R U OCD and how did u find out

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Myself yes, a mfp of mine yes watched Monk and said " what's so bad about him"
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  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    You find out by going to a professional and being diagnosed, not by watching a TV show.
  • RAF_Guy
    RAF_Guy Posts: 230 Member
    I have C D O, it is a bit like OCD but with all the letters alphabetically placed, the way they should be :smile:
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    OCD is a very serious and difficult mental disorder. Too many people think it's cute to pretend they have it just because they have little "quirks". We all have those. It doesn't mean you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Go meet someone who suffers from it and tell me if you want to live like that.
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    yeah ^ .....\m/
  • FungusTrooper
    FungusTrooper Posts: 227 Member
    Yeah if I drop towels on the floor I totally have to pick them up.

    100% OCD.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    OCD is a very serious and difficult mental disorder. Too many people think it's cute to pretend they have it just because they have little "quirks". We all have those. It doesn't mean you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Go meet someone who suffers from it and tell me if you want to live like that.

    I knew a guy that had OCD... and when he would drive, if he was pulling into a driveway, he would have to back in and out of the drive 3x before continuing. It was not amusing when he got into a car accident because of it. It's a crippling disease for some.
  • rebeccalray5
    rebeccalray5 Posts: 36
    ^^^ LOL CDO

    I have OCD but not with cleanliness. It is more with thoughts and hyper-awareness of the surrounding area. I was diagnosed along with general anxiety after a few psychiatric evaluations.
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    I have it, not bad though. Mostly all I do is the counting and making sure things are where they belong, in order.
  • LauriesTrying2BeFit
    LauriesTrying2BeFit Posts: 414 Member
    since having kids i have really bad OCD! i cant leave the house with any kind of mess in it! i hoover my living room rug at least 5 times a day when im home and i wash clothes the night the kids take them off and have them back in the drawers before the morning! its horrible hating mess so much even my kids clean up after themselves now ( they are 4,2, & 14months! ) but at least the cleaning burns calories haha
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    Well I have actual OCD, and I found out by going to a psychiatrist. It would be nice if it was just about having cute little quirks, but unfortunately it usually makes life a living hell for the person who's suffering from it untreated. Not trying to be all serious and bring down the thread here, but it does irritate me sometimes when people make jokes about OCD like it's "omg so funny." Because it actually sucks.
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    I have never been diagnosed but I have OCD tendencies.
    I will turn a light off a couple times to make sure it's turned off?? I check all the windows, doors, oven, smoke detectors before bed, then come back down and check them again.

    Maybe those aren't OCD things, but they aren't 'normal' either. I think it stems from being a child, my mom would always leave the stove on, so I got used to checking it. Now I check mine more often than I care to mention.
  • quietHiker
    quietHiker Posts: 1,442 Member
    Wow.

    I'm 100% positive this post wasn't written to make fun of people who have OCD...

    But yeah, :) I think we all have our little quirks that I think should make us smile every day.
  • snoopytwins
    snoopytwins Posts: 1,759 Member
    You find out by going to a professional and being diagnosed, not by watching a TV show.
    This...it's so much more than just being organized and whatnot. "Some" people have OCD tendencies but not actual OCD...OCD, itself, is very different.
  • rebeccalray5
    rebeccalray5 Posts: 36
    Well I have actual OCD, and I found out by going to a psychiatrist. It would be nice if it was just about having cute little quirks, but unfortunately it usually makes life a living hell for the person who's suffering from it untreated. Not trying to be all serious and bring down the thread here, but it does irritate me sometimes when people make jokes about OCD like it's "omg so funny." Because it actually sucks.

    That is true it seriously sucks. I have been under treatment for months and months and I like laughing at myself sometimes now. It makes me feel less crazy:)
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    As Brett stated we all have quirks.
    I am stubborn and like things a certain way.

    But no I don't have the crippling desire to rearrange your house or click the light 3 times before leaving a room.
  • Hakarn
    Hakarn Posts: 62 Member
    Everybody in the world is OCD to some degree. It only becomes clinically relevant when it hinders your daily life.

    When I walk on a sidewalk or on tiled floors, I walk in rhythm with the divisions. If I pay attention to how I am walking, I can stop myself, but subconsciously my mind likes the consistency. I am sure that all of us are OCD about other things, but we do not pay attention to it. Why do you think people like their bedrooms to be in straight lines or paint on walls to be symmetrical? Our minds just like to have some order so it all falls into the background noise.
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    since having kids i have really bad OCD! i cant leave the house with any kind of mess in it! i hoover my living room rug at least 5 times a day when im home and i wash clothes the night the kids take them off and have them back in the drawers before the morning! its horrible hating mess so much even my kids clean up after themselves now ( they are 4,2, & 14months! ) but at least the cleaning burns calories haha

    Yeah.. that doesn't sounds like OCD... you're just a good house keeper!
  • chrishgt4
    chrishgt4 Posts: 1,222 Member
    There is a difference between having obsessive compulsions, and having obsessive compulsive disorder.

