Do I have some sort of mental problem?

Question

I think I have a some kind of mild OCD. I obsessive over problems I have with people and the sorts of things I couldv'e done differently. When I get an idea in my head I can't let go of it and I just keep obsessing over that one thought. It keeps me up at night and I can't sleep. Suddenly everything will remind me of a relationship I feel like I screwed up, and I can't think of anything else and I just drift off, unable to focus. It's not just with my thoughts, either. I feel the need to organize things, keep random things like my music collection in perfect order so I know exactly where everything is. I have to finish things like books and moives, and I can't just stop halfway through. I organize things on desks like a game of tetris and leave them in a very set positions.
Is this some sort of condition? And is there something I could take to make me a little looser, forget about social issues I obsess over and not clean stuff so particularly?

I forgot to mention, It doesn't affect all outlets of myself. I don't worry at all about my apperance or handwriting or things like that. I dunno if that makes any difference.

Answer 1

Just the fact this concerns you shows that your introspective. From reading your comments you have a vague feeling that you may be "majoring in a few minor subjects". It sounds like you have a completion complex.
I'd seek out someone you trust and see if you can find a good mental health counselor or a good psychologist to do an evaluation. I take a medication that helps me be calmer and maybe stop rehashing things I've already learned all I could from.
I have learned I need to make a conscious effort on what I choose to dwell on. Some thoughts are like a snowball that start small but as they roll through the snow they attract other similar snow flakes.

Answer 2

Well, yes, it DOES sound like you have a mild case of OCD. My boyfriend has the same thing, except he doesn't go through that depression thing thinking about past relationships failing b/c he thinks it's his fault.

Hmm.. OCD wouldn't be considered a BAD thing.. I consider it to be something ALL people have.

OCD - Have to have things a certain way. - Doesn't EVERYONE want things a certain way? I believe everyone has it to a certain extent. Just some more than others.

As for anything to make you looser, I am not sure..

Check out this link, it may help you:

http://www.epigee.org/mental_health/ocdtreatment.html

Answer 3

Sounds like you have OCD. If it is affecting your life a lot then you can see a doctor. They may prescribe you a medication or get you in therapy. Either way it's a treatable disorder and shouldn't be too difficult to handle.

Answer 4

you may be obsessive but certainly not ocd....alot of people have one obsessive occurence and immediately generalize it with ocd....but having ocd has a large criteria.....you have a few obsessive behaviours....but not a disorder.