Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - causes, symptoms & pathology

So i might have ocd..

Learning about OCD is a powerful step toward fostering kindness and offering meaningful support to those who need it. 🌱💛

Yep,OCD to me is worse than Schizophrenia because it makes you think about harming yourself and others,makes you think that you are an idiot and retarded and that you should live and fear!!!I keep felling like I don’t deserve a romantic relationship because I don’t have a romantic statues and am too nice(LIE)!!!It didn’t just come from me,it mostly came from others and especially their negative tones,that’s it nothing else!!!Mother nature is a piece of SHIT,I DON’T KNOW WHY BUT IT SUCKS!!!!!Schizophrenia,Autocannibalism,Lycanthropy(Believing that you’re an animal),Jerusalem Syndrome(Somewhat good but most of all harm),Nihilism syndrome!!!

It looks like a problem that u solved but u check it again in fear of being wrong

im still not a 100% sure if this is ocd (so if you know a lot about ocd + is patient enough to read this, please help me out here) but when I was younger (think these thoughts started at 7-8) I’d had these extremely annoying thoughts. they would basically be “do this before that or this is going to happen”. the first “do this” would be like finish eating your sandwich, finish coloring a page in the coloring book, finish brushing your hair etc. then the “before that’ll would be like before you hear someone talk, before your dad walks back into the room, etc. and the “or this is going to happen” would vary a lot. a lot of the times I didn’t even get to finish this thought because I was stressing so much to get the task done, so there was never a “or this will happen”. but it was usually like “or your family will die” and such things. one of these thoughts I remember from when I was young was “finish eating your sandwich before your dad comes back to the dining table or you have to cut yourself with the bread knife”. the worst things wasn’t being worried about the thing I said was going to happen if I didn’t do the thing, the worst thing was the extreme panic I got when I got the thought and tried completing the task. as fast as I had completed the task, I was feeling all good - even if I didn’t do it in time.
now, at 14, I still have these sometime but I don’t get as extreme panic during them and they don’t occur as often. though after learning a bit about ocd I’ve realized that I have a few other symptoms as well. Some examples are constantly pressing space and delete. like you know, pressing space (or another letter), then deleting the space, pressing space again and so on till I get satisfied. I’ve done this in pretty much every sentence that I’ve written so far. sometimes I also get the urge to press certain letters. Like if I haven’t pressed on S in a while but pressed on a bunch of other ones I’ll feel the urge to press S and wont be satisfied till I have. there’s also way more of these type of things just on the keyboard but they’re really hard to explain really. I’ll just say that writing is constantly uncomfortable because these thoughts keep coming and making me uncomfortable.
honestly I’m not even gonna say more but there is so much more to this. though I’m still unsure if it really is ocd since I know common symptoms are like worrying about hygiene and double checking stuff all the time, which I haven’t really experienced that much problems with.

sometimes I’m scared to start or do something because I’ll always feel like there’s an error even if there isn’t any id always want something to be perfect even when I know it can’t be more perfect.

OCD sucks:(

The assertion that you don’t need both obsessions and compulsions for an OCD diagnosis is incorrect and misleading. I’m not sure what might have influenced this idea to be included in this presentation.

sometimes im not sure if the "quirks" i have are cause the autism (ex. always needing an adequat amout of gum in these little bottles or ill have one piece of gum left over, always closing the curtains/shutting the blinds, cause i feel watched, always covering my ear when i sleep to my side, cause im scared of spiders crawling in) or if i have OCD.

My sister is an occupational therapist and she told me that I have OCD. I want everything to be in orrder and yes I double the double-checking of door & gate locks. It took me hours before leaving the house coz it makes me anxious if I don't check and ensure everything's ok. When I leave my things I know each arrangement and even it's angle so I will be able to tell if someone else touched my stuffs. I wonder if this has started because my mom used to check on my things and it's something that I hate a lot. I considered it as a disrespect for my privacy.

I never had a proper diagnosis from a doctor for ADHD or OCD but I have done enough research myself to believe that I have OCD and most probably ADHD too. I can't express how difficult it is to explain it to someone that my random mood swings, the deep thoughts that I often go into(creating fake scenarios in my head) creating random zone outs, or switching between different personalities every single day (being overly joyful one day to being extremely depressed and not wanting to talk to anyone on the next day or even switching personalities during the same day), or being really happy or sad about a fake scenario that I created in my head and keeping that behaviour with me for a long time, is because of a thing called OCD and not because of my childish nature. And bro...whenever I mention OCD in front of them they'll be like "Nah bro you don’t have OCD, I had OCD and I took medicines for it you just think that you have it you don’t actually have it, you're just overreacting, blah blah blah"
I legit feel like breaking their nose or something at that moment. They would never understand how it feels to feel like this for more than 8-10 years for as long as I can remember. And now since a couple of week it has been getting worse and I don’t have a slightest idea of what to do about it. I don’t feel like talking to anyone, literally anyone. Not even my best friends. It's not like I don’t miss them, I do but I just don't call them or meet them. I don't know how will I survive like this for long. Damn this fcuking OCD dude

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I have OCD. Mainly pure O. It is debilitating. I am on medicine and it helps a lot. Also, stimulants and drugs make everything worse.

