Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Options

[onenonly101]

nooo that's just perfectionism..lol

[crazeegirl411]

if i kick or stub or do something to one foot I HAVE TO do it to the other... i don't know why, plus i have this thing where when i walk and there are lines in the ground when i step with my right foot it has to be before the line and vice versa with the left foot... i know i'm wierd

EXACTLY. That's me! We both have really slight OCD, but not enough to be saying we have it

[SoaDyPOP]

I shave my armpits on average 3 times a day - when I first wake up, after I get home from school, and before I go to bed. About 20 minutes after I shave, I feel a really strong urge to shave them again. My armpits are getting really dried out & painful...do I have OCD??

[brooker0che]

ah this topic is really bothering me b.c soo many people don't get it. it's so frustrating when people think that your average things that bother you at times automatically mean that you have a mental disorder.
believe me. you KNOW when you have. i had to go to my mom at age 13 telling i think i have a problem. i take 6 pills in total a day. and it sucks. i am thinking of making a xanga just recording my ocd updates,tips,ideas,thoughts, etc. for those who also need advice concerning this confusing disorder.
i am in the process of relapsing and im going to my therapist soon to get a stronger dosage of meds.
guys, it sucks. it kept me up at night for hours on end. it was embarrassing when other people would notice me fixing things. when people ask me what kinds of things i would do, they would look at me like, "are you kidding me?" and no. im not. it may seem odd and/or funny. but its hell. im sorry, i just needed to get that out.
if you need to contact me regarding this, please do so.

[*jooleeah*]

if i kick or stub or do something to one foot I HAVE TO do it to the other... i don't know why, plus i have this thing where when i walk and there are lines in the ground when i step with my right foot it has to be before the line and vice versa with the left foot... i know i'm wierd

Same here =X I thought i was the only one. But i'm pretty sure we don't have OCD. It's just more of a habit.

brooker0che Posted on Nov 21 2004, 12:09 AM
  ah this topic is really bothering me b.c soo many people don't get it. it's so frustrating when people think that your average things that bother you at times automatically mean that you have a mental disorder.
believe me. you KNOW when you have. i had to go to my mom at age 13 telling i think i have a problem. i take 6 pills in total a day. and it sucks. i am thinking of making a xanga just recording my ocd updates,tips,ideas,thoughts, etc. for those who also need advice concerning this confusing disorder.
i am in the process of relapsing and im going to my therapist soon to get a stronger dosage of meds.
guys, it sucks. it kept me up at night for hours on end. it was embarrassing when other people would notice me fixing things. when people ask me what kinds of things i would do, they would look at me like, "are you kidding me?" and no. im not. it may seem odd and/or funny. but its hell. im sorry, i just needed to get that out.
if you need to contact me regarding this, please do so. 

^
Read what brooke just wrote. This describes what OCD actually is.

[Teesa]

if i kick or stub or do something to one foot I HAVE TO do it to the other... i don't know why, plus i have this thing where when i walk and there are lines in the ground when i step with my right foot it has to be before the line and vice versa with the left foot... i know i'm wierd

omygosh..same here, with the whole lines on the ground..wow..but i don't think thats OCD

[JlIaTMK]

no i dont have OCD.... eh.... i think its odd how they recieve it but i duno :/

[Gypsy Eyes]

ah this topic is really bothering me b.c soo many people don't get it. it's so frustrating when people think that your average things that bother you at times automatically mean that you have a mental disorder.
believe me. you KNOW when you have. i had to go to my mom at age 13 telling i think i have a problem. i take 6 pills in total a day. and it sucks. i am thinking of making a xanga just recording my ocd updates,tips,ideas,thoughts, etc. for those who also need advice concerning this confusing disorder.
i am in the process of relapsing and im going to my therapist soon to get a stronger dosage of meds.
guys, it sucks. it kept me up at night for hours on end. it was embarrassing when other people would notice me fixing things. when people ask me what kinds of things i would do, they would look at me like, "are you kidding me?" and no. im not. it may seem odd and/or funny. but its hell. im sorry, i just needed to get that out.
if you need to contact me regarding this, please do so.

i agree with her ^

i also have ocd, though it isn't a severe case. i highly doubt any of you have ocd. just odd habits and pet peeves

[gigiopolis]

Well, let's see.

I can never sleep with my neck exposed, or my neck stretched out so that my nerve/artery thing sticks out...Because I'm afraid someone will cut my neck and blood will spew all over.

Yes, I'm weird.

[teenprincess]

Whenever I'm walking with a friend she has to be on a certain side or it just feels weird, and I'll make her switch with me.

[mysticbreeze]

I'm obsessed with neatness and organization It's not ocd though.

[PinkTrash]

everyones obsessed really. its not always a disorder.
Im always obsessed with one thing or another O.O from a guy to lyke a band or something/

[vivieeeen]

hm.. does this count?

whenever i use a spoon, i have to put it on the right side of the plate/bowl/whatever first, wait 3 seconds, then touch it with my index finger first, then my thumb. Then i pig out.

if i don't i'll throw tantrums..

ok.. is throwing tantrums when things don't go your way a disorder?

