I think i have an obsessive compulsive disorder? How would you control it ? ?

Question

Im 100% sure i am obsessive compulsive.

It's stressful and hard to hide from the people im around.

Like i have this compulsion that things have to be even for example:

If i push a button with one hand, i have to make my other hand push the button too.

Even the order of which hand may touch the button first has to be swapped around.

Yeah I sound like a nut job but trust me this is nothing in comparison.

I manage to convince myself that if i don't do that exact same routine everysingle particular time, day whatever it is or touch or step on something evenly etc...

that i will jinx myself and something bad will happen like most of all losing a loved one or something horrible happening to them.

Because i believe in jinxing things im paranoid that if i don't it'll be my fault if something happens,

so i dont want to take the chance and i give in to my compulsions.

Do you know anything about OCD? Does anyone have the same kind of issue as me?

Feel free to leave comments about whatever.

Thanks Heaps (:

Answer 1

wow crazy i have the EXACT same thing it gets really annoying if ur in a hurry or something and i also have this thing about cleaning and patterns.....

Answer 2

use your logic. you know there is no connection to these routines and any kind of jinx. look at all the millions of people who DON'T do these routines, yet nothing bad happens to them. and it won't happen to you either.

I know this is miserable for you and there is no reason you should suffer like this. There is help available in the form of medication and cognitive therapy that can help you get past this vicious and negative thought cycle you are trapped in. Please see a doctor. I know you can overcome this.

Now this will sound ridiculously easy but it really works: the next time you have these intrusive thoughts just say "stop". or "stop it". say it out loud if you have to. Sometimes that just plain stops it right in its tracks.

Answer 3

OCD is a mental issue for many. I believe I have it because in my case, I will always check to see if I have everything if I ever go anywhere (Example: If I have all my textbooks for school) and I would keep on checking over and over. That and many other little compulsions occur in my everyday life.

Since it is a mental issue, you just have it hold it back as long as you can. There is the part of your brain that always asks why you do the certain compulsions and you just need to expand that part of the brain to overtake your movements and thoughts. The compulsions are all in your head and you need to realize and understand that. Talk to a doctor or someone close to you so you can recognize you have it and try to diagnose it yourself whenever it occurs.

I urge you to read about it on this website, which is helpful and can possibly help you understand the way it works (there are three pages).

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide...

Answer 4

I have OCD really bad. My husband just bought the book "Brain Lock" free yourself from Obsessive Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M Schwartz, MD. I'm going to read it but apparently it works and has changed the lives of a lot of people.