Does stimming count as a ritual? Or getting really overwhelmed about something that causes you to do stimming or rituals?

I thought the full form was over cleaning disorder 💀💀

I feel like i have ocd. I bite my nails, snap and chew my pencils and everything i do HAS to be perfect. Ive been late for school a lot because i keep on redoing things like doing my shoe laces 5 times before they are perfect. I havent told my parents about this cuz i feel like asking to see a therapist seems like saying “i want all the attention to me because i want to feel better” should i tell my parents and how?

Such a weird thing

watching this to manipulate my ocd having coworker better

No to medication you can heal

I have OCD and these overwhelming thoughts has brought me to tears but with help from a therapist and pills I got past it and you can to❤

I think I suffer from this disorder.

I hate my OCD
That one wrong pixel on the screen in the video from 1 month ago is stuck in my mind💀

im here bcuz i found myself checking if i put on my coat and not someone elses when going home from school afraid of how embarresing it would be. another example is checking if i have money on me multiple times when going to stores. im not sure if i have ocd, but i noticed that my case is mostly not being sure in yourself after several checking

OCD is ruining my life

Normal people: double check
OCD: Infinite check

I suffered from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for quite some time and cured myself by struggling against it through Karma Yoga which is pursuit of excellence in action. Later I realized that OCD is a pause in the universal evolutionary timeline of human life through Nature where Nature wants to create good & perfect human beings of their own will and volition of around 3% of the population to live a life of sacrifice & tapasya (austerity) for the universal welfare of all living beings. The only solution to OCD is not fighting against Nature but obeying Nature despite the short-term pain and enjoy the resulting long-term peace - that is if Nature has placed a great cause in your life or allows you to choose to be a part of a great cause in the world.

cg5 has it.

I have my appointment in a few weeks as I’ve been thinking a LOT about life and after life and causes me anxiety, at first I thought it was depression, but then I discovered OCD, I thought it was only the obsession about cleaning, but after watching this video I realized I have OCD, Depression, depersonalization/derealization, and overthinking 😢

So basically I have OCD 😮

I think I might have ocd I do the multiple check things, intrusive thoughts of things I don’t want to think about, I will also wash my hands over and over again sometimes till my hands are dry because my hands still feel dirty or if I touch something that I think is dirty I will have to wash my hands.

I got diagnosed when I was 11, I’m 25 right now and I have a symptom that a lot of people would not think about with OCD. I cannot eat unless I have a drink because otherwise I fear I will choke. Also knowing that I have to sip the drink 4 times as a ritual (I do everything in multiples of 4) makes me run through drinks fast. Will not do drive thru because I can’t get refills. I’ve spit out food given to me without a drink because I can’t swallow it and we’re supposed to eat 3 times a day.

I was just diagnosed with OCD and I'm on the fence if it's a misdiagnosis. I want to look into "pure O" OCD because I don't find videos like this relatable and I don't think I really have any complusions or rituals, except the doctor did call me out on skipping work sometimes to clean. He explained that people with untreated ADHD will sometimes develop OCD as a result of trying to manage their ADHD symptoms, which I unequivocally do have. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and have some really intrusive thoughts and ruminations, but I just don't think its interferring with my life the way others describe it, unless I'm lacking self-awareness and writing my complusions off as "responsibility."

My problem is that my brain tells me bad stuff and threatens me if don’t touch that random statue as an example or it makes me check if i put all my food away some dog doesn’t eat it and die and i mean i like check the room 5 times or something like that so do i have ocd

