OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[Super Kal]

good show there

 

[bullets]

my hands always have to be doing something . im used to it though .

 

[FreeRadical]

It's like you want to stop thinking about something, sometimes really badly, but you just can't, and it keeps going, like a record through your mind: opinions that differ directly to your own. Sick thoughts that just pop in at random and just stay.

I tell you, it sucks. But, it's not like I'm dyin' or anything. Don't get me wrong.

I also have O.C.D, but it's under control with meds (thank god I haven't had side-effects), and CBT (cognitive behavoural theapy).

I know the type you are talking about, Pure-obessional OCD, where a thought gets into your head and stays there. The stuff I have been told and read says to let the thoughts stay in your mind and they will fade if you don't ruminate or stop the thoughts. Easier said than done....

Ever since I got help, my life's improved and don't suffer from anxiety anymore. I still have some bad moments, but they pass.

 

[DV8]

that sucks man!! what kind of OCD things do you do? what kind of rituals, that is?

 

[Dr.Doom]

The volume on my radio or tv has to be either an even number or multiple of five

 

[Superhobo]

that sucks man!! what kind of OCD things do you do? what kind of rituals, that is?

See above. That, and I have to re lock my front door every half an hour. But I've been doing that since I was like twelve, so. . .

 

[Dr.Doom]

See above. That, and I have to re lock my front door every half an hour. But I've been doing that since I was like twelve, so. . .

I'M NOT ALONE!!!!

 

[Superhobo]

I'M NOT ALONE!!!!

I was kinda talkin' about FreeRadical's post. Sorry, dude.

 

[Dr.Doom]

damn , i guess i am alone

 

[rodhulk]

I got diagnosed a couple of days ago. Herm.


It's been a screwed up couple of weeks beforehand, though, because the whole 'obsessive thought complex' thing (people who have O.C.D. know what I'm talking about) has been getting rampant, and really effing hard to deal with.

I didn't know whether to make a thread or not, but why not?

I've been told you can get it through alot of stress that adds up over time. Is this true?

 

[DV8]

See above. That, and I have to re lock my front door every half an hour. But I've been doing that since I was like twelve, so. . .

oh yeah, sorry . . . didn't really read through the thread . . .

 

[Superhobo]

I've been told you can get it through alot of stress that adds up over time. Is this true?

Well, like Bamfer said, it all depends on the individual, really.

 

[DV8]

sometimes I feel like I'm borderline OCD, myself . . . but I can control it . . . for example, I might be reading something and even though I comprehend everything I've just read, sometimes I'll look over it again just to be sure I've read every word, and that they were spelled correctly . . . I've gotten over this habit though . . . just kind of made myself not check it

 

[The Original Bamfer]

sometimes I feel like I'm borderline OCD, myself . . . but I can control it . . . for example, I might be reading something and even though I comprehend everything I've just read, sometimes I'll look over it again just to be sure I've read every word, and that they were spelled correctly . . . I've gotten over this habit though . . . just kind of made myself not check it

That's what ya gotta do.

 

[Showtime]

Pour me a cup.

 

[Lighthouse]

It's like you want to stop thinking about something, sometimes really badly, but you just can't, and it keeps going, like a record through your mind: opinions that differ directly to your own. Sick thoughts that just pop in at random and just stay.

I tell you, it sucks. But, it's not like I'm dyin' or anything. Don't get me wrong.

Oh yeah, I know you're not dying. I just know there are varying degrees of OCD. With some people it's manageable, and with some people it's Howard Hughes.

 

[DV8]

That's what ya gotta do.

yup . . . there were other things kind of like that I did too, but I just let them go; now I'm just very anal

 

[FreeRadical]

Oh yeah, I know you're not dying. I just know there are varying degrees of OCD. With some people it's manageable, and with some people it's Howard Hughes.

Yeah, OCD can become really debilitating. Sometimes the disorder goes hand in hand with depression because of low levels of the mood chemical, serotonin.

 

[The Chairman]

It's like you want to stop thinking about something, sometimes really badly, but you just can't, and it keeps going, like a record through your mind: opinions that differ directly to your own. Sick thoughts that just pop in at random and just stay.

I tell you, it sucks. But, it's not like I'm dyin' or anything. Don't get me wrong.

That's what exactly I go through. The trick is not to involve yourself with things that provoke your obsessive tendencies.

 

[The Chairman]

Yeah, OCD can become really debilitating. Sometimes the disorder goes hand in hand with depression because of low levels of the mood chemical, serotonin.

Very true. I also suffer from depression, and my O.C.D. definitely does affect it to some degree.

 

[knowsbleed]

I have OCD, It's not so bad.

I have OCD, It's not so bad..

I have OCD, It's not so bad...

I have OCD, It's not so bad....

Appearently.

This deserves a tivo.

 

[Captain Planet!]

Very true. I also suffer from depression, and my O.C.D. definitely does affect it to some degree.

Thats sad. Maybe Hayden could make you happy for a few hours.

This deserves a tivo.

Yes, yes it does.

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

I have a friend with it, Pens cannot point in the same direction, he has to turn a light off and on a certain amount of timestill it feels 'right' he cant do/say certain things as they will give him bad luck. Numbers can be a bugger too. It can consume alot of a sufferers time doing stupid thingsthey know deep down wont make a difference but are unable to stop.

A few famous people have it too David Beckham & Michelle Pheiffer are the only 2 i can remember at the moment. It's nothing to be ashamed of even though many sufferers are, nearly everyone has it in some form, it just depends how serious you have it and how much of your life it takes up.

 

[doc ock rules!]

I thought I had O.C.D. as a kid. It used to drive me crazy. I'd have to clap my hands and my feet an even number of times, making sure they touched together perfectly. If they didn't, I had to go to ten and then do another ten perfectly. I also had to walk on the tile floor so that my feet didn't touch any edges. If that didn't work, I had to complete the rest of the way to the door, turn around, and come back. I also wouldn't allow myself to count to odd numbers. Sometimes, in class, I'd even up the sides of papers and whatnot.

It's been a while since then. I think it's faded for the most part. If someone brings up the topic and talks about their own habits, I'll feel a bit like my old self (Though, still in control.).

 

[strikezone89]

hey superhob what are your symptoms