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I think OCD is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I think I have a touch of it. My closet has to be a certain way, my knick-knacks have to be just right, etc. If I leave the house thinking I have forgotten to do something (lock the door), it will bother me til I get back home. I know some people's lives are truly affected by this disorder. I'm sure there is a ton of info on the net. I'm not really sure how it is treated. I'm not sure either if it would have anything to do with your sleeping. I suppose it could. If it is something that really bothers you or disrupts your life, maybe you should talk to your doctor about. I know I don't have much info here, but I hope it helps.
sounds like you are a perfectionist, nothing wrong with that.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> maybe you are not sleeping 'cos you are worried about something. when i worry or am unhappy i clean obsessively. it makes my families life a misery, "don't put that there" "you have left a mark" "put that cushion straight" and on it goes!!!!!!!!!! i know it doesn't make me any happier and it certainly doesn't help my loved ones but i just can't help myself<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> oh dear!!!! janet uk
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OCD is serious my dad has it ...he has had it since he was a little boy.
If you really feel that you might have it like you can't sleep at night because of anxiety and stuff I would go see your doctor. They will probably give you something like paxil to help calm you down unless it is more serious then that they might give you ocd meds I don't really know the name of the my dad takes alot though. Just remember it is something that you can not help doing and it is really hard ....BUT you have to try don't let ocd take over you...you need to takeover it. Trust me I know between my dad and now my boyfriend was diagnosed ... is all I am around.
My advice to you would be to go see the doc and see what he says...then go from there...if you can when you feel yourself wanting to do something you know is part of the "OCD" try not to do it and see what happens, if you have to do it ...you know there's a problem. I hope you figure this all out Good Luck
OCD is serious my dad has it ...he has had it since he was a little boy.
If you really feel that you might have it like you can't sleep at night because of anxiety and stuff I would go see your doctor. They will probably give you something like paxil to help calm you down unless it is more serious then that they might give you ocd meds I don't really know the name of the my dad takes alot though. Just remember it is something that you can not help doing and it is really hard ....BUT you have to try don't let ocd take over you...you need to takeover it. Trust me I know between my dad and now my boyfriend was diagnosed ... is all I am around.
My advice to you would be to go see the doc and see what he says...then go from there...if you can when you feel yourself wanting to do something you know is part of the "OCD" try not to do it and see what happens, if you have to do it ...you know there's a problem. I hope you figure this all out Good Luck
I think we all have variations of what could be OCD. I sound like Allisa with the nick nacks etc. There is a place for everything in my house & everything is in its place. My house isnt always "clean", but it always gives that ollusion because its always neat. I have ALWAYS been like this. Growing up my bedroom was ALWAYS the neatest room in the house. If I analyze it I guess it probably to compensate for not being able to control my CF like I would like. I am better than I use to be. When Jazmine was a baby I was not the "new Mom" with piles of stuff etc because of my obsession with neatness. As my health went down I did have to give up that control which was not easy to do mentally. It has not interferred with my life enough to see help, but it has caused "tiffs" between my hubby & I!
Reece has a mild case of OCD...if thats possible. OR it maybe his age? *shrugs*
He lines everything up in a row...toys, change, paper, markers, crayons...then when he gets upset & wants me to carry him to another part of the house(I know trying to break this habit....believe me) he will come get me, tell me to "come on" take me to where he was & want me to carry him where we just were!!! VERY tiring. Leah
He lines everything up in a row...toys, change, paper, markers, crayons...then when he gets upset & wants me to carry him to another part of the house(I know trying to break this habit....believe me) he will come get me, tell me to "come on" take me to where he was & want me to carry him where we just were!!! VERY tiring. Leah
coltsfan715
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I would say talk to your doc if you feel these behaviors are interfering in a negative way with your life. Your doc may be able to recommend a therapist or psychiatrist for you to go to that can determine if that is the true problem.
I have compulsive tendencies, but one of my friends (who was once a therapist) broke it down for me in simple terms. There is being obsessive and there is being compulsive you can be each separately without having OCD. If you are obssesive about being compulsive (meaning like someone else said if you can't stop yourself or the urge to do whatever it is until you have done it) then there may be a problem.