My OCD is terrible since I was 8. 💀

I have OCD, the most serious case, and I always wish I could just live my life normally. I got my OCD about 3 years ago, when I was 11, and it’s just been mental pain and suffering ever since. I need to smile at a mirror every time I pass one, or “my family will d!e”. I need to bang my head and knees on doors before leaving. I need to touch every clothing item at the store. I need to tap my teeth 5 times randomly throughout the day. If I spin, I need to spin back again or else that spin will be stuck forever. I need to tap every door I see with all my fingernails. I need to continuously slam my hands on my computer shift keys and I’m not allowed to press the delete button. I’m can’t look at myself in the mirror when I’m not clothed, and I need to check my fish’s tank every 10 minutes to make sure he’s alive. I have many, many anxious thoughts: “What if this, what if that!?” And I have much much more I could not fit into this comment section. As you can tell, These things aren’t cleaning habits or anything, just useless obsessions that I can’t control. Absolutely useless and time consuming, mental torture and suffering. OCD is trapping my freedom in a cage and there’s really nothing I can do about it. It’s just a part of my life now and I really just have to suck it up and live life as happily as I can. Sorry about the ranting, I just really needed something to spread my thoughts onto. I hope you guys have a great day/night! ^^

Sometimes I get the image of a ball rolling down a ramp in my mind and it is extremely hard to get rid of, the only thing I have found that helps is physically squeezing my whole body. When it become too much or it still won't go away I often break down into tears, and the feeling of the ball rolling can be so uncomfortable that it causes physical pain. It has been happening for years with varying frequency. I don't know if it's ocd because that my only symptom. (I'm not asking for a diagnosis, just sharing)

im crying reading the comments..i cannot...i just needed a place where spmeone have the same experience

I had A LOT of compulsions for a long time when I was 10 years old, it's been a few years and I only have a few but I don't feel as bothered as I used to. Could this mean I still have OCD? because I saw that there is no cure

I feel like everything is dirty everything that other touch or that been outside then i need to clean it or disinfect it. Things isnt the same for me as for the others they see something that is clean but i see just dirt that i need to get rid of and i need to wash my hands all the time.
No doctor has confirmed that I have this disorder, but looking at everything, maybe I do

It started from the times of covid-19. Now my OCD is getting worse. I don’t touch the sink or let my shirt touch it. Whenever I go to the washroom, I wash my feet and hands. If water droplets on the floor jump and land on my skin, I wash that area with soap. I don’t touch doorknobs; I open doors with tissues. I can’t let my foot touch the ground, but if it does, I wash it with soap. No one sits on my bed because I don’t like it; if someone does, I change the bedsheet. I clean my phone whenever I come back from somewhere. When I go out, I always put my hair in a ponytail. In public, I don’t touch my hair because my hands are full of germs. When I come home, I immediately change my clothes, wash myself, and clean things. Sometimes, even when my sister hands me my cup of tea, I hold it with a tissue. There are many things I do, but my family doesn’t understand because they think I do this intentionally. I don’t have any control over myself. I really try to be normal, but it’s so hard. Sometimes they trigger my OCD, and I get angry and shout at them because they don’t understand and blame me every time.

I was looking at this to see if I can relate. My jaw dropped at the "repeating" because "something bad will happen" light switch two times, clear tabs and notifs two times, erase the message and write it or the word again, turn the faucet on twice. I realize what I'm doing and sometimes I am able to avoid it, but most of the time I just do it, and a lot of times it causes me to be slightly late. I can check if I have something with me thirty times though I know I have it...

I have a type of ocd called excoriation disorder. I feel I have to pick at imperfections or else I’ll be “unclean”. This makes me super anxious and I get scars and infections in wounds a lot. It’s not fun.

I have all of the OCD. Nowadays I usually don't even go out. I just hide at my home.

My brain keeps drawing an imaginary "8 " shape repeatedly again and again and always trying to balance the two circles of the 8 same .Most of the times its nothing serious but sometimes its really irritating and is just felt overwhelmed.Also i keep drawing imaginary things and lines most of the time by moving my left hand finger. Is this Sign of OCD?Its just really really irritating,i have been having this problem for a very long time

I do have a question. I have a lot of these… but I do have this problem where I need everything to “feel right”. Ex: everyone need to go the same way. But not just the same way, the right way. And then they need to go the same way back. Another example is that a book go around the table wrong and then I have to line it up and trace it back to go the “right way”. I don’t always get it the first try and often look weird when I’m moving my book, hands, or even walking back the way I came and tracing my foot a different way just to make it feel right. Could that be OCD too??

OCD is a horrific nightmare. It robs people who have it of their peace. However, the Prince of Peace - JESUS CHRIST is our Healer and Deliverer. OCD is NOT more powerful than the LORD JESUS. He alone can set anyone free from this tormenting mental anguish.

Thanks so much!

I had an extreme ocd like I check if my phone is charging for 50 time
and also If you want to get rid of it just IGNORE IT dont listen to him and you will get rid of it thats how I get rid of it

What type of weird thoughts y’all get ?

I am supposedly obsessed with following my daily routine of exercise and I pick up trash in the neighborhood and am compelled to “collect them all”; can’t just pick one; and have been project driven and a workaholic! Am I really OCD that needs medical attention??