How to tell if I have OCD

Hey guys,

I'm almost positive I have OCD and I need your help to determine what is it:

I have all these "ticks" like - When I was younger (about 7-8 years old) I used to blink a lot all the time (like every 3-4 seconds), especially when I was really stressed out. Today (25 years old) I don't blink any more but I still have lots of other stuff I "have to do", like touching the wall at a certain spot, click on certain button on the keyboard before I type anything else, if I got hurt in one hand - I have to cause the same exact amount of pain in the other hand at the same exact spot, and so on with these rituals.

The only difference is - I don't do these things because I'm afraid of anything or feeling anxious about something. I'm actually quite a happy person. I just do these things because it "tingles" my fingers tips to do so. It's like an urge that tells me I have to do it, but I don't think about "Well, if I don't do it - something bad might happen". no. It's just the urge without feeling anxious about anything.

What do they call my condition and how do I treat it? It's pretty annoying being led by these urges that, and it's got to a point where it's controlling my whole life.

Thanks a lot!
Yotam

P.S.
Reading it again I see what OCD sufferers were all talking about when they said that words that try to describe how they feel and suffer because of this disorder - really trivialize everything. I assure you that I'm really suffering from this. It's really hard to express how much pain I've had throughout my lifespan so far. Then again - it IS a forum for OCD sufferers so I'm guessing you'd understand what I'm trying to convey here.

Hi,

May I know whether you do the rituals consciously?
Have you ever tried to stop? What happened afterwards?
If you haven't, please try to stop when you are going to do it, and see what do you feel afterwards.
I hope I can help you.

hi i had similar problems when i was younger.

with me it was a bit different, i told myself that I'm gonna fail in some specific thing in the future if i for example don't repeat some move 9 times in a row( like touching something)

Hey guys, thanks for the reply!

I'm aware of all the rituals I do but most of them happen automatically. (Touching the wall, put the mouse on every line on the way when I scroll down and so on...). After doing each ritual hundreds or thousands of times it became a habit so I don't think about it while doing it but rather I'm just aware of it.

Yes I have tried to stop them a couple of times though I have to admit that I didn't stick long at all. What happens when I stop a ritual that I had intended to do for a few seconds - it "itches" my brain like crazy. Again - it's not a scary thought or anything like it, but just a physical feeling of being compelled to go back and do it, and until I do that - I'll keep having this feeling. On the few times that I had managed to repress my desire to, say, touch the wall, I kept on going for about an hour or so with this itchy feeling that something is missing, and after that I finally forgot about it, more or less.

Do you propose I try to prolong my trials periods of not doing the rituals?

And again I'm asking: is it OCD if I don't feel anxious about it?

Thanks!

By the way - I had to edit this message about 10 times before I was happy with it...