OCD

[Zak]

I have OCD

• My TV volume has to be on an even number

• I check locks (like car doors, house doors) loads of times before I can walk away

I also have a routine i have to follow before bed

make sure phone is off
everything unplugged
windows closed
check behind cars, desks
check under bed covers
check walls and then ceilings
then make sure light is off ok

without it I cannot sleep I have to do it, everytime I say to myself im not going to do this tonight. I tihnk ooo ill jst do one check n end up doing them all..

I get really sad about this sometimes as i cant stop it
there are other things too but listing them wud take a while (like fridge/freezer doors)
-it doesn't consume much of my life but I have to do it

actually no im not going to tell u the rest

[RandomManJay]

I actually have quite a lot of obsessions and compulsions, I tend to write them down to see if I've developed any or lost any, I've only put half of them since the list is quite long, remember that the amount of obsessions and compulsions does not represent the severity, the time diverted and anxiety felt is what does, do not think that I have severe/extreme OCD, most of these obsessions and compulsions are kept in check because I'm the only one in control of them, no one else:

- Obsessions about the number four (drinking in patterns of 4, chewing in patterns of 4x4 etc.)
- Arranging things by colour (pens, pencils, sweets etc.)
- The handle on a pen must be in line with the writing, logo etc. on the pen
- Cutting my nails excessively, causing them to bleed most of the time
- Aligning/Centre Aligning things (e.g. shoes, paper etc.)
- My quick launch bar has to have Internet Explorer, Windows Live Messenger and iTunes in that order
- I can't have priority items on my start menu
- Windows Live Messenger has to be the first window on my taskbar
- My number locks on my cupboard have to have 666 on them when they're locked (not anything to do with Satan, I just have to have that number)
- I can't have outlet switches on, they must always be turned off when they're not in use
- I have a tendency to have to lick my hands if I touch anything wet and not knowing what it is
- I repeatedly hum over and over again because if I don't I think I'll lose my voice
- I excessively clean out my ears with cotton buds
- I have to fold my tissue in half exactly before I use it
- Touching things with both hands
- I have to start typing in a web address from the beginning again if I make a single mistake
- Cracking Knuckles (I crack them about 20 times a day and have a pattern in which I crack them)
- Hoarding deodorant cans (I have about 50 now)
- Washing routines in the shower (I usually get really hot in the shower since I have to have it on at a certain temperature, so I get out boiling hot cause I had to finish my routine)
- Excessive use of word count on Microsoft Word etc.
- Arrangement of cards in my wallet (they fell out last week and a part of me died inside)
- Arranging DVDs in alphabetical order, books in order by height, then colour, then alphabetical, apps on my iPod in alphabetical order
- Folding £notes in half exactly, keeping £5 to the left side of my wallet, £10 to the right and £20 behind the £10
- I can't touch the handle on toilets because I think I'll get contaminated, I have to use a tissue etc. to flush it.

Altogether I've lost three since I last made a list, but some have changed.

[Zak]

Yeah I have to check the toilet and I order DVDs,games etc..

Things have to be in the same place

[scott]

Mines never unplugged i leave it in 24/7 haha..

I have to have things lined up neatly, in line and color order. :/

All my clothes are color order.. and by size (XS-S to Color) My mum laughs when i spend half hour doing it every day cus she'll mess it up, just gotta do it!!!

That is not normal.

[RedStratocas]

I have OCD

• My TV volume has to be on an even number

• I check locks (like car doors, house doors) loads of times before I can walk away

I also have a routine i have to follow before bed

make sure phone is off
everything unplugged
windows closed
check behind cars, desks
check under bed covers
check walls and then ceilings
then make sure light is off ok

without it I cannot sleep I have to do it, everytime I say to myself im not going to do this tonight. I tihnk ooo ill jst do one check n end up doing them all..

I get really sad about this sometimes as i cant stop it
there are other things too but listing them wud take a while (like fridge/freezer doors)
-it doesn't consume much of my life but I have to do it

actually no im not going to tell u the rest

you dont have ocd. all of those things are legitimate things to actually check before you go to bed. when you have ocd, the things you do are completely irrelevant. if you have to walk exactly 6 steps to get to your bed every night, or if you have to touch every single wood panel on your floor - thats ocd. making sure your windows are locked isnt ocd. that would be like saying people who brush their teeth every night before they go to bed have ocd.

being organized isnt ocd either.

[N-Dubz]

why is everyone convinced they have OCD.

[myke]

My parents got in contact with my doctor ages ago when I wouldn't sleep in my room for a week because someone else had slept in there and changed everything around...

I have this thing where the blinds have to be turned a certain way, my pillows have to be in a certain arrangement, nothing in my room can be moved, if it does, it goes back to the exact spot where it was, curtains have to be folded up against my radiator, only certain lights in my room off of electrical items are on when I go to bed- if there's an extra one then I get out of bed and turn it off. Everything has to be in the exact same place, nothing in my room is ever moved. If it is, I won't sleep in it until I feel fit to make it back to how it was. It really distresses me when it's not exact. The only time I allow myself to move anything in my room is if I get something new for it, whether it's a picture, a packet of pins, anything, then I allow myself to slightly shuffle things. I clean my room every saturday.

I'm only posting because when my mum spoke to the doctor he said it sounds like OCD... :]

edit: needed to sort ma punctuation

[5,5]

Everyones saying that people really dont have ocd but I'm pretty sure I do because when I dont do things I get a feeling in my hand and I have to do it before the feeling goes away

[today]

That is not normal.

shutup =[[[

[scott]

shutup =[[[

Sorry SIR!

my rooms always a mess so yh.

sammeth