Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[C.J. Sparrow]

Do you have it? I'm pretty sure that I do.

It actually is different from what most people think it is; it isn't always germaphobia and need for perfection. Basically what it is are when sufferers have obsessions (intrusive thoughts, fears, and impulses that sufferers attempt to ignore) and compulsions (usually repetitive tasks that sufferers go through in an attempt to alleviate these obsessions).

I definitely know that I have it. I have intrusive thoughts that I try to ignore. I am afraid of getting headaches, so about every 5 seconds I go into the bathroom and take a drink from the sink to avoid being dehydrated. Yes, it's silly. I wish it was in my control.

I also have ADHD... hey look a shiny thing.

So, do you have OCD or any disorders like it that you are comfortable with sharing?

 

[inlalaland]

I have OCD.
It's extremely frustrating, and you know what I hate? People who KNOW I have it purposely do stuff that they know will annoy me. And they laugh when I yell at them.
I know what you mean about the intrusive thoughts too. I get those all the time...I hate it. So much. It's taking over my life.
But the worst thing is...I KNOW I have it. My mom doesn't believe me, she thinks I'm reading too much and trying to convince myself I have it. But I just know I have it. And it sucks, she doesn't ever listen to me. She treats me like some stupid little kid who doesn't ever know what they're talking about.

But yeah, it's extremely frustrating.

 

[Tinkerbell424]

I think I have OCD of some sort. I must do this thing with my tongue to my teeth and my hands have to like touch equally. It's really weird.

If I touch one thing with one hand, I usually have to touch it with my other hand. I have to say everything I'm saying so I can get it out of my mind.

I think I have an anxiety disorder, a mild case, too.

 

[disneychick2721]

I think we all have something like it or something that we do thats strange.
I definitely do things that are strange and there are a lot of things that irritate me.

If I see movement in a direction I have to look at it, regardless if im talking to someone or if like what just happened as Im typing this I got a text message from Elsie and I had to check it.
I also have to do things in order in the morning, get up, go to the bathroom, straighten my hair, get dressed, brush my teeth, leave for school.
I wont even attempt to do that in any other order.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

I wont say I have OCD but....

Germs.
Cant stand em.

I need to be clean. I need for others to be clean. Its nothing against you if i wipe my hand on my pants after shaking hands. I really dont prefer shaking hands. Infact, i open doors with tissues (espically after i used the bathroom)

I also have to straighten books.
Must. Resist.

Everything must be in order.

People tease me of it so much, but they dont understand. I get this urge and DONT TRY TO STOP ME because i wont stay focused.

I once failed a test because i couldnt think properly when a book wasnt aligned up correctly with the rest of them on the shelf.

SERIOUSLY. JUST LET ME FIX IT LADY.

 

[Sparx]

i'm like 98% positive that my self diagnosis of "obsessive intrusive thought disorder" is correct.

i can't sleep.
i can't focus.
i can't stay on task.
my train of thought is impossible to explain or follow.

but i shouldn't/don't want to be medicated for it.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

I'm not personally OCD, not that I know of.
I'm a bit of a control freak, though. When writing a paper with my mom- if she tries to rewrite a sentence- I immediately feel like something is "wrong" and its a really weird feeling to get- so the sentence needs to be changed.

I know someone who has to do everything in 4s, which is a little stereotypical OCD, but real nevertheless.

 

[C.J. Sparrow]

I have OCD.
It's extremely frustrating, and you know what I hate? People who KNOW I have it purposely do stuff that they know will annoy me. And they laugh when I yell at them.
I know what you mean about the intrusive thoughts too. I get those all the time...I hate it. So much. It's taking over my life.
But the worst thing is...I KNOW I have it. My mom doesn't believe me, she thinks I'm reading too much and trying to convince myself I have it. But I just know I have it. And it sucks, she doesn't ever listen to me. She treats me like some stupid little kid who doesn't ever know what they're talking about.

But yeah, it's extremely frustrating.

I know how you feel. My parents don't think I'm insane. They've always just thought I had severe ADHD... omg shiny thing!

Oh, right. I seriously think I have OCD. I want to go to a shrink to get help for it, but
1. it's expensive
2. some thoughts are... let's just say too embarrasing and inappropriate to be spoken out loud.

I wont say I have OCD but....

Germs.
Cant stand em.

I need to be clean. I need for others to be clean. Its nothing against you if i wipe my hand on my pants after shaking hands. I really dont prefer shaking hands. Infact, i open doors with tissues (espically after i used the bathroom)

I also have to straighten books.
Must. Resist.

Everything must be in order.

People tease me of it so much, but they dont understand. I get this urge and DONT TRY TO STOP ME because i wont stay focused.

