OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[Arcturus]

I think I have OCD, as well. Things have to be even, even numbered, I double check everything all the time, when I leave home I make sure all the doors are locked, and then I check them again, same thing with my vehicle. It's been like this forever.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I have heard of O.C.D,i wonder if it's something that you can get rid of. Like breaking a bad habbit.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

There is medication to help suppress some of the behaviors.

 

[rdh007]

I always cross cracks in the pavement by planting my left foot and letting the right foot do the crossing. Does that count?

 

[Warhammer]

I think everybody has mild levels of being an obsessive-compulsive without it being a serious disorder (O.C.D.). With that said, I have a friend who is O.C.D. I like to mess with him to make him mad, so he can get over it.

 

[chesslover]

I had OCD for a short time once(less than an hour,possibly less than half an hour). It involved flipping off the light switch as I walked out of my bedroom,then going back in(flipping the switch on) then repeating. I don't remember how many times I did or how it started. I just stopped doing it on my own,

 

[Venomfan]

i have it, medication doesn't seem to help for me

mine is entirely bodily
everything has to be even or "as it should be"(how i personally think it should be that is)
the one that i have constantly had since it started was with my stomach, i feel like it isn't muscley enough, and i get super uncomfortable and prod my stomach to feel if the muscle build up is even on each side, and it feels like there is too much fat/skin. honestly i'd rather be in pain. the quick fix i have is doing situps and excersizing
i used to also have it with my arms, one arm would feel more built than the other, and i'd have to keep feeling them to see if they were even, and then maybe work out with one of them, same thing with chest mucles
i also HAVE to scratch/pop any "bumps" on my skin, mosquito bites, pimples, etc. so i have lots of scars. at one point i had to have the skin around my fingernails a certain way, and i'd bite the skin off, that was bad, i'm just getting over one about the cuticles, where i'd try and tear them off or exacto knife them. i also am OCD abut the hair on my face, like the little bit i get under my eyes and between my eyebrows, so i pluck at it. theres more but this is long enough. in short I HATE IT

 

[Superhobo]

Damn.

 

[Monster]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.


The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has worked its way into the wider English lexicon, and is often used in an offhand manner to describe someone
who is meticulous or absorbed in a cause (see "anal retentive"). Such casual references should not be confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder; see clinomorphism. It is also important to distinguish OCD from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. Although these signs are often present in OCD, a person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject/object, or displays traits such as perfectionism, does not necessarily have OCD, a specific and well-defined condition.

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That's just a brief outline of what it is.

Does that sound like you?

Do you know anyone that has OCD?

Do you have it? Or do you think you have it?

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Talk about your experiences here.

 

[Go God Go!]

Got it and love it.

I have the cleanest ****ing shoes.

 

[DarkAllknighter]

i have ocd, darn straight. not particularly proud, as it isant a great thing to have by any means, but its there. cant do anything with it.

 

[Troubled_Josh]

I tend to worry a lot. If I'm not worrying, I notice that I'm not worrying, and then start worrying about something not even worth worrying about. I do have times when I not worry, but worry more than I don't worry.

And sorry if that's confusing to read. Just I worry a lot, not all the time, just most of the time even over minor things.

 

[Monster]

Paranoia isn't technically a state of OCD, Anxiety actually leads to OCD.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

I think everyone has OCD tendencies about something.

 

[Immortalfire]

I think one of my bosses has a slight case. He's always adjusting the doormat, and a desktop calendar to be aligned perfectly with the door frame / edge of the desk.

 

[DarkAllknighter]

there are two kinds, mental, and physical. both are linked, and both are usually present, to some degree, but some one can have one or the other. Its normal to worry though. ocd is known to affect sensitive, inteligent people, and if you think about it, those are the people who will be concerned with things around them to start off with.

 

[Monster]

What about you Immortal, do you ever want things to be straight/ aligned?

 

[Immortalfire]

Nope. I have a basic sense of order, but I don't make an effort to make sure my books and picture frames are perfectly even.

 

[SiTy]

My sister has OCD. She has little quirks, mostly involving symmetry. If she touches something with her right hand she has to touch it with her left hand in the same place with the same amount of force. Sometimes you'll see her offhandedly touching her fingers to things. From what I understand it's like an itch for her, If she doesn't do it right it can drive her crazy like an itch you can't scratch. She also makes barely audible little subconscious noises in her throat, or blinks and snaps her fingers in a fidgety way.
Luckily It's not too serious. She takes medication for it and it doesn't really effect her life.

 

[Monster]

I'm quite suprised, most of my new threads aren't being locked or deleted.

Any reason why? Are they actually good discussions?!

 

[Superhobo]

I have 'Pure O' OCD, as well as some physical stuff - I have to lock the doors every half an hour or so, or check and make sure they're locked, after ten; I'll periodically pull out my graphic novels and books from their shelves to make sure they're not foxing or ear-marked, put them back, pull them back out, put them back again, pull them out - and on and on.

Pure O is pretty distressing, actually -

"The objective in this classification involves the escape or avoidance (through excessive mental behavior) of noxious and unwanted thoughts. In its most generic form, persons might have upsetting words or phrases repeated in their head, not unlike what most experience when an unpleasant song is played over and over in our mind without our active choice in it being there. Persons with the Pure-O classification also can experience what seems to them to be threatening ideation involving the potential that they might do harm to others or that merely the idea of having the threatening thought suggests something evil or depraved about their identity, capability, or self worth. This classification periodically also involves persons who engage in a tremendous amount of problem solving (also referred to as ruminating), as a ritual. Endless attempts to answer questions related to one's own sexual orientation or even something as simplistic as the name of one's third grade teacher might occupy endless hours of problem solving. "

- but I get on.

 

[Prison Mike]

no I don't have it, thank god. I've read case studies of people having it and it could just ruin your life. You wouldn't be able to do anything other than worry about your OCD.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

Had it since I was a kid, it used to be a pain, I sorta forget about it now, the only annoying thing is brushing my teeth, once I start I struggle to stop usually resulting in pink toothpaste and sore gums.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I once heard that before people knew what OCD was,that when some had to have something just right or do something a certain way..that they had a complex or something.

 

[Kelly]

I've never been diagnosed as such, but I've had plenty of people tell me I'm OCD in the area of organization........and my students tell me they will need therapy after taking my class.....lmao. I'm so proud!