Do you have OCD?

oh, so now you're saying it's a condition to be treated, not just something people do when they have nothing better to do with their time. That's nice. We agree.

 

oh, so now you're saying it's a condition to be treated, not just something people do when they have nothing better to do with their time. That's nice. We agree.

But anyone whose had a totally irrational condition outta the blue and has to work at it is likely to understand the process better. I tend to agoraphobia and nearly shitting myself in fear when in public. I know it's stupid. I have been though cognitive behavioral therapy and it was a huge help. But I still have to work at it.

 

kind of, the tiime comment was meant lighthearted because i assumed the people readin the thread would know something about the treatment of the condition....... one of the first thing the doctor will do is try to introduce an ocd patient to some kind of hobby.... something that takes up time normally used up by their ocd... you can't just tell tell people "stop that and sit there and do nothing"

 

Depends on the treatment.

And, saying that - I haven't come across one where someone is told to get a hobby after the first session!

 

i'd be very suprised if ya did. that'd be a bit cold turkey.

 

It doesn't go away though. It can be helped. Heh. And well not discuss my mood swings and sensitivity.

 

It IS work to put into practice the methods from cognitive behavioral therapy, but it's worth it if you can do it. Sanity is so much nicer than being OCD. Though I still count steps when I walk, even if I'm carrying on a full conversation, and I push in chairs at random places while I'm waiting. But, I'm not depressed, scared, or as angry as I used to be so the work has paid off. There is NO slacking, however. I've been letting my "discipline" slip over the past few months and have been having random temper tantrums. Time to get back on the wagon, I guess.

 

I find it to be a coping mechanism. I'll notice it will flair up when im really stressed out and doing certain things helps.
I do things like wash my hands in even numbers. (I wont burst into flames if I dont tho)
It used to be really bad when I was a kid, but as i've gotten older I have more control over it.
It's mostly a mental thing, where i'll obsess about something, and then get over it dramtically.
Like for example when you find a new cool band you love so you listen to them and enjoy them.
I'd find something like that but make it a part of my life completly. It's weird. It's hard to explain.
The ticks aren't as bad as they used to be either.
I've been told to get cognitive behaviour therapy, and ive had alot of different medications
But i stopped taking all of them and just worked out for myself what helps.
Not everyone who has ocd is a closed book like that.
I also have other things like depression, which I have worked through on my own without medication.
I also have trouble focusing, nothing can keep my attention for very long and I foten have to force myself to watch an entire movie.

 

I knew a girl who had OCD. She liked to do repetitive behaviors, especially ones that caused a lot of noise.

She would put glasses on the counter in a line. Every time she would put a cup down, she would tap it on the counter a number of times and them slam it into the line of cups causing a chain reaction.

She would toss bowls onto the counter in a way that caused them to rotate like a top for a long time and maximize the noise. It looked like those tricks the jugglers would do on the old Ed Sullivan show.

She would also watch the same movie all week and liked to back the tape or DVD to the same scene and watch it many times.

She also liked getting totally immersed in relationship problems her friends were having and other highly emotional issues.

It never got debilitating for her. It was more of a nuisance than anything else. Her OCD tended to worsen when she was under stress from school or work.

She got upset when her psychiatrist diagnosed her with OCD.

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I wish I knew her, alot of people say they have ocd to emphasise that they like things clean or are high maintenance but its a completly different story.... I get annoyed when some people say " Just cleaned my room, im so OCD"

 

Totally. Just because you've got some organizational skills doesn't make you OCD, either. Does it keep you from living/enjoying life? Then we can talk about it.

It's all about control for me. When my life is high stress and I can't control the actions of others, I go where I've got the control. It just took a lot of work to learn to control my reactions to situations and I STILL mess it up sometimes. I just try to choose differently the next time I'm in a situation where I feel out of control. And I will keep choosing til it finally feels right.

I WILL NOT EVER GO ON MEDS!!!

 

That sounds more like Autism. A lot of people get misdiagnosed with OCD.

The big difference is that people with Autism do repetitive things because they enjoy it. OCD people do repetitive things because of a fear that it wasn't done correctly the first time.