.... is that's what it's about?

[ANG33ZY]

My mom tells me i'm obsessive compulsive cause I love shoes. sigh.

[MackSoda]

I shave my armpits on average 3 times a day - when I first wake up, after I get home from school, and before I go to bed. About 20 minutes after I shave, I feel a really strong urge to shave them again. My armpits are getting really dried out & painful...do I have OCD??

He..heh...Would you get mad if I laughed at that?

I don't think I have OCD, I think I have obsessive habits, like the worst one is when I'm using the volume on the TV, I have to have it on a number divisible by 5 (10, 15, 25) and It drives me crazy.

But my sis is more OCD. She keeps re-arranging the furniture in her house AND MINE like every week, and she has to wipe down everything. She's a neat freak.

[[x].j.u.l.i.e.[x...]

i have to do everything 7 times
- well usually
or when im walking and i touch soemthing and there is more than one is have to touch them all even if it means going out of my way
edit// its not ocd but its crazy

[*Azarel*]

What it is: NOT AN INFATUATION WITH SOMEONE. But rather:

In OCD, it is as though the brain gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can't let go.

Yeah, so I have mild case of it. I swear, it's so stupid. The one thing that irks me the most is my post count; it has to be a multiple of five when I log off. If it's not, I force myself to post until it is a multiple of five before leaving.

What are you obsessive-compulsive about?

[Heathasm]

i used to have this really bad, lol. i pulled all my eyelashes out once then moved to my eyebrows and made a bald spot on my head lmao. i was in 4-5 grade. my steps have to be an even number in between cracks when i walk, and i count in 1,2's. some times when i open doors i have to do it 2 or 4 times o_o but im getting better. i repeat alot of things in my head and some times i start to say it again without having much control over it. alot of things have to end on an even number ~_~

[gelionie]

I'll just talk about my OCD when using the computer:

I must go to xanga and BE ON xanga from the moment when I start using the computer til I get offline.

[demolished]

at least my post count is 0.1 more per week.

while working on Xanga, i open notepad, photobucket, Ms paint, Ms word, createblog, website tracker, and tons of website that supports xanga.

[starlette]

Wow I am ocd about a lot of things. Like, I have to say it outloud if the clock if it is on my birthday. When I organise my music it all has to be Artis space - space title. If its not perfectly even it drives me nutz. I walk a path around my house in a path when I talk on the phone, and I con't stop if I'm speaking. it weird. OH! And if someone around me quotes a movie even one word wrong I have to correct them. I also will not leave the house without matching to the t. You will never see me in pink flip flops and a red shirt. I mean, it goes down to ponytail holders. And I hate it when feet touch me. I pull hair out of my eyebrows too. And I have a problem with never leaving my toenails alone. I constantly rip them off. I take tweezers and nail clippers to them all the time. I even had to have surgery cuz of my ingrown toenail. But I still eff with em. Aah I'm so weird.

[*Azarel*]

When I organise my music it all has to be Artis space - space title.  If its not perfectly even it drives me nutz.

I'm obsessive compulsive about that one too. If the tags don't appear perfectly in windows media player, I freak out. I have them all sorted by folder and artist too.

[*stephinika*]

anna - i'm like that about my post count too! XD
and about my music, i have to have it that way too, the artist space dash space title, it drives me nuts if it isn't. hm what else...i'm always cutting my toe/fingernails unless i get my nails done...its horrible. there's more, but i can't think of them right now. ooh, on msn, i always have to have my 'special' group of people open (the group that i always talk to) otherwise, it drives me nuts...and the main window has to be on a certain spot on the screen and a certain size, same with my chat windows.
and there's more...but yeah. i'll stop there.

[starlette]

okay so feel this widdle bitty bit better about my terrible habits. Also (i just thought of another) I have all my dcs and dvds and computer games in these cd binders. Unlike normal people who have them in alphabetical order, I have them in categories. Like all will smith movies together. All marilyn monroe movies, all anime, all disney movies, all comedies etc. And my computer games are categorized by type like sim games, board games, etc. Its really bad, cuz only I can find anything in there. Everyone else gets confused. I do it because I'm usually in the mood for something specific, and its hard to find it when its alphabetical!! *sigh* they should lock me up.

[The-Mach-Hare]

i used to have this really bad, lol. i pulled all my eyelashes out once then moved to my eyebrows and made a bald spot on my head lmao. i was in 4-5 grade. my steps have to be an even number in between cracks when i walk, and i count in 1,2's. some times when i open doors i have to do it 2 or 4 times o_o but im getting better. i repeat alot of things in my head and some times i start to say it again without having much control over it. alot of things have to end on an even number ~_~

ahh i know how you feel. i repeat things over and over in my head and everything i do i usually end up redoing. i tend to seem like i have deja vu a lot.