seriously obsessive compulsive?

Question

I think I have OCD & a lot of people agree. i'm a 15 year old girl & i have so many rituals to do all the time. The thing is, most of them arent rituals that i regularly do, most are spur of the moment things, for example
a few days ago i was looking through my bag & i found 3 eyeliners, they were brown, blue, & black. something clicked in my head & i needed to get 3 people to say brown blue black to me. I asked my friends & most thought i was crazy but i couldnt stop. I got ready to follow them home just so they would say those colors to me! Another time, all i had to eat that day was 2 packs of cashews & 2 snapples, i was on the bus & i couldnt stop reciting my calorie intake for the day! I did it backwards, inverse, i counted it in my head depending on when i ate it, then when that didnt feel right, i felt i needed to do it again this time not in the order i ate them, but backwards, or the 2 drinks together, & THEN the cashews. Every day I pace back & forth in my house &

cont. i pace back & forth through my house reciting which homework assignments i did, theres a specific orderi need to use when im reciting it, & i makestrange hand gestures & sometimes i hop or clap my hands when i realize that homework assignment is done. I dont do it once, not twice. i do it more than 20 times & i cant control it. I tell myself to stop but i cant. i feel like i dont have all my assignments done & i cant STOP. then i take out my binder & hit it every time i say one of the homeworks & see that its in my binder.HELP
other times i tell myself as im walking in the house that i need to recite something out loud before my brother or mother say Hi or before they say anything. If they say saomething i run back downstairs, screaming at them to be quiet & start over to make sure i can say it x amount of times until it feels right. sometimes i watch movies &read the little summary for the movie, i force myself to memorise it & recite it x amount of times until it feels right.

Answer 1

It sounds to me like you have some of the symptoms of OCD, but it's best to talk to your doctor to find out definitively. Do a little research to find out more and assess your situation.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I think you just might be bored and are attempting to find creative ways to occupy yourself. Perhaps, in need of a little more social attention. This may not be what you want to hear, but as an objective third party here, I really think it's this simple.

See your doc if you are concerned and if these "rituals" are affecting your ability to function. This last part is key. IF you are not able to function, your schooling is suffering or your friendships are being affected, you might want to get a professional's opinion.

Answer 3

Personally, i doubt you have ocd at all. I think you're just looking for some attention, and from the answers above, you got it. I doubt you do any of the stuff you actually mentioned, because things like what you described are not normally included in a diagnosis for ocd. Good luck in life with lies...

Answer 4

It does sound like you have some OCD symptoms. There are a number of good medications to help. Zoloft is a good one for OCD, however given your age I'd speak with your doctor first to get some other suggestions.

Answer 5

hmmmmm......... i agree with K(though i dont know whats with her name)try video games, and friends. or you could try pain therapy. every time you start doing it, slap yourself(really hard and no i'm not joking)slapping works for me. if there is a food you really hate, like tic tacs, or a certain kind of gum, you absolutely HATE!!!! then you could eat that when you start doing it, or force yourself to do 2 pushups every time you run through your 'lists'. then you'd have awesome biceps, and break your habbit