Is there some of you guys that suffer from OCD ? If so, which type of OCD do you have ? Are they "soft" or severe ? How do you manage it day by day ?
I'm personally suffering from it since many years now, I think we can consider mine (my obsessions/compulsions) as severes. At the moment, I'm unable to properly follow classes, I've miss two years in College because of that. And I'm currently under medications (Sertralin 150-200mg per day), it helps sometimes my state of mind, but it doesn't really allow me to manage the illness in itself.
OCD just describes a set of habits that constantly weigh on people and make life uneasy at a pathological level. What's wrong with that description if plenty of things could fit that description?
Landon Parker
There is nothing wrong, but it will always have some dudes who didn't even reach highschool that will explain to you how mental illnesses are just "products of mind"
Hudson Hughes
I have classic OCD and also OCPD. I have obsessions and compulsions. obsessions are horrible anxieties that plague me that can happen randomly or be caused by things in my surroundings. compulsions basically cause retarded twitching and acting like a fool until the anxiety goes away. OCPD means that sometimes I get upset and go through rituals without the anxiety, like getting upset if I can't eat the exact meal I want or go to bed at the time I want, and I have to have certain things in certain places laid out just right. like the OP image suggests OCD can get weird with other disorders because I also have bipolar 1.
What is the cause of your anxiety ? Me for instance, I'm obsessed with cleanliness, it's just like the whole world is nasty and I have to be careful about each and everyone of my contacts with objects, persons and environment. ex: when someone brush me when walking, I have to wipe off with my hand on the spot which has been in contact, otherwise my mind "tells" me that the stain will "expand" somehow, that it it will become permanent if I do not act quickly. I can't really explain how it make me feel, the closest thing I can say to illustrate is that it's just like you were falling in some shit : if you do not clean your clothes thereafter, it will be soaked by the the smell, the tissue will be entrenched by the stain and your apparel will be busted forever.
Then, concerning your compulsions, what do you mean by "acting like a fool"?
Nolan Stewart
>What is the cause of your anxiety? some things will pop into my head out of nothing, like a need to sniff my nose because it feels runny. if it's from the environment like getting a smear of mud from falling I will have huge anxiety about the spread of the mud until I am contaminated and all the clean things I use will have mud on them. things can get out of hand because if it is a grass stain instead of mud I have obsessive doubts that it is still filthy even when I am sure it is not. >Then, concerning your compulsions, what do you mean by "acting like a fool"? picking at my eyebrow hair or using my shirt to wipe down a pen I dropped on the floor at work. if people see me twitching they think I'm a weirdo but if they see other compulsions I see a look of genuine confusion. >my mind "tells" me this is a improper explanation and you will confuse the lurkers. even when I know I have an irrational anxiety it still feels like an organic anxiety just the same as fretting over a job interview.
I feel the need to commit to rituals if things don't feel "right". (Ex. I constantly rewrite sentences, reread sentences,basically redo any action).The medication i've been prescribed kind of helped but they brought too many negative side effects that i stopped using them (mainly diarrhea and lightheadedness).
This OCD makes my life very difficult to live although it has surprisingly brought some benefits. I am a perfectionist with a good eye for detail. This is really helpful for the career i would like to get into.
Elijah Ramirez
I have ocd but its mostly all mental, dont really have any physical compulsions but my obsessions can last months. Really sucks