I once failed a test because i couldnt think properly when a book wasnt aligned up correctly with the rest of them on the shelf.

SERIOUSLY. JUST LET ME FIX IT LADY.

xD. Yeah, I have trouble focusing when stupid things like that are present. One thing recently: Well, there's this girl. She's about a year and a half older than me. She's always been nice to me as far as I can remember. I really like her, but haven't told anybody yet since... well, she's my best friend's older sister. Can you say freakin' awkward?

BUT I CANNOT. STOP. THINKING ABOUT HER. I know it's a crush, and that all boys at 14-going-on-15-2-days can think about are girls, girls, video games, girls, anime, girls, food, and girls, but it's getting insane. I'd just be sitting there, thinking about her during school, letting my thoughts wander, and holy cow it's the end of class.

Am I a crazy obsessed stalker?

i'm like 98% positive that my self diagnosis of "obsessive intrusive thought disorder" is correct.

i can't sleep.
i can't focus.
i can't stay on task.
my train of thought is impossible to explain or follow.

but i shouldn't/don't want to be medicated for it.

Holy crap. That's pretty much me.

I've stayed up for an hour or more, lying in bed, thinking about random crap. I can't focus either... OMG TOO MANY SHINIES.

 

[KitKat_Tink]

I HAD deppression...I beat it though...but i think i'm getting it again

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

i think i have it.

i have to have the volume on an even number (don't ask) and when i put my phone on my bedside table, the phone charm can't dangle over the edge too. (really weird, i know.) and other little things like that.

 

[PigletGurl]

this thread is hilarious, keep posting people.

me; i dont think i have it but I do have my "things" haha

- i cant stand even numbers, and my tv volume has to be on an odd number lol
- i clear my throat everytime someone calls me or i call someone
- i have a habit of pushing up my glasses even when they dont need to be pushed up
- i also have to look at stuff i see in my peripheral vision
- i always look up when someone passes by
- i cant remember anything else
0h yeah i space out alot during convos with friends, but theyre used to me jaja

 

[gabbylove143]

everytime i park my car somewhere i have to lock my door like five times becuase i forget if i locked it or not.

another compulsion i have is with my hair straightener. i always forget if i turned it off or not so i always go back to check. better to be safe than sorry and have a burned house

 

[Axel]

I have Organizational OCD (or, in the properly organized way, CDO )

My bookshelf is organized alphabetically by author's last name. My movies are alphabatized first by DVD, then cardboard case VHS, then video games, then by Disney plastic case VHS, then non-Disney plastic case VHS.

My entire room is a mess. My clothes are everywhere and nothing is where it "belongs", but I know where it is and it has to stay that way. If it isn't messy then I have to mess it up.

I organized my pantry the other day. Not alphabetically because that was just impractical (the shelf the paper towels would have gone on wasn't big enough). It's separated on the left with non-food items (like shampoo, soap, and laundry detergent) and food items on the right. My food items are in groups (Pasta Materials: including sauce, pasta, and cheese, Snack foods, Sauces: not including pasta sauce, and so on).

My mom's library is in the process of being re-organized by me. It was simply in order by subject matter, but I'm going to double check my dad's work and alphabatize by subject matter and then by author's last name within subject matter.

I'm crazy, I know.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I have a routine that I do each night before I go to bed; I check my room, and I check my bathroom. My cell phone and jewellery have to be in a certian place.

If not, I don't fall asleep.

I also have to wear socks to sleep.

 

[K-Shong99]

i'm like 98% positive that my self diagnosis of "obsessive intrusive thought disorder" is correct.

i can't sleep.
i can't focus.
i can't stay on task.
my train of thought is impossible to explain or follow.

but i shouldn't/don't want to be medicated for it.

sounds just like me.

but i have this constant fear that the world is gonna end.
it is so lame.
but i kinda controls my life sometimes.
it's not serious.
i don't need therapy or anything.
but it does get annoying.

sometimes i think i have borderline personality disorder too.
but ya know...


lol.
now i sound crazy.

 

[life of the party]

I don't think i have OCD but there are some wierd things that bother me SO much.

-When a teacher erases the board but leaves some little or lines. My teachers dont even say anything when i walk to the board and erase them now.
-This is really hard to explain but ill try my best:
i constantly do this thing where i like get my index fingers and like rub/wipe my thumbs of the same hand, and once i do it i CANT stop because it never "feels right" there is a spot i missed or ... i dont even know.
-This is hard to explain to but...
Say im watching a ball drop from the sky, if i think that the ball was going to land a certain spot and it lands somewhere else it drives me INSANE.

 

[Ampris]

I don't think i have OCD but there are some wierd things that bother me SO much.

