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Question

What are the symptoms in a 12 year old girl for OCD?

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Answer 1

Symptoms usually include, but are not limited to the following:

Counting - counting things like ceiling tiles, street signs or other objects. Counting up to a certain number.

Touching - touching an object such as a door a certain number of times until it feels "right."

Checking - repeatedly checking things such as the oven - even know you know you turned it off. Checking the light switch a number of times to be sure it works, even though you know it does. Backtracking a drive to be sure you didn't hit anyone or hurt anyone.

Washing - repeatedly washing your hands or another part of your body over and over again. Some people wash their hands to the point of bleeding.

Germs - using Lysol or another germ killer on everything anyone touches. Doorknobs, the telephone or your own self. Using a tissue to talk on the phone or open a door.

These things are compulsions. The compulsions are used to ease the anxiety of the obsession. For a lot of people, they'll think to themselves that something 'bad' will happen to them or a loved one if they don't constantly take part in these rituals.

Simply having a nervous tick - like blinking your eyes is not considered OCD. The compulsion must also be present. If someone had to blink their eyes a certain number of times for the fear that something bad would happen if they didn't is a compulsion.

Compulsions are pointless and in the back of an OCD sufferer's mind, they know it's silly, but they continue to do them to ease the anxiety.

OCD is an anxiety disorder and is very common. Medication such as Paxil helps with OCD. A lot of times, OCD is coupled with another anxiety disorder such as panic attacks or depression.

For me, I noticed my OCD at about age 11. I would tell myself that I needed to touch an object a certain number of times after I set it down. But the number could *never* be an even number. It *had* to be odd, but it could never be the number 9. I was afraid if I ever ended up touching something 9 times, that I would choke on my food the next time I ate.

Now, even though I knew in the back of my mind that I would not really choke, I still gave in to the compulsion to touch the object over and over. It eases the anxiety caused by the obsession.

There is help for people for OCD. It's easily treatable if you actually want to get help for it.

Good luck

Answer 2

The symptoms are very similar to the symptoms in adults.

Obsessions—unwanted, recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced as intrusive and inappropriate
The obsessions of OCD are not just worries about real-life problems.
The person realizes that the obsessive thoughts are from his or her own mind.
The person attempts to suppress or neutralize the obsessions with actions or other thoughts.
Examples of typical obsessions include thoughts of being contaminated by dirt or germs or thoughts of having hurt someone, even though recognizing that such concerns are not realistic.

Compulsions—repetitive behaviors or "rituals" that the person feels driven to perform in a particular way
The compulsive actions are done to reduce distress or to prevent something bad from happening, even though there is no realistic connection with preventing such an occurrence.
Typical compulsions include excessive cleaning (such as hand washing), repetitive checking, and hoarding of useless items.
Mental acts such as praying, counting, or repeating words silently can be compulsions for some persons.

With kids, I would also look for extreme perfectionism, a need to please others, and a lot of difficulty making decisions.

Answer 3

...everyone has some OCD (called eccentricities, hangups, neurosis, quirks, etc.), as long as you can still function, it is not serious....
doing one thing over & over......checking doors, etc.
you can make light of it, say "no" to it occasionally, find self-help books or support groups. You will find that many others have it WAY worse than you! Try setting limits, saying things outloud like " I am checking the phone, Yup, it's hung up! I don't have to check again!" then when you DO check again, " See, I told you, it IS hung up!"

Just a suggestion; others in recovery probably have better & more suggestions than I do....

Answer 4

probably the same as anyone else with OCD, have you seen the TV show Monk? its like that, only without all the phobias, they might repeat what they say, or straiten books or papers, line things up by size or color, make things like pillow arrangements perfectly symetrical, clean things over and over, etc...i mean most everyone dose those things sometimes, but OCD people can't help themselves. (they have insane attention to detail)

Answer 5

for one thing posting words with weird capitalization and and putting lots of excamation points at the end of a sentence!

ok lol jk. as a fourteen year old girl, I have to say, me and obsess over the little things. guys hair rules bodies etc. not that thats all we think about... we're also prone to minor panic atttacks abotu the most random, bizarre things. lol

but if you're really worried and think you're suffering from OCD than I recommend you talk to your parents and a doctor. just don't obsess over this, kay? lol jk

Answer 6

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder can have many symptoms some to watch for are constantly obsessing on one specific matter or continually washing hands . Panic , Anxiety , irritabilty over trivial matters etc . It is best to visit a Psychologyst for his analysis

Answer 7

if you find yourself doing anything over and over like washing your hands for more than ten minutes you may have OCD

Answer 8

its different for everyone but if you have ocd you will know tell what you think your ocd issues are and i can tell you if you might or might not have it

Answer 9

not completely sure...but i think im ocd sometimes...and also i <3 that show monk. lol. ^_^ but...why do u think u have ocd???

Answer 10

Depends on what she is Compulsive about,,,,,