Who Has OCD?

[Beatrice]

A therapist told me I don't, but I swear I do.....

 

[Deus_Ex_Lemur]

Mines recently returned... it can be quite... consuming. Much of it is so silly. Not sure why it's returned always had residue of it sometimes but maybe just graduating and stuff. Anyways if it doesn't pass guess another specialist to see =/

 

[Kinetik]

Man, I'm having the worst OCD flare-up lately - I saved up for ages to buy a bit of a nice car, and I finally did a few days ago, except now I'm obsessed with it breaking down, getting vandalized, even getting it dirty. Anything to do with it wearing down/losing its value is a real trigger. It sucks because I should just be out there enjoying it but it's so hard when all I can think about is something bad happening. I can't believe I lived on cereal and toast for six months, just to feel like this now. Argh. I can't deal.

 

[awkwardamanda]

I actually think it's more likely I've got OCPD than OCD. I won't get into that too much at the moment though. I think I'll save the rest of that discussion for another time. For now, I'll just say I'm a perfectionist and a hoarder.

 

[cekicgu]

Well I without a doubt have OCD, but I'm still relatively new dealing with it. That's actually why I joined this forum yesterday, because I'm looking for people who also are dealing with similar issues (and because of my OCD I sure have not hung out with my friends as much as I used to). The truth is, I just need somebody to relate to because I try explaining myself to family and friends, and they frankly just don't really know what to say/do (although they do try their best). And some of this stuff has really put a kink into my life. What sort of compulsions do you tend to have galigator?[/QUOTE

hi, ı am also a new one here.I have OCD mostly in thoughts.I'm seeing a terapist here and he is putting cognitive behavioural teraphy into practice with no meds.you can have a look for cognitive behavioural teraphy.ıt works mostly but after a while I again can't handle my intrusive,obsessive thoughts.

hope to feel better for me and for everyone suffers from OCD.::

 

[Beyond Timid]

Definitely me. In eight grade, I started thinking I was going to catch diseases (like STDs<--I know, crazy) from guys I touched, even if it was accidental. I showered every single day for two hours, washed my hairbrush, scrubbed my hands with soap, changed my pillowcases routinely, and refused to do my homework because the previous owner might have been a guy. When I did, I held my pencil with a napkin and washed my hands as soon as I was done. During the winter, my hands would crack open and start bleeding. Ever since then, my hands have never been the same. They used to be light and smooth; now they have dark shadows and feel a little rough.

 

[Pacific_Loner]

Man, I'm having the worst OCD flare-up lately - I saved up for ages to buy a bit of a nice car, and I finally did a few days ago, except now I'm obsessed with it breaking down, getting vandalized, even getting it dirty. Anything to do with it wearing down/losing its value is a real trigger. It sucks because I should just be out there enjoying it but it's so hard when all I can think about is something bad happening. I can't believe I lived on cereal and toast for six months, just to feel like this now. Argh. I can't deal.

I have the exact same obsession after I buy anything expensive as well and when I bring my car up to university all I seem to think about is it getting vandalized. I actually park my car as close as I can to where my dorm is located so I can easily see it out my window. I thought I was the only one.

That's why almost everything I own is old and fairly crappy

 

[Tykira]

I do. I wasn't diagnosed with it by a doctor, but I know I have it. I've struggled with relationship OCD (constantly needs someone to connect with or feel physical contact with), obsessive negative thoughts and poor self esteem. I'm a lot stronger now than I was three years ago, but I still do struggle with some symptoms.

 

[Niteowl]

Not anything I can't deal with, or would consider seeking help with. I like it, even if it does sometimes waste quite a bit of time. It's far from serious, just things like getting upset when the page of a book gets a fold in it, or about throwing things away - I will never throw things away, (except packaging on food, tins of course) including pens that have run out of ink, (I have very, very many of them), broken things, books of any kind or the dust cover, old bank statements, hats from Christmas crackers, elastic bands (come in handy), trading cards, blah, blah, blah ...

The other thing is that I'm a complete perfectionist with any work that I do for college. The margins (pages are not lined) have to be straight, writing has to be completely legible, no text can be printed from the computer and pasted in, have to fill every inch of the page even if I'm repeating what I'm writing in different words to do so, and don't get me started on the drawings. These are A3 sketchbooks. The result is nice tidy pages but they take absolutely ages to do, when at minimum somebody could probably cover the same thing in no more than five minutes. Which is funny actually, because I still get things done quicker than all of the work-shy people on my course, but that's off-topic.

There are some instances of other things too such as, having to repeat things, doing things a certain number of times, spending equal amounts of time on things, but those were the main two things that I seem to do.

 

[awkwardamanda]

During the winter, my hands would crack open and start bleeding. Ever since then, my hands have never been the same. They used to be light and smooth; now they have dark shadows and feel a little rough.

My hands crack and bleed too. They get insanely chapped. I might have eczema or something. I do wash my hands often - probably more than most people, but not as obsessively as some people with OCD. I'm constantly applying hand cream. In winter I often go to sleep with vaseline on my hands and I either wear gloves to bed or I lay down with my greasy hands on top of paper towels. I even rub a little vaseline into the backs of my hands before going in the shower because they can't take the extra abuse when they're already chapped. But I discovered that vaseline creamy works better and is less greasy. I tried that stuff and my hands went from scaling and cracking and bleeding to reasonably soft within two days. I just use it once a day, maybe twice, and then use regular hand cream throughout the day. You might want to give it a try.