I get compulsive about things, but with me it is all or nothing. When I am alone I am the cleanest person, but when my family is around the house tends to become a disaster. I can't even think to clean because when I clean I do obsess over it and the rest of my family doesn't care that much. I do put things in rows, straighten things out, separate all of my M&Ms (I will only put ones of like color in my mouth at the same time - have done it since I was a kid I have no clue why I am not like that with any other candy). The habits I have don't bother me and to be honest I normally don't notice til I have already done it, and they don't effect my life negatively so I haven't sought help for it.
Have a good day,
Lindsey
I have compulsive tendencies, but one of my friends (who was once a therapist) broke it down for me in simple terms. There is being obsessive and there is being compulsive you can be each separately without having OCD. If you are obssesive about being compulsive (meaning like someone else said if you can't stop yourself or the urge to do whatever it is until you have done it) then there may be a problem.
I get compulsive about things, but with me it is all or nothing. When I am alone I am the cleanest person, but when my family is around the house tends to become a disaster. I can't even think to clean because when I clean I do obsess over it and the rest of my family doesn't care that much. I do put things in rows, straighten things out, separate all of my M&Ms (I will only put ones of like color in my mouth at the same time - have done it since I was a kid I have no clue why I am not like that with any other candy). The habits I have don't bother me and to be honest I normally don't notice til I have already done it, and they don't effect my life negatively so I haven't sought help for it.
Have a good day,
Lindsey
A few months ago, I saw the most interesting show on OCD on MTV. It was like My life with.... and each episode was something else.
I had no idea what extremes the compulsions could take people. I will tell you that they highlighted 3 very different cases and therapy really helped the 2 people that were interested in it.
I would highly recommend seeing a specialist. These people started out doing random things that were a little bothersome like turning the light on and off and it turned very serious. It totally took over all of their lives to the point that they were desperate to be rid of it.
Good luck and hang in there ~ you are not alone.
I had no idea what extremes the compulsions could take people. I will tell you that they highlighted 3 very different cases and therapy really helped the 2 people that were interested in it.
I would highly recommend seeing a specialist. These people started out doing random things that were a little bothersome like turning the light on and off and it turned very serious. It totally took over all of their lives to the point that they were desperate to be rid of it.
Good luck and hang in there ~ you are not alone.
fugikitten2087
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I have a severe cleaning OCD. I cant not stop cleaning untill a room is spotless and even then I'll find flaws..I have a crap load of Ruber Made storage containers and they are all labeled and neatlly organized and Stacked perfectlly into the closet and even then I think my closet is trashed... Right now in the hospital the cleaning personel love me..
I was diagnosed with ocd in 1990. I was living with my boyfriend and we were having problems . He had a drug problem and ti was getting the best of him and me. I started having irrational thoughts.... Like if i drive down a certain street something awful would happen, or if i say a certain word that day, or a certain sentence, or mention a certain name something terrible would oocur. Then to food shop was a long task because everything had to be checked and rechecked for airtightness, or imperfections. It got to the point i started thinking his drug addiction was actually driving me crazy. I went to a therapist and she diagnosed it right away and had me sign up for gruop classes and therapy. It helped a lot to see that opthers had this condition, and it was able to be controlled. I refused any medication and used behavior therapy. I had to realize when i got those fearful irrational thoughts, that.................. thats exactly what they are......... fearful irrational thoughts , nothing else. I had to force myself to do the things i was ridiculously fearful of and realize that the thoughts were intrusive irrational thoughts, and had no merit. Now thsi worked for years TILL, i had massive hemoptysis twice. The first time i nearly died and the fearful irrational thoughts were no longer so irrational to me. I started having horrible fears of choking to the point where i would constantly feel there was something caught in my throat at all times while i was awake. I was afraid to swallow anything including food or pills. I didnt want to leave the house "in case something happened" It just amazed me how strongly the ocd had a hold on me at that point. One thing about ocd is...... it gets worse in time of stress or illness or anything bad going on in your life. Of coarse the fearful incident of massive hemoptysis made my ocd completely take over and made me a mess. I was having panic attacks on top of each other. I finally caved in and started taking Zoloft after my second embolization because i knew i couldnt live with all that panic and anxiety in my life any longer. That did it, now i feel like a normal person again. Whats funny about ocd is........ no matter how far it is out of your life it is never really completely gone. It crops up whenever you are in a weakened state so to speak.
