OCD - Anyone Else Struggle With This ?

Graelwyn75

It can be so draining and time consuming. With me, it comes and goes. Some evenings, I can relax my mind and control it to a degree, but other times, it has me obsessing to a point I get a headache, rearranging things, lining things up, can't even get dinner without a hoo haa where I have to wipe the tops and put everything away properly before sitting down, so usually end up with cold food.

It is very much a stress/mental thing with me, I think, and also to a degree chemical as it seems to get worse when I am losing weight/working out intensely.

Does anyone else have OCD and how do you deal with it ?

bearwith

Exercise, exercise, exercise. It releases endorphins which seems to reduce the controlling effects of the OCD because you are mentally in a better place.

bebreli

I think the proper alphabetical order is CDO.

Ashleyyyb93

Yes I have OCDs with organisation and counting steps and how many times I chew a piece of food. I also halve words and that one takes up alot of energy.

I focus on something relaxing. It's hard for me because it's very controlling but if you take your mind to another place it van really help. x x A relaxing exercise regime may help?? trying something like yoga or swimming. It really depends on how much this is controlling you. x x

Graelwyn75

Exercise, exercise, exercise. It releases endorphins which seems to reduce the controlling effects of the OCD because you are mentally in a better place.

I do exercise, I walked 50 minutes and did a 5k run in 24 minutes.
it seems to make things worse, more often than not, though I am not sure why.

Graelwyn75

Yes I have OCDs with organisation and counting steps and how many times I chew a piece of food. I also halve words and that one takes up alot of energy.

I focus on something relaxing. It's hard for me because it's very controlling but if you take your mind to another place it van really help. x x A relaxing exercise regime may help?? trying something like yoga or swimming. It really depends on how much this is controlling you. x x

The insane thing is, that it takes control to control the ocd, I have to battle to keep it under control, and to stop and do something else. Sometimes I will walk away from doing an ocd thing, but the pressure to complete it becomes too strong. I might try yoga, however, as that is something my brother once suggested. I must admit, I don't tend to take much quiet time, I always have some distraction going on, whether it is a dvd, a game or browsing the net, or all 3 at once.

Franki92

My OCD all started with feeling unsafe so it can take me up to an hour, sometimes longer to settle into bed at night. I have to check the door and windows are locked and the pets are safe, but I don't trust myself or I touch something wrong then have to start from scratch again. By the time I get to bed I am really stressed and reach for chocolate or a treat to comfort myself. Some nights I can resist, others I just can't then end up feeling guilty.

sofielein

I used to have this kitchen problem as well, but I made a compromise with myself. I cook in a way that by the time the food becomes ready, the counter top and the sink is clean, everything else is put away (trash or dishwasher). I server the food on the plates and as long as we eat the pot(s) can stay on the stove, you can't see anything under them anyways

It took me about 4-5 months of cooking to learn the proper timing though. Before I used to cook like on TV: everything is prepared in small things chopped and diced and whatnot. THAT results in a huge mess....Now I exactly know when to start which process (peeling garlics e.g. while the potato already boiling and the peels in the trash already) so there is never a HUGE mess at any given moment, just the 1-2 things I am using.

Graelwyn75

I used to have this kitchen problem as well, but I made a compromise with myself. I cook in a way that by the time the food becomes ready, the counter top and the sink is clean, everything else is put away (trash or dishwasher). I server the food on the plates and as long as we eat the pot(s) can stay on the stove, you can't see anything under them anyways

It took me about 4-5 months of cooking to learn the proper timing though. Before I used to cook like on TV: everything is prepared in small things chopped and diced and whatnot. THAT results in a huge mess....Now I exactly know when to start which process (peeling garlics e.g. while the potato already boiling and the peels in the trash already) so there is never a HUGE mess at any given moment, just the 1-2 things I am using.

Yes, I find it hard to even leave an extra knife to wash up after eating, lol.
I fuss over any spills. I dont tend to yet venture too much into preparing anything more than grilled fish and meat, or baked things, mainly because I am worried about the mess, and the dishes etc. I always end up having to vaccuum afterwards if I get anything on the floor at all. It does hold me back, admittedly, from creating more interesting meals from myself. And the obsessive worktop wipedown afterwards, which I feel the need to dry off as well as wipe over with a wet cloth, takes away relaxation time, so yes, lol.

Graelwyn75

My OCD all started with feeling unsafe so it can take me up to an hour, sometimes longer to settle into bed at night. I have to check the door and windows are locked and the pets are safe, but I don't trust myself or I touch something wrong then have to start from scratch again. By the time I get to bed I am really stressed and reach for chocolate or a treat to comfort myself. Some nights I can resist, others I just can't then end up feeling guilty.

Yes, I think at least some of my binge eating comes down to being stressed out by the OCD, and the time it consumes that I could be using for more productive and enjoyable things. It does reduce life quality, for sure, and should be so easy to control, yet it isn't.