Here's one for you. If you have OCD and your scared on ingesting some"germ" and you drink mouth wash to counter act(compulsion) you can damage your digestive track leading to more health problems. If you really think about it.
I get the occasional thought when I hit a speed bump, I think I might of ran someone down. Anyone get these fears? I go back and check just to make sure.
What was your "first" sign of OCD you or someone else noticed about you. I would say my parents telling my I was my hands too much when i was 12 years old.
I think it would be a great idea to have a OCD games show. Kind of like Amazing Race, only the challenges are OCD related. Get Howie Mandel to host it.
believe it or not, The two things that set off my anxiety is if I have more than 2 glasses of orange juice. The second is coffee. I find that there is a pattern to how I feel when I consume too much of these. How about you guys?
I know what everyone on here is saying, but this is a great group of people who know what your going through. I have been taking 100mg of prozac to help with my symptoms, also helps me think a little bit clearer.
I am new to this site so I wanted to say hi...."hi". I have been living with OCD for 12 years now, and one trick I have learned is to trick my own thought. How does this work. My OCD is about diseases Hep,HIV etc. When I go out to a restaurant, and wash my hands, I want to go back and rewash...