 

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This is debatable.

I'm not a psychiatrist, but to me her condition appears to be OCD rather than autism, even though the two may share some common symptoms. It didn't show up until she was about age 13. She has good social skills with people and what I consider a normal attention span and memory.

There is no indication of autism in her relatives, even distant relatives, and no signs that the condition started at birth or in the early years.

The way her symptoms tend to worsen with increased anxiety suggests it is OCD. OCD is often described as an anxiety disorder. I would expect her symptoms and history to be different if it was autism.

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Yeah I used to have OCD pretty bad. I also have ADD and a slight anger problem. I am not really go into detail what I had OCD about but I have cured myself of it over time.

My cure was lots of exercise. I would just say screw it and focus just on the exercise I am doing. Exercise is a good meditation to defeat it. Weighlifting, jump roping, running, tennis, volleyball, whatever gives your mind something to concentrate and focus on. Sure there might be something in the back of your mind telling you to think about it or whatever but you just say screw it and keep concentrating on the task your doing and it will get easier and easier.

I will say though having OCD will make you very open minded and accepting to people. I have always been a kind person who does my best not to judge people. but having OCD allows you to even understand accepting a person on a higher level. As most people who have never had OCD would be thinking like WTF is that person doing that for? hehe just be glad you don't understand and feel as they do because you would hate it.

The best thing is treat a person with OCD with kindness and acceptance. If a person with OCD is doing their weird things or whatever you wanna call it just ignore it. If you give them shit for it then when the person has their moment of needing to do the weird task the person will feel uncomfortable, not relaxed, nervous, anxious, uneasy, unwelcomed, odd, though some people with OCD DGAF and will do the tasks openly and not care about what others think.

 

I was 'diagnosed' with OCD when I was 14 (or 13, I think).
I would count to 17 before I did anything, and if it's something like drinking water, I'd take 17 sips then if there was still something left in the cup I couldn't drink it, I had to throw it out.
I would take 17 steps, stop for 17 seconds, and take another 17 steps etc.
If I watched a movie, I'd feel like I missed parts, like the middle or ending or some important part so I'd have to keep watching it over and over again until I was satisfied.
I had these 3 pillows for decoration on my old bed, and when I went to sleep I had to put them on the floor on top of each other, in the exact order, place, and angle every night, usually it took me 20-30 minutes to get it right, sometimes I thought it was right and I would go to sleep only to wake up later because it was actually wrong, I thought something bad was going to happen if it wasn't perfect.
I had to recite the alphabet as fast as I could before I said anything, for example:
"How are you?"
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, I'm okay, you?"
etc.
A lot more, but I can't be bothered going in to it. I'm not as bad now, though some of those have stuck with me, like the alphabet thing and the movies, I don't do the numbers anymore thankfully, buuut I do have to count in my head to 5 before I do anything, but that's better than what I was doing before.

 

You Say In Your Profile You Work At K-Mart, Can I Ask You, How Does

O.C.D. Affect You Whilst Working.???...



Cheers Glen.

 

Depends what I'm asked to do, usually it's just working the check outs, I try to control it whilst at work but it doesn't really work out, I have to usually tell the customer why I'm doing things kinda delayed, and why I'm reciting the alphabet. Some people just smile and say it's okay, but some people are really rude and act like I'm completely insane. I'd rather not work but I really need the money, and luckily the Kmart I'm working at are good with the whole OCD thing. My manager does get frustrated quite a bit though unfortunately.

 

I have a ritual I do when locking my front door whenever I leave. If I mess it up, I have to start over. It started years ago when I came home from work and my door was open.
So now I have to do it, or I worry all day that the door isn't locked.

And I hang all my shirts facing the same way, lol.

 

No Sign Of O.C.D. Here, Locking Any Door Requires A Set Procedure....

Hanging Shirts All The Same Way, Just Looks Neat....

If Memory Serves Me Well *and quite often it doesn't* You Mentioned

The Door Locking In An Other Thread A Few Months Ago....



Cheers Glen.