-When a teacher erases the board but leaves some little or lines. My teachers dont even say anything when i walk to the board and erase them now.
-This is really hard to explain but ill try my best:
i constantly do this thing where i like get my index fingers and like rub/wipe my thumbs of the same hand, and once i do it i CANT stop because it never "feels right" there is a spot i missed or ... i dont even know.
-This is hard to explain to but...
Say im watching a ball drop from the sky, if i think that the ball was going to land a certain spot and it lands somewhere else it drives me INSANE.

Aaaaah I know what you're talking about. Seriously, I don't do that exact same finger thing, but I totally understand what you mean. Up until a year or two ago I was OBSESSIVE about touching things in the right spot; everywhere I went, I had to run my hands over walls, objects, half the things within reach, and *always* in a specific way so that the right parts/places/spots were touched. It drove me crazy to not be able to do it right.

But it's not so bad anymore, since about a year ago when it just cahnged all of a sudden. I don't have that urge to touch things in exactly the right way, but there's still an itch to feel them and like run my hands over everything.

I also have to straighten books.
Must. Resist.

Everything must be in order.

LOL try working in a library on a busy summer day-- it's INSANE. It will drive you absolutely crazy trying to keep all of the books and AVs in order while everyone else (other workers included

) are actively messing them up. Like, you finally get a shelf in perfect order and one person comes along and takes every other book out and then shoves them back in, effectively screwing up the smooth, perfect, order you just got the books in. Then multiply that one person by a bunch of people by a ton of shelves over one hugely busy summer. It will drive. you. CRAZY.

((if you can't guess, at work I'm the anal-retentive one. The one who has to shelve the Curious George books by how yellow their cover's are. And yeah, it can kinda be a liability at times, but hey-- I might be slow, but the shelves look ~*fabulous*~ ) )

 

[DramaQueen]

it makes me LOL a bit that like everyone seems to have OCD.
bunch of hypochondriacs.
(JUST JOKKKING!!!)

I definitley don't have OCD, but I used to have a genuine mental disorder, I havd severe serparation anxiety. When I was 11, I was at camp and my mom got into a life-threatening car accident. She was in the hospital for months, over my 12th bday, over mothers day...for a really long time.
In my pre-teen/early-teen years since the accident, I couldn't sleepover at anyone's house, I couldn't even contemplate going on vacation without my mom (so i missed out on our grade 7&8 trips to quebec!!) I couldn't sleep at my friends house who lived 2 houses down, I could barely even survive a day at school without worrying so much that I made myself sick.

It was really a bad time in my life, I spent a good 1/2 of my JR High life in the guidance counsellor/therapists office.
As I got older, I started to finally outgrow the separation anxiety, and finally when I was 15 I took a HUGE step and went to Paris on my own, and I haven't looked back!!

It took a huge toll on me though, it was embarassing and made me physically sick from worrying all the time.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Aaaaah I know what you're talking about. Seriously, I don't do that exact same finger thing, but I totally understand what you mean. Up until a year or two ago I was OBSESSIVE about touching things in the right spot; everywhere I went, I had to run my hands over walls, objects, half the things within reach, and *always* in a specific way so that the right parts/places/spots were touched. It drove me crazy to not be able to do it right.

But it's not so bad anymore, since about a year ago when it just cahnged all of a sudden. I don't have that urge to touch things in exactly the right way, but there's still an itch to feel them and like run my hands over everything.



LOL try working in a library on a busy summer day-- it's INSANE. It will drive you absolutely crazy trying to keep all of the books and AVs in order while everyone else (other workers included

) are actively messing them up. Like, you finally get a shelf in perfect order and one person comes along and takes every other book out and then shoves them back in, effectively screwing up the smooth, perfect, order you just got the books in. Then multiply that one person by a bunch of people by a ton of shelves over one hugely busy summer. It will drive. you. CRAZY.

((if you can't guess, at work I'm the anal-retentive one. The one who has to shelve the Curious George books by how yellow their cover's are. And yeah, it can kinda be a liability at times, but hey-- I might be slow, but the shelves look ~*fabulous*~ ) )

I did.
Last year.


I was a shelver at my local library, also helped out with summer reading program.

It was living hell.

*Some kid puts book back in backwards"
*whisper/scream*
"NO!"

*scurrys over to book shelf, and places back properly...in alphabetical order*

xD

 

[minniemouse440044]

i wouldnt consider it OCD but,

- my backpack has to be zipped up.
- i check to make sure my locker is locked like 6 tiems before going to class.
- if i have to choose between 2 things it takes me literaly 10 minutes to choose.
- i get a lot of panic attacks.
- and i'm scared of like looking people i dont know in the eyes...


i know im a freak