Ian27
Member
Hi my name is Ian and I think I might have OCD.
For as long as I can remember I have had strange thoughts and impulses but until recently have never really sat down and thought about them too much - I just thought that everyone feels like this every now and again.
I have been reading a lot of the threads in this forum and I have to say that a lot of it makes sense to me.
One impulse that I have is to either walk or drive with my eyes shut for a couple of seconds to see if anything happens. I think to myself I wonder if I can keep my eyes shut for 10 seconds. I know its a stupid thing to do and I havent done the driving version for years but I was walking with my eyes shut only yesterday which is partly the reason why I looked into the symptoms of OCD.
There are loads of other crazy sounding things that I do - the wierd thing is that I know they are stupid but do them anyway.
One thing that I do which is quite upsetting for me is constantly worry that my girlfriend has been hurt or is dying. It sounds stupid me even writing this - but I have this thing about plastic bottles with lids - in particular the shampoo bottle - I cant shut the lid properly because if I do I worry that my girlfriend might not be able to breathe properly.
I am quite an introverted person and consequently don't have loads and loads of friends. I constantly worry that the friends that I do have secretly don't like me and don't want to talk to me when I phone them.
As you can see I have issues(!) Many many more than the ones I have written about, and would be really grateful to hear from anyone who has had similar experiences or can offer me some advice. Thanks in advance!
For as long as I can remember I have had strange thoughts and impulses but until recently have never really sat down and thought about them too much - I just thought that everyone feels like this every now and again.
I have been reading a lot of the threads in this forum and I have to say that a lot of it makes sense to me.
One impulse that I have is to either walk or drive with my eyes shut for a couple of seconds to see if anything happens. I think to myself I wonder if I can keep my eyes shut for 10 seconds. I know its a stupid thing to do and I havent done the driving version for years but I was walking with my eyes shut only yesterday which is partly the reason why I looked into the symptoms of OCD.
There are loads of other crazy sounding things that I do - the wierd thing is that I know they are stupid but do them anyway.
One thing that I do which is quite upsetting for me is constantly worry that my girlfriend has been hurt or is dying. It sounds stupid me even writing this - but I have this thing about plastic bottles with lids - in particular the shampoo bottle - I cant shut the lid properly because if I do I worry that my girlfriend might not be able to breathe properly.
I am quite an introverted person and consequently don't have loads and loads of friends. I constantly worry that the friends that I do have secretly don't like me and don't want to talk to me when I phone them.
As you can see I have issues(!) Many many more than the ones I have written about, and would be really grateful to hear from anyone who has had similar experiences or can offer me some advice. Thanks in advance!
