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« on: May 11, 2009, 06:03:44 PM » |
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i was just curious if the rest of you have some OCD as well. i have some traits. not enough or serious enough to be diagnosed but i have them nonetheless. you don't have to specify if you don't want to but i'd like to know if others have it too. a few of mine: i'm have to cut my cuticles back with a razor. i panic when they show up and i don't have a razor (yes, i know it's bad for your fingernails and it's pretty stupid.) needless to add to that i bite my finger nails (gross) i absolutely have to shower and i absolutely have to have clean sheets before i can go to bed. i have often gotten up in the night to change my sheets because i couldn't get to sleep because they felt dirty. i have to sit in the same spot to watch tv and freak out if rick sits in my spot (or is that just old age? having your own chair) when i see my therapist he has to have his clock in the right position and the lights turned down before i can get comfortable. oh, geez this might be neverending.  so what about you all? |
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 05:50:04 AM » |
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*raises hand*
Although, I don't have it as bad as I used to. My thing is with plants. I have to pick at them. I once went out in a rain storm to trim some branches off of a tree because it just made me cringe looking at it the way that it was. There was a plant at my therapists office that was in dire need of attention, I would always pick the dead leaves off and give it water. It bugged me so much that I used to have to sit on my hands to just leave it alone. I told this to my therapists and he removed the plant from the waiting room. LOL Now I concentrate on my counting. I have always been a counter though. And I was diagnosed with OCD tendencies, I just don't have enough triggers to be fully diagnosed.
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 03:36:49 PM » |
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yes i have ocd....jars in cupboards have to have the labels all facing the same way........towels just so in the bathroom.....lots of colour coodination and i cant stand unsymetrical things.....the list goes on really.
the strange thing is ....my house is a mess and it irritates the hell out of me as i dont do well with chaos...but i just dont have the energy to clean up
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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2009, 08:06:56 PM » |
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yep, i have to reset my alarm clock several times to make sure it on and right. lock doors i check but not as much. when i drive i curl my toes at every driveway on both sides. its a contest to myself. people dont understand..  |
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when you die and go to heaven many believe you should go in a well preserved body, me i"ll go in sideways bruised and broken,saying yahoo what a ride
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 03:29:50 AM » |
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I have a thing with germs, when I touch raw chicken I spend forever scrubbing my hands in very hot water. I carry antibacterial hand gel in my bag, although I think a fair amount of people do that. Check locked doors a few times, check the oven is off a few times before I leave house or go to bed. I can't drink any liquid an less than an hour before I go to bed or get in a car or anything like that. I also have this thing when I'm out shopping, I think that somebody is going to plant something in my shopping bag and get me arrested for shoplifting. I have a lot of unwanted thoughts, and tend to return to a particular word that is safe for me to concentrate on. I change the word periodically, without really noticing.
Not sure if that is OCD or part of the BP or something else entirely.
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 01:42:16 PM » |
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I used to be a clean freak, now I just don't have the energy. I still see the mess and am dying to clean it up, but I've learned to let it go. I was seriously the worst about things being clean. I wasted so much time of my children's lives cleaning up everything they sat down. I remember when I was so worried about them being dirty, that if they even went outside for a minute, I bathed them as soon as they walked in the door. Now, I'm lucky if I take a bath myself more than twice a week. I know, it's nasty. I used to cook three meals a day and spotlessly clean up immediately afterward and OMG, I had to have a spotless refrigerator. I cleaned the toilets at least once a day and mopped everyday, dusted everyday. I'll bet my refrigerator hasn't been washed out now in at least a month and my toilets only get cleaned if Robbie or the kids do it...I think, speaking of toilets, that Robbie couldn't stand it anymore and cleaned mine today. It looked unusually clean to me when I was in there earlier. I can remember spanking and yelling and spanking and yelling at the kids most of their lives constantly about things they were messing up. I wonder if the meds changed me or if it's just where I am in this hellacious BP cycle of life.
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 02:41:23 PM » |
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Now, I'm lucky if I take a bath myself more than twice a week. I know, it's nasty.
when i read this i thought of myself...i often just forget to bath....and am often in the same clothes for days.
i dont mean to do it as i hate being dirty...but its just something that doesnt enter my head unless someone else reminds me to bath and wash clothes
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 10:36:42 PM » |
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oh god thank you guys for sharing. its nice not being alone or is it not feeling too out of place here or with people who understand.
phyllis yours cracked me up. i could just see you pruning trees in the rain (ive thought of it before) and trimming up plants in your docs office.
and yeah, cathy that obsessive word thing. especially when i'm really really losing it. i don't usually have a choice what the word is and that's what bothers me. but in the end although i hate not being in control of what the word or thought is that has to repeat itself in order to stay focused it's probably a better outcome than having my mind race out of control right out of my body.
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2009, 04:08:08 PM » |
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It's good to know I'm not the only one, k. Glad to hear that our responses helped.
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2009, 05:00:59 PM » |
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Yes .... I double and triple check things like unplugging the iron locking doors, etc.. Even when I know I just checked it. I can't stop myself.
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2009, 10:40:18 AM » |
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is it possible for a 2 year old to have ocd tendancies? my son is anal about everything it seems. and me and hubby dont have ocd at all.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2009, 05:14:28 PM » |
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I don't know if it is possible for a 2 year old to have OCD but I do know it is possible for younger children to experience it. I watched a news program several years ago about children with OCD.
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2009, 02:58:26 AM » |
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i beleive that a two year old can have ocd as my daughter showed signs of it at that kind of age......it used to drive me nuts,everything had to be just so all the time and toys arranged in a particular order or she was not happy
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bound and tied in emotion but still we fly.losing all my reason cause theres nothing left to blame.
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