If something happens to me as small as getting a sore or something odd, I start thinking the worst and end up searching it online and thinking about it for a long time.Always thinking that there is a hole in my jeans or a stain or something.I also am always over thinking what I do before I do it, such as saying something in class, or walking in front of people, etc.I don't do a lot of the other symptoms but I am thinking maybe there is something wrong with me.
Do I have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)?
I never used to experience any symptoms however recently I have been noticeably obsessive over things which would not have bothered me before, by this I mean people have pointed out my behaviour to me. I can't explain why but I need to have my things in an order when at work or school, and will line everything up until it is just right. I really can't explain my reasoning but I feel that I have to do it and am panicky when my things are knocked out of order. There have been times when I have spent entire lessons 50 minutes moving my book backwards and forwards on my folder because I couldnt get it right, and if I cant I will be very panicky and shaky. Also I have very specific routines, particularly in the morning, when I have to do everything in order or I will feel late and panicky throughout the day, for example I have to leave at exactly 8 28. I have also noticed that I am far worse when under stress. Also I'm scared of people noticing because I don't want to talyoyo them about it, and am ashamed of it if I'm honest. As I have said I can't explain why I do these things, and know that what i do is irrational, I would just like to understand. Thank you.
I feel like obsessive compulsive disorder is beginning to ruin my life?
I have always had these kinds of feelings that felt like OCD, but I never really did anything about them. They have always been a part of my life, and I can not remember a time in my life when they weren't constantly nagging at me. Well the thing is, they have been getting worse. Way worse. I feel like if I don't touch something with both hands and " make it even" my house is going to burn down. Or if I touch something " contaminated" , I'm going to get some deadly disease and die. When I heard that the person who made most of the food for Easter was sick, I literally had a panic attack and thought something bad was going to happen to me. The worst is the thoughts, though. I constantly have images in my mind of either me getting killed, or me killing other people. Sometimes these become so intense that I become really distressed. I know that I will not go and kill my parents, but it's almost as if a little image in my brain is popping up and saying " yeah, well what if you did? This is what it would look like." I experience anxiety every single day. If I'm on number 3 on my homework number 3 is a " bad" one for me and if I don't get the problem, or somebody says something to me as I'm doing it, I get really nervous and think that something terrible will happen. I know that these sound completely and totally irrational, but these are causing me a lot of anxiety. I spend several hours a day thinking about them, and they take up hours of my day. I am completely obsessed with counting and sounding out numbers and letters of words in my head to " prevent something from happening" . The week before my period is the worst, too. I don't know if has to do with hormones or something, but a few days ago I literally just wanted to curl up in my bed and not leave the house, it was that bad. I feel like I need help. When I think about having to live like this the rest of my life, I want to die. I know that I am not going to commit suicide, and I have promised that to myself. I know that there are other options to first get help. I told my mom a few years ago and she just told me to stop thinking bad thoughts and it would go away. Well, it didn't. I now skin pick my fingers and grind my teeth at night, and the grinding is becoming a major problem. I'm starting to drive now I'm 15 , and every single time I drive I imagine myself deliberately driving into a pedestrian or on the other side of the road. I live every single day in constant fear, and I can't take this anymore. I feel like I need to get help, but I don't know how to approach my mom again without her acting like its no big deal. I have no idea how she will react, actually. Last time she just said " Well then why isn't your room clean all the time?" But it's not like that This is really embarrassing for me and I need help overcoming it.Thank you for reading
I have an obsessive compulsive disorder? (OCD?)?
I feel so physco right now.I'm 14.So anytime I'm nervous or stressed my eye twitches. You know how in churches whn you pray your hand touches your forehea then your chest then your two shoulders? That's the direction of how my eye twitches. Sometimes I think that if I don twitch it something bad is going to happen. So then I purposely twitch I up, down and side to side. I know that nothing ba is going to happen, but I still do it sometimes and I can't control myself.Also, when I walk on the side walk I feel like I NEED to step on the cracks. Not all the time, but sometimes.Then, on my iPod, sometimes I feel the need to click on every one of my apps, I probably sound so crazy right now.And when I leave the house I always check multiple times if I turn the stove off, even if I know I did.Help please?do i have it?
Do you think she has obsessive compulsive disorder?
My sister's room is usually a mess but she knows where everything is. Just two years ago, we had to do a " hoarder's clean up" . You wouldn't believe the garbage bags we filled up with nothing but JUNK from her tiny little room. The creepy thing is, she had a story for almost every item and didn't want to let go.Also, just today I went in to ask her where The Hunger Games novels are because I'm bored. She immediately tells me " no" and says I'm not allowed to touch it. She does this all the time. Also hates sharing food. WHY? Is she just a selfish c u n t? Or does she have strong emotional attachments to everything she owns and cannot give it up to anyone else?
Becoming obsessive compulsive! please helP!!?
lately i have seen myself becoming a perfectionist about everything i clean my house from bottom to top everything has to be symmetrical, everything has to be neat and in order. i stress out about my bedroom and want to re decorate my whole bedroom beaucse it stresses me out. i feel the need to throw out my clothes with stains on them. i re did all my school work because my handwriting wasn't neat enough and bought new textbooks because i had highlighted my old ones. I'm constantly stressed because i feel my life is a mess and i have no control over anything. my obsessive compulsive habits are becoming really frequent and worse... i don't know wants wrong with me please help
Do you think I have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)?
People at school including my teachers have been calling me OCD, but I'm not sure. I have to have my folder specific to the class in the top lefthand corner of my desk, parallel to the desk. My pencil must be absolutely centered at the top of my desk, one inch away from the edge, with a writing facing me. Any other papers must be placed on my folder parallel to the folder and desk. My water bottle must be in the top righthand corner of my desk exactly one inch away from the edge in all directions with the label facing me. My eraser has to be one inch below my water bottle, but on the righthand side of my desk, one inch away from the edge of the desk, and parallel to it. I spend most of my class time perfecting the things on my desk.If a paper is slightly bent, it's useless and therefore has to be given to someone else, reprinted, or thrown away.I spend a few minutes to staple any papers, because I have to hold it up to the light, make sure they're lined up EXACTLY, and put the staple in the EXACT right place.All of my clothes on hangers are color coated and hung up exactly one inch apart. All of my folded clothes are folded ideally and placed in labeled piles in my closet. I have tages above the stacks of clothes labeled 'Shirts', 'Pajamas', 'Tank tops', etc. Everything in every situation must be perpendicular or parallel. Every line must be perfectly straight.There's more, but I'm not sure which habits are considered 'obsessive compulsive'. These are the things that have been pointed out to me as weird. I thought I was just neat, but more than three dozen people have commented on my actions calling me OCD, so I'm not sure.
Do i have obsessive-compulsive disorder?
I actually don't know when this happened but everything time i leave a place or take out stuff for class on a desk i have to be constantly aware that everything is there, i have to do this several i mean a crap load of times to stop thinking about it i even ignore people who are talking to me to get this done though i dont make this noticeable in front of people really. Sometimes i even have to be aware that some people are here and there. And i don't know if this ties in but i have constant bad thoughts about people when i don't really hate them or feel angry or even when they closest of friends i have bad thoughts about them. I have to be constantly fighting my mind as if i have another person in my mind. This is also goes in with the fact that i actually think people can read my mind , im not lying i am afraid to even think bad about people when they are infront of me and try to cover it with another thought because i think they read my mind. Yea a lot to get through but i really do think this, anyways can anyone tell me what this all is and maybe tell me how to stop it, it gets extremely bad when i am around people though i contain it so i don't make it noticeable but still bothers me quite a bit. Sorry for the long read
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