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Um, hi, I want help... Ok, i have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which means you're really obsessed with doing things like washing your hands and taking a bath like so many times a day just to get rid of germs (yeah you need to). But sometimes you just do it even if you don't need to. I am also obsessive about locking doors. I think this can turn into depression. I'm trying to fight it. I don't wanna tell anyone but my really close friends cause I don't like expressing myself. And I wouldn't like taking pills or anything cause my mom is a nurse and she said that sometimes it can make it worse. How can i stop myself from doing things i don't really want to do. I do it even though i don't really want to cause I just force myself to. Soo... please give me your advice! I need help!
~Shy girl~
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Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health?
I have OCD as well. Mine, however, manifests itself with the immense need to see things done properly, completely devoid of stupidity. Unfortunately, there isn't much of a repreive from this. Now, while that may be only one symptom of the mental illness, and only one of them, it will not go away untreated. While I may not be a doctor, I don't really see any evidence of a person with such a mental illness ever freeing themselves from without any help whatsoever. Should you really wish to be free of it, I must suggest you go on medication. Granted, you mother is mostly right; ninety-nine times out of one hundred, you will see the person's personality change as a result of the medication that they are taking. Thusly, I'm afraid you will have to come to terms with this, and take some medication, or suck it up and bathe three times a day.
Sorry.
Also, I find it quite disturbing that one should call it a "mental illness" merely becuase its not the norm.
Yay society.
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Well, I don't have OCD, but I do have an obsession with shutting doors, if its a crack open, nope, not good enough, lol. But anyway, you should talk to your mom, instead of your close friends being expressed to with your feelings, you should start to with your mom, because the more you do it, the easier it gets.
-TheTeenGirl
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Dear shy girl, ok, my opinon is that you are posesed to be safe. your body peatrates your mind into thinking that you are not safe. you probably wash your self b/c your mind is tricking you into thinking that you have to many germs on your body . and by always locking doors your mind tricks you into thinking that your not safe alone or some one might come into your house and try to rape you or hurt you in a way.like crimenals.
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You need ongoing help and support - we can't supply that here.
First off, make sure that you're really OCD by getting a psychiatrists diagnosis. They can also discuss medication, it's success rates, and it's side effects with you. It may be the right thing for you, it may not be. You, your mother, and the doctor will all have to come to an agreement on that. I do know that there is a correlation between OCD and depression, but I'm pretty sure that OCD doesn't turn into depression.
Mental illness tends to be the sort of thing you can't fight alone. I would suggest going to a psychologist and/or support group. A psychologist can help you develop a personalized plan to help you control your OCD tendencies and to keep them from interfering with your life. Make sure than when you pick out your psychologist, they know that you want one who will actively help you change your behavior, not one who's main method of treatment is to help you process your thoughts.
Good luck.
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hell, i have been told by my exwife i was the same. i used to take zoloft and now take lexapro. look into a mild sedative called hydroxine. it may help. you have done well by acknowldeging your problem. i think a few of those things you do aint that bad. everyone has quirks. its what makes you YOU. as for your nurse mother...shame on her. sometimes drugs do work. you have to try to know. just know i am in the same boat (with depression no less) and i care. i know first hand the frustration of doing things and feeling mad, bad, sad, glad, and not knowing why. feeling helpless to what you think is a disease but is probably a minor abnomality or chemical imbalace. have faith, young one.
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