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OCD...
Hello! My name is Steven, and I have a small issue. I have realised that I have OCD.
While I don't wash my hands for 3 hours or make sure everything is perfect, I am finding that I have a lot of tendancies to do such things. One thing that I find doing is trying to make sure that everything is even. My socks must be all the way up, and at the same level, or they must be adjusted. My books must be at the same angle to the floor... My Music stand must always be closer to the window than my bookbag, etc.
It wasn't until last Friday that I realised I might have it. I was in Gym, and we did some weird hand motion thingy. It involved banging hands on the seats, and it had about 3 more left hand slams than right hand slams. So, I slammed my hand down 3 times to even it out. This girl looked at me strangely, and I was shocked that she did not find that normal. I asked if she ever got that, and she was jokingly like "Steve, that's called OCD."
I had been suggested with having it before. I have had urges to jump off high places or run into trafic, yet not to die. Just to try it. And I was suggested to seek a doctor's medical attention as I may have OCD. So, I told this girl about this. Her guy friend asks if I have tendancies to want everything perfect, even though I obviously make no attempt to, which is true. So I said "yes". Immediately, they both said "You have OCD."
I took a few tests online. Out of 40, I scored 25 points. 12 points and above say that you most likely have OCD, see a doctor.
I cannot see a doctor, however, as my parents will not bring me to one. It took them 6 months to believe that I had tendinitis in my knee when it obviously was visable.
My question is how do I deal with this? Is there a type of home treatment I can do to deal with it? Or am I stuck?
Thank You. I love you all.
Steven
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Yeah, you do have ocd. And when these people are answering your question with "you need to not do it" .. i understand it`s not that easy. You can't control your actions with ocd without help, you can try to, and they might go away for awhile, but they`ll eventually just come back. get help before you start getting worse, because the anxiety in the obsessive thoughts will cause you to have MORE compulsive actions, and you really don't want that because then they turn into habits/rituals. You need medicine, If you don't treat it, it`ll just get worse. Some people grow out of it, but that`s very rare. Try to see a doctor. OCD meds work wonders usually. Good luck.
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That sounds like acute OCD. Since you're not paranoid about every little detail, it's only acute. If your parents aren't going to listen to you about it, then you need to take it into your own hands.
Try distracting yourself from it. Whenever you have an urge, do something with your hands. Keep yourself busy, and slowly those urges will fade away, and then it won't be as bad.
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That's definitely OCD.
I have it, and it can be a bugger to deal with sometimes.
I sometimes have urges to count all of my pencils. I have to count them over and over and over again and make sure I've counted them correctly, because if I haven't, I'm going to die. I have to lock and unlock doors repeatedly. My rugs have to be at specific angles to desks and furniture in my room. I have to have my books in an exact, specific order or I can't stand to sit still.
Believe me, I really understand where you're coming from.
All you can do is just make yourself not do it. It's really hard at first, but you have to force yourself to refrain from it. Count to 10, count to 20, count until the urge goes away. Read a book or listen to music, that usually helped me. If you're a Christian, pray.
Just distract yourself from it, and eventually your urges will go away.
If you need any help/support with this, I'll be happy to help you out.
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Yeah. The home treatment is...just hold back from doing it.
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