Does anyone have OCD in which they have to do things such as touching objects a certain number of times or moving objects about. If don't do this they think something bad is going to happen to their family or themselves.
2006-07-16 05:23:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Does anyone actually perform rituals because they think something bad will happen if they don't?
2006-07-16 05:31:09 · update #1
i have to keep answering questions on here... its like a addiction....
2006-07-16 05:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People with OCD's don't just think bad things can happen. People often visualise terrible things happening, or are constantly experiencing severe anxiety, until they have completed a ritual. The only way to break the pattern is to face the anxiety, and make it decrease using relaxation techniques.
People who just rearrange stuff aren't even close.
2006-07-16 09:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by Fluke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best friend has OCD. He does touch things a certain number of times sometimes, but mostly just has the whole handwashing after touching something that could possibly be dirty (hes afraid of catchin some deadly disease I guess).
2006-07-16 08:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 23:46:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always have to touch things the same number of times with each hand.
I always turn the car radio volume up to 11. I can't concentrate on my driving otherwise.
There are lots of other little things I hadn't really thought of as odd before I read this question & started to really think about it.
2006-07-16 06:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cousin has it, when she was like 14 she was diagnosed hit her hard, they put her in a clinic for like 3 months it was awful. She had to clean everything, she thought everything was dirty she couldn't go to school for a year (thats how long it took her to control some urges) because she thought the books and everything was dirty. she would clean door knobs, god forbid if you touch something of hers she would flip out. little things would set her off. She is 25 now and she has come a long long way to dealing w/ her disorder. You just have to learn to control it. She's now engaged to be married in October. ( and to let someone get close enough to touch her is even greater)
2006-07-16 05:33:18 · answer #6 · answered by Peaches 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to count things, like everything i said or others said, or cracks in thepavement or people whatever, i was obsessed as a child, im older now though and only seem to do it now and again or in times of extreme stress. my number always had to be even when counting words or whatever i was counting , or things would go wrong. i dont know why but it naturaly calmed down without intervention from doctors or anything.
2006-07-16 05:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by kez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a certain order and routine in the shower. For example, body, hair, and then face. I don't feel like something bad will happen if I do the order wrong, I just don't feel "right".
2006-07-16 05:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did that when i was younger. But never knew that it was OCD until a few months ago. I dont do that anymore. But, I've seen on tv people that led normal lives through counseling (a good counselor..not a quack)
2006-07-16 05:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by angelikness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have it in a mild form. It gets worse when im stressed. I check that I have locked a door several times and its like I cannot stop checking and I have to try and talk myself out of stopping. Its wierd. If someone else tells me the door is locked I get embarassed and manage to stop.
2006-07-16 05:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by sweetrose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a common OCD activity. I don't have this one, but I count steps. No matter where I'm going or what I'm doing I count how many steps I take. I f I'm inturrepted I simply start over.
2006-07-16 05:29:38 · answer #11 · answered by Kaye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