Could this be OCD?
These are some things that I ALWAYS do:
Everything that i do has to be in evens <-- that is the major one
I usually have to touch an object an even number of times with both hands or my hands feel tingly and weird
When I'm in the car, I'll breath in when we go past drive ways and breath out when we go past grass.
I swallow and breath in patterns (especially when i'm in the car)
If I stub my right toe on the stairs, I have to go back and stub my left toe with the equal amount of force
When I'm walking on a sidewalk and one foot steps on a crack, the other foot has to step on the same size crack and i keep stepping on cracks until both feet feel equal. If I dont, one feels heavier than the other.
Everything has to be symmetrical
If one finger kees doing al the typing on the keyboard, i make sure to "include the other fingers"
What do you think?
2007-09-17 14:51:39 · 13 answers · asked by Baton Twirler 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Definately sounds like OCD. I also share a few of these things with you. I am obsessed with symmetry. Things that are not lined up in straight lines or even geometrical shapes drive me crazy. I am obsessed with washing my hands until I feel that they are properly clean. If I touch something after washing my hands before I eat my food I have to start the whole process over again. I am obsessed with counting things too.
2007-09-17 14:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you function normally everyday. Sweety you have major OCD. And you didnt start out this way, I believe this can only get worse. I would suggest you read up on the subject and try to curbe your behavior yourslef and if that doesnt work see a specailist. And please dont start out thinking you need meds. That is only a temperary fix and unless you want to be popping stronger and stronger meds\drugs every year. Go with natural exersizes perscribed by the book you read or the doctor you see. And most importantly dont stress about it you've been doing this for a while take your time learning about your problem and know that there's help when you decide you want it.
2007-09-17 22:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by mishue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but a real doctor would need to check this out. Main symptoms of OCD is the need to engage is certain rituals, or checking something repeatedly. Nail biting can also be a sign of OCD. It can also occur at any age.
1 in 50 adults have OCD, and twice that many have had it at some point in their lives. Yet 1 in 13 get symptoms.
You may think no one in my family has it but its not really the type of thing that runs in families.
So this could just be a phase for you or the real thing. It's nothing to really worry about, you might want to get it checked out just to conform, someone over the internet can verify anything.
Have a nice day! :D
2007-09-17 22:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lia 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know , it might be or maby not or well i think it could be .
but then if you think about it then well, you get more and more worried that it might be, i think that if it is then we and you are in trouble and we , you, might need help, i dont know i mastrubate 12 times a day, but maby i should do it ten times a day since the metric system is more acepted, but then twelve is more than thirteen and thirteen is unlucky so i should stop now before i reach total connectivness of all things
2007-09-17 21:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do things like that all the time. Espically the evens thing, though it's always odd with me. I always have to include the parts of my body when doing something and I have to do something till it feels "right."
I don't think its OCD. mabye we're just weird.
2007-09-17 21:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do the same things pretty much it get really annoying after a while. But to answer your question yes it is good luck too you.
2007-09-17 22:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the symptoms of O.C.D. I would advise for you to see a Doctor that can diagnose you properly.
2007-09-17 21:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is clearly OCD. You need to see somebody and usually medication can help with it. It will probably only get worse the longer you wait
2007-09-17 21:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by spy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i used to do stuff like that when i was a little kid. i doubt it is real ocd, but if you refuse to let yourself do the suff to the other side then it will go away, eventually. sometime i still do it.
2007-09-17 22:03:19 · answer #9 · answered by scooter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is definitely ocd. An antidepressant will lessen a lot of your symptoms.
2007-09-17 21:58:23 · answer #10 · answered by Alabama 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