From the article: OCD Symptoms
Obsessions and compulsions are the core symptoms of OCD; however, the way these symptoms are experienced can be different from one person to the next. To add to the confusion, OCD has symptoms that resemble other related illness such as hypochondriasis, body dysmorphic disorder and trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). What symptoms led to your OCD diagnosis? Share Your Experience
OCD?
- I have a weird thing about numbers. I also like things to end it something odd because I fear it ending in even numbers. I really, really get frustrated-like with anything even...when I have sex, I have to orgasm either once, three times or five times but never twice or four times. When I fly, all my flight numbers MUST end in an odd number...that's very, very, very important for me.
- —Guest Rick
Do I have OCD?!
- If my room is messy then I have to sleep somewhere else. I have to sleep on my back because I've always since I was little had a thing about that; i almost feel like I am going to get touched. I HATE it when my hair us split so I pull it off. I will NOT use public bathrooms either! Do I have OCD?!
- —Guest Rebekah
I think I have ocd
- I also started splitting the ends of my hair probably since high school, it's annoying me and everyone now. And also the counting thing, I have to count how many times I wash my feet, and my deodarant also has to be now the same number on each arm. I'm on anxiety and depression medicine, but I still have this. And I'm a Mom now and I try not to let my child see it. I don't want him to be like this. I don't know how it happened. And I just want it to go away. I have noticed it has progressed in some after I had back surgury. I used to clean my house all the time, but can't no more because of the surgury. But when I do dishes I noticed I am also counting how much I wash or rinse things. I just don't want to be like this no more. How do you make it stop?
- —Guest jax7495
why?
- Every morning I have to put a hand full of quarters in a sock and i have to beat my kids with it. Do I have OCD?
- —Guest guest
I hate bathrooms
- I can't yarn in a bathroom are even walk in a bathroom with out it being clean I can't step on bathroom rugs are I get the chills I feel like I'm going to die if I touch the bathroom floor are even fall on it and it all started a few years ago Idk what is happening to me
- —Guest toddnisha
OCD and no solution
- I need help. I am constantly touching my hair, if I see a split end ill either pull it off or break the hair right above the end. I started doing that wham I was 11, I found several hairs with more than 20 ends and I haven't been able to stop sense. Before that I would pull my hair out of the crown of my head and before that I pulled my leg hair out. I am rubbing my hair way to often I am making it frizzy, and I cannot stop. I need help. I also am terrified of germs, and I am constantly sanitizing, and anytime I see something dusty, I have to dust it. If I don't I feel like I'm going to explode. I cant eat meat that looks not white or has bloody spots on it. I only eat chicken and turkey breast, and sometimes bacon. And its hazardous to my health now, I have recently learned I am anemic. Any suggestions on how to stop touching my hair and get over my silly obsessions?
- —Guest confuzled
in the bathroom for 2 hours.
- I have to wash my clothes separate from my family. I wash my hands til' they are red. I use toilet tissue alot with soft gloves while wiping. I use soap that I use for bathing constantly. My mom sees this underneath the sink and she asks why I use it.
- —Guest weber
i feel all of you
- Im 24, ever since I was probably 8 years old I can remember having these thoughts in my head if I didnt do this right or do this the correct amount of times somoeone in my life would die. I use to have the touch the ceiling 10 times or if I didnt get it right I would call it a "dollar ripper upper" to punish myself for not getting the perfect times right. I also had a thing called "quarter thrower atter" in my head as if I didnt complete my task that i wanted to to I would have to take a quarter and throw it out the window. Now that I am 24 I still have this stuff going on. Even though I am not religious, before bed every night I have to think of a picture in my head of everyone I love and if I dont then I feel they will die. This is not even the beggining of what I do at night time, I go through a routine to "save" my loved ones. Glad to hears similiar stories.
- —Guest jbear
clean too much,
- it is 3 am, and i am cleaning my fridge..just moved in to a new house 2 months ago. Pulled out the fridge to clean behind it...not done yet want to clean more
- —Guest janice
I think I have OCD
- Recently a lot of my friends have been saying they think I have OCD. I am 14. When I was younger I used to constantly pop my ears (like when you are landing in a plane and move your jaw to clear them) but every time my mom asked me what I was doing I would say 'nothing' (I had this feeling that if I told her something bad would happen). Everything in my room has to be perfectly in line and neat (even if there is a messy pile of clothes it must be strategically placed so it doesn't look messy). All of my books have to be in the order if the series and if I lend one to someone and a page gets folded or has a smudge on it then I get really angry. If I am with a group if people and we are all doing something similar (e.g. all wearing hats, all resting our heads on the desk or all have our sleeves rolled up) then it feels wrong and I will stop doing it (sometimes I will even take my jacket off and let myself be cold). There are mire things but I have reached the character limit. :(
- —Guest Matt
ouch
- i contstantly wash my hands for long periods of time now they are raw also i cant touch door handles, banisters, or shake peoples hands and especially touch anything with my hands
- —Guest laura
ALL OF THIS SOUNDS TOTALLY NORMAL TO ME
- Hahaha at first I thought "wow none of these people have OCD this is all normal human behaviour" then it dawned on me that I likely have mild OCD. Ever since I was like 8 or 9 I had to do the same thing on both sides of my body, which often took me long amounts of time to get perfect (it had to be the PRECISE same movement) and I cant help counting the number of steps I take, making sure its equal on each leg. If I step on a bump in the pavement I have to step on something that feels the same with the other leg. My friends have notice that I wash my hands an abnormal amount . Like I touch a piece of furniture and il refuse to touch any food without washing my hands. This is definitely OCD symptoms right? Also, I can't stand sustaining eye contact... Is this something other people visiting this site suffer?
- —Guest Deerhoof
My OCD
- The TV volume for me must always be an odd number... I also have to always start getting down the stairs with my right leg first...of course I take even number of steps only(if there is no place to take the even step I march at the spot). I also have the habit of going to the toilet before I leave home..cos I fear I might end up in a place where I cant pee.. Whenever I see a square or rectangular object like a photo frame, I see all the four corners and only then I see the contents inside the frame... I also have an order of seeing certain types of objects... Also I NEVER do anything 3 times.. because if I do it 3 times I feel that it will never work or that something bad will happen to my loved ones... I have atleast one such thing for every place in the house.. In the shower I look at the shower knobs in a particular order only!!
- —Guest Even Steven
To Katy OCD
- You do have OCD. Everyone has different types of OCD. I also count certain things or I am messed up for the rest of the day as well. My counting habit came about with confusion. When I count things like washing my silverware I count them as I wash them only because I am bored standing there washing and it is something to do. Try focusing on something you would really like, want, or need. Like daydreaming and you will break that habit of counting anything. This is what I have practiced and it takes time to do it but it helps. When I daydream I think of Jesus which is my preference not telling you to think that but think of something that makes you happy and it will work in do time. I know because I have proved it already but there are other ways to try. If this doesn't work just feel free to email me and I will tell you other options. padieking@gmail.com. I would like to help you.
- —Padieking
Ghosts and Numbers
- I'm 13. I can't do anything an odd amount of times. If I eat M&M's, I have to eat an even number of them and have the same amount on each side of my mouth. When chewing gum, I tear the piece in half. I have to have an equal amount of gum on each side. When I'm home alone, everytime I hear a noise I always think it's a ghost or someone in my house. I imagine weird things happening. People have been joking about my weird even number thing and say I have OCD. I'm not sure. Any help? The number thing goes for everything, also. If I scratch my right hand, I have to scratch my left hand in the same spot or I feel screwed up the rest of the day. It's starting to creep me out a little.
- —Guest Katy
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