[sorry in advance for the length of my post, I have a tendency for long posts. in fact I am pretty sure that's OCD-related]
I guess I'll vent here

I'm new to this forum, just found it today, as I was looking for a good place to talk to people I can relate with
I'm pretty much a pure-obsessive, but I do have some compulsive 'rituals'. My obsessions range everywhere from all kinds of sexual thoughts to superstitions to losing my temper at things I shouldn't be losing it over. I often find it hard to concentrate in school (I'm in high school) because I get spattered with little random thoughts every now and then; I regain control of my mind immediately but then it happens again in a few minutes usually.
Probably the worst part of my obsessions is that it causes relationship problems. I've only had one girlfriend but I screwed it up badly with my incessant paranoia and jealousy, and refusal to accept that it was real. Before and after that relationship I've always had annoying problems with jealousy and infatuation...I often have compulsive "feelings" for girls I don't even know, and often a sign of others' romance while I have no girlfriend makes me sick with jealousy that I can't get rid of.
I'm a bit compulsive in that I can't use dishes that ran through the dishwasher, I have to personally inspect or thoroughly wash my own dishes before use. I also have trouble eating/drinking things other people have eaten/drank, but I have mostly gotten over that. Also if I have misplaced something my heart rate goes up and I way overstress myself in trying to find it. The compulsive (or obsessive) problem that most interferes with my life is that I am utterly repulsed by ants and spiders, to the point where I refuse to sleep in my room for weeks on end during the summertime, and I cannot touch anything that has been touched by a bug. This and the jealousy thing really make OCD frustrating.