I am not sure if this is OCD but when I was younger every time I would see my family(when I would say goodbye) I had a bad thought that something would happen to them or something would happen to me. I knew it was just a thought so I could just pass it by after a second. It is all about fear and if we realize it is fear it can go away. I do agree that fear does come back when we are in a weakend state of mind or physical health. I found something pretty darn interesting that helped me. I got this from a website last year called immunics.org there is something they call a govenor. It is a thought that you can create that will cancel out another thought like what I described making any positive thought or action into a negative. I am in control of it not it in control of me. So I guess I am free of this thing called the govenor or irrational thinking based on fear. I like the way they break things down. It is an interesting website. You can be there for a year straight and learn something new each day. They now charge nine dollars per month to visit their site. Perhaps you can get something out of it by just surfing along? I got lots of things from it and it helped me.
I think we all have some compulsiveness about certain things. Real OCD is usually a debilitating condition because it interferes with your ability to do normal things. Its very treatable.
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I am reading all these posts and it sound like you are getting some great info here to the anonymous person who wrote this....I already posted I was the one who my dad has ocd along with my boyfriend...just so you know there is nothing to be ashamed of I tell this to my boyfriend everyday( I don't know if thats why you signed anonymous) this is a condition that you can not help...trust me noone would would act like how some ocder's do if they could help it. It is really tough.
My boyfriend seems to have to the problem with germs for example if he sees me touching near my face or mouth he wil get mad at me if he is close enough he will move my hand...his ocd started with me getting sick with the 24 hour bug then he caught it and ever since then he can not handle the though of me or him getting sick again..it took him like days to come near me again after I was sick...he won't go near anyone who is sick and lost alot of weight. That's just the obsessive part the compulsive part is he can not put anything off until the next day he works like crazy doesn't get home from 5 in the morning until like 8 at night then we are moving and he wants to go move stuff or he has to go do this or do that it is always something he never takes time to rest or do anything for himself it is always It cant wait it has to be done...which there is nothing wrong with being a hard worker which he is but he just never ever stops.
As I am rambling on this is the kind of stuff that goes on with ocd so if you are doing anything like this go see the doctor soon...before is gets worse like someone else said it will always be there but it can hide for a while and come out when stressed and stuff like that you don't want it to all hit at once.
As I said before you are getting some great info...that mtv special I of course watched and I thought my boyfriend was bad those poor peole have it so bad...it really can take over your life..very good show though.
I do agree with something else that was said that I think everyone has ocd tendencies butit might not effect everyone the same way because I do somethime think I might have it because of what I think and do at times so maybe your case is just mild. Hopefully all of this helped .
Nicole
My boyfriend seems to have to the problem with germs for example if he sees me touching near my face or mouth he wil get mad at me if he is close enough he will move my hand...his ocd started with me getting sick with the 24 hour bug then he caught it and ever since then he can not handle the though of me or him getting sick again..it took him like days to come near me again after I was sick...he won't go near anyone who is sick and lost alot of weight. That's just the obsessive part the compulsive part is he can not put anything off until the next day he works like crazy doesn't get home from 5 in the morning until like 8 at night then we are moving and he wants to go move stuff or he has to go do this or do that it is always something he never takes time to rest or do anything for himself it is always It cant wait it has to be done...which there is nothing wrong with being a hard worker which he is but he just never ever stops.
As I am rambling on this is the kind of stuff that goes on with ocd so if you are doing anything like this go see the doctor soon...before is gets worse like someone else said it will always be there but it can hide for a while and come out when stressed and stuff like that you don't want it to all hit at once.
As I said before you are getting some great info...that mtv special I of course watched and I thought my boyfriend was bad those poor peole have it so bad...it really can take over your life..very good show though.
I do agree with something else that was said that I think everyone has ocd tendencies butit might not effect everyone the same way because I do somethime think I might have it because of what I think and do at times so maybe your case is just mild. Hopefully all of this helped .
Nicole
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Not an OCD but related to.
Lovely fun. I try not to look at mirrors, it usually stops it for a while.
Although this counts for picking the skin near fingernails and such..
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Not an OCD but related to.
Lovely fun. I try not to look at mirrors, it usually stops it for a while.
Although this counts for picking the skin near fingernails and such..