    My gf has a few things like she checks the car doors/house doors after locking them about 10 times before she feels comfortable enough to walk away, before bed she has to go round all switches going 'off, off, off, off...' at each of them before she can rest that everything is off.

    Is this OCD? No. What makes it a disorder is when It has a detrimental impact on one's life.
  • bb4886
    bb4886 Posts: 118 Member
    Yes, it causes anxiety and panic attacks when thinks arent the way i need them however, I am learning to adapt and im no where near as bad as what I was.

    Its awful to deal with -

    I cant sit with my back to a room or large open space.
    I plate and eat my food in a certain order everytime, i.e - a plate of sunday dinner has greens together then carrots, potatoes, meat then yorkshires that go next to the greens and they are eaten seperately in that order.
    My knife and fork have to match or i cant use them.
    Pictures, rugs even items around the house have to be straight.
    Everything is simetrical too.

    Thats only the beggining, its not something you just wake up with one day and its caused me alot of grief over the years too, it caused havoc when i got a house with my partner as he had to adapt and learn to fix situations before an anxiety attack set in.

    Its not something to be joked about or to make believe you have - it drives people around me crazy - i used to be bullied abot it at school and regularly had sang at me *Its got to be Perfect by - Fairground Attraction*
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    And.. is it just me or does the OP make no sense at all? Am I missing something?
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    And.. is it just me or does the OP make no sense at all? Am I missing something?

    No, you're not.
    :huh:
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    And.. is it just me or does the OP make no sense at all? Am I missing something?

    ^^agree with the pretty one....OP makes no sense
  • Hakarn
    Hakarn Posts: 62 Member
    OP is saying that he is OCD and a friend didn't understand that the Monk character was supposed to be OCD.
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    I'd agree with most here. I definitely have OCD tendencies. EVERYTHING has to be in groups of 5. i count EVERYTHING, lines on the road when i'm driving, times the wipers "swish" if it's raining, ceiling tiles, pictures on the wall, etc., etc. If something doesn't come out to a multiple of 5, i make it. like, i'll look at your face, and to make it "okay" with me, i see that you have 2 eye holes, 2 nose holes, and a mouth. therefor. you have 5 holes in your head, so we're good. OR, i ignore the nose, and instead go with the ears. I have a group of 3 pictures hanging on my wall. I'm ONLY okay with this, because i can count the dead space between them so i make it out to 5. I also have a grouping of 6 pics, and a group of 2 hanging on my wall. I can handle this because the group of 2 actually has 7 pics each so there's 14 pics in that group, add the other 6, and i have 20. Yeah, it's kind of ridiculous sometimes. But i can live with it. I can live with "making" things multiples of fives without it being a terrible intrusion on my life.

    My sister, on the other hand, has medically diagnosed OCD. I feel sad for her sometimes. she CANNOT let her dogs out to go to the bathroom without walking around her backyard and checking to see that both gates are closed and locked. even in the iowa winters of -20F and 18" of snow. Oddly, most of her OCD stuff revolves around her pets, though she quite literally could not function without them. they calm her and give her a reason to get out of bed. it's a rough go for her.
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I had always assumed that my diagnosis of GAD would sort of preempt (for lack of a better word) a diagnosis of OCD. When going through some medical records recently, I discovered otherwise. :|

    I guess it doesn't *really* matter, since the behaviors were there anyway, but it did surprise me to see both diagnoses on the list. And yes, it's a list.
  • Asha0714
    Asha0714 Posts: 88
    Myself yes, a mfp of mine yes watched Monk and said " what's so bad about him"

    What does this even mean? :huh:
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Yes. In fact I am so OCD that I insist on spelling all of my words properly. Not in shorthand.
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    Not OCD but a bit anal retentive.
    When I am finished working on a car/bike/boat, ALL of the tools MUST be wiped down and put away exactly where they belong.
    And my toolbox is organised with all metric wrenches in one place, by size; Standard in another drawer.
    Same goes with sockets, screwdrivers, ect. All lined up or otherwise organised perfectly.

    It is so bad that I had to buy my wife her own tool belt. I picked up some basic tools, hung them on the tool belt, and hung the tool belt on the wall. She has pretty much everything she needs and she can keep it as messy as she wants.

    Also, if I am on a particularly difficult task with the car, I photograph each step and list each tool so I can later blog about it on one of the hot rod sites. I have had people on the FSB (Full Size Bronco) site thank me for this a few times.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    I would classify myself as OCD tendencies. The title of this topic is freaking me out, the R and the U.
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    Well I have actual OCD, and I found out by going to a psychiatrist. It would be nice if it was just about having cute little quirks, but unfortunately it usually makes life a living hell for the person who's suffering from it untreated. Not trying to be all serious and bring down the thread here, but it does irritate me sometimes when people make jokes about OCD like it's "omg so funny." Because it actually sucks.

    That is true it seriously sucks. I have been under treatment for months and months and I like laughing at myself sometimes now. It makes me feel less crazy:)

    It took me awhile to get to the point where I could laugh at myself, but I think I finally can. Later, after the anxiety attack, I can see the humor in the calamity I was absolutely SURE would happen if I didn't do one of my compulsive behaviors.

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