Why do people like to think they have OCD? ?

Question

I have a friend who THINKS she has OCD because she always has to step on every corner she walks past in her neighborhood. I know for a fact that she doesn't because I notice that she skips them a lot, or she forgets that they are there and "has" to turn back, it is very irritating, and if she really did have OCD, she would always remember where the corners are. A lot of times, too, she likes to add other habits, like walking on the shadow, it is so IRRITATING, and I also include other mental disorders (such as ADD, hypochondriact, and other stuff)

Answer 1

Well I dont know, but I have OCD and believe me I dont want it!

Maybe she just has a big imagination. Some people have a condition called Munchausens. This is where they make up illnesses to get attention. It usually cures itself by early adulthood.

Answer 2

People could ape mental disorders because it gives them license to not be in control of themselves, like someone having ADD as an excuse for not minding himself. That said, OCD can have a range of severity, it might not always bug her and she could still have it.

If she's baiting you about it though, and it obvious she's not really that way. she's probably using it as an excuse to be different, and therefore deserving of attention, or to sheild her actual personailty from scrutiny, making you deal with the "mental illness" so you don't notice her real mental scars.

Answer 3

I know many people that are like that too and ya it is realllllly annoying. The thing is that like they learn about OCD but not what it really is. For them OCD is when you like doing something that's not necessary, like stepping in every corner, or shadow, or whatever like you mentioned your friend does. OCD isn't something you choose to do, it's something that your brain controls you too do that no matter how hard you try you can't stop.

It's also another excuse for some people to get attention or 'fit in'. When they see or hear many people with problems such as ADD, ADHD, OCD or whatever they also see all the attention that person is getting and so they start pretending to have it too too seem 'cool' or whatever....

I know it's TOTALLLLY Lame and it pisses me off when they do stuff like that too.

Answer 4

i think i have ocd but only related to certain things like your freind i have certain rituals like i have to listen to one taylor swift song a day minumum, or everytime i go to the mall i have to go to certain stores. if theirs a such thing as mild ocd then i have it i think.