Does anyone have OCD? : Obsessive compulsive disorder

I personally wouldn't say I have OCD; Although I am sure people who know me may disagree. A few of my 'quirks' include..
Having to have matching cutlery, I have a 'tidy' shopping trolly. I am that annoying person blocking the aisle so I can reorganize my trolly so it looks 'just right', I always buy two of everything. I am a stickler for routine, I don't do well with change at all. I also have to have things lined up and tidy.
As I said, Not OCD just quirky.
 
I've often questioned myself as I'm a little tidy obsessive whereas the rest of my family aren't. I like things back in their place and the place looking tidy. But OCD? No.

I know someone with OCD. It takes her 15 minutes to walk away from her front door and in that time she's constantly pulling at the door to see if it's shut. Her house is spotless without a speck of dust anywhere and she follows you with a vacuum cleaner or anti-bacterial wipe.

It's very sad to see indeed :(
 
These people who spend ages checking their front doors....why don't they just get locks that lock when you shut the door?! I've never had to worry about the door being locked because door shut = door locked.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
These people who spend ages checking their front doors....why don't they just get locks that lock when you shut the door?! I've never had to worry about the door being locked because door shut = door locked.
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Hehe, well for me - I grew up in a house in which it was door shut = door locked.

But once moving around while renting I had to get used to switching between having to check & never having to think about it - I can see why this would make some over-cautious.

My only problem is stuff I do automatically, I'll turn off the oven & walk out the room - but as I don't specifically remember turning it off I'll feel the need to check.

I don't think this is anything like OCD, just being a little over-cautious - as it only applies to things with a potential consequence (such as a burglary, fire etc)
 
Hah well I know that I've left the oven on, on occasion. When I was in halls I woke up one day to find a nice black disk in the oven - a pizza that I'd forgotten to eat (damn) that had been cooked all night.
 
A few years ago I suffered from depression which led to OCD tendancies. I went to CBT classes and was on medication for the above.

I'm not sure whether medication or CBT had much of an impact on me getting over my issues, however I feel exercise did.

In my personal experience it's all mind over matter and telling yourself no regardless of how important it is to follow your rituals. Don't get me wrong, I still find my mind wondering on to certain subjects, thinking in certain patterns but as soon as I recognise it I just have to give myself a mental slap, say no, and suppress the thoughts.
 
bigjonnyauk said:
am suprised by some of the ignorenant people on this thread regards ocd and its not really a big thing ..

my 16 year old lad has it and has been diagnosed with it and is on medication for it and its runed his life so far

just some of the things that are daily for him

every time he watches tv the volume has to be even and then he has to up and down the volume by one twenty times and end it on even

has to have 3 towels to dry himself

has to say 5 sentances to himself when he wakes up

has to ask questions to me and the wife in the middle of the night and also does not sleep early as he hears voices in his head

the voices are natural to ocd sufferers as it is these voices that tell the person either they or someone in their family will die if the rituals are not carried out :(

ocd will also get worse when that person feels stressed or under pressure which can lead to self harming also

its not nice guys but you get use to living with someone who has it
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I don't see how any of those examples could ruin someones life. They might be slightly inconvenient or annoying but how he can still live a normal life.
 
OCD can be seriously debilitating for some sufferers. A lovely lady I went to university with had to quit her job in the first year due to the hygiene issues she felt she couldn't deal with (she was a nurse.)

Here is an example of someone in the public eye with OCD:

http://youtu.be/usAjgC-Dxpo
 
I work in a secure hospital on a male autistic/LD/forensic unit (crazy mix I know). We have one guy who every day has to eat a cheese sandwich for tea and at every meal time he has to be given exactly 3 tissues. At certain times of the day, meal times for example he will walk up an down the corridors to the dining room over and over and if anyone gets in the way of this routine he has to start again. When he washes he scrubs his body so much that his hands are red raw.

He doesn't understand anything but his own life. For example in the past he stabbed two carers in the neck because they got in the way of his routine and it caused him so much anxiety. The attitude of 'That's upsetting me, i'll get rid of it' without any thought of other people.

Granted, it's extreme but OCD can take turns like that depending on the person and other mental disorders they may have. Its really interesting.
 
Adam said:
I don't see how any of those examples could ruin someones life. They might be slightly inconvenient or annoying but how he can still live a normal life.
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OCD is a chronic illness that in it's worst forms can ruin lives and sometimes lead to suicide. It can also significantly affect the lives of family members. Imagine living in constant terror that something awful will happen if you don't do X or Y in an specific, particular order. In many or most cases it can be treated and/or managed with a lot of hard work, but it may never truly go away. It could always be there in the background, waiting to resurface, in those situations you just have to learn to manage relapses.

People just don't seem to understand that obsessions and compulsions are not merely an inconvenience to the sufferer, they are experiencing extreme levels of anxiety and fear, which they know is irrational, but are powerless to control. They aren't thinking, "oh, this is slightly inconvenient, here I go again", they are thinking something along the lines of "my family will die horribly if I don't do this perfectly" along with all the horrible images and feelings that come with it.
 
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The term ocd is now a term used by people whom see themselves as particular or picky.

An actual ocd is much more destructive and is a genuine mental health disorder. It can be very debilitating to suffers.

Just wanting to have things neat and in order is not ocd. Having panic attacks, anxiety and serious stress due to these things is, they are often linked to other personality or mh disorders and are not really a joke.

It annoys me when people say lolz ocd when it's just them trying to act as if they are cool by having one. It's not funny when it's so limiting you can't leave the house or have panic attacks about simple things.

I am not ocd in anyway but I am aware of the real definition and not the mock of the phrase currently bounded around.
 
Adam said:
I don't see how any of those examples could ruin someones life. They might be slightly inconvenient or annoying but how he can still live a normal life.
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They are just a few mate he can't go out on his own someone has to be with him. There are loads of other things he has to do yes it does not destroy his life and he won't die but there is not a lot he can do he can't work he can't go college he can't go out with his mates as he gets to nervous and has to do a lot of stuff when out also he has also self harmed a couple of times because that's way he thinks if he harms himself then me or his mum won't die . we did have it under control to for a year or two but it's now resurfaced worse than ever and the cognitive therapy is not working so good and his medication. Is giving him high blood pressure so they have reduced it which is making his old worse

So he has a lot of appointments a the minute
 
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dirtychinchilla said:
These people who spend ages checking their front doors....why don't they just get locks that lock when you shut the door?! I've never had to worry about the door being locked because door shut = door locked.
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Because the way a brain of an ocd works, like myself is you don't actually trust that it is locked. Your brain can almost blank out the sound of the locking as if it never happened. Thus you re-open the door and shut it again to make sure, but even this might be enough

I'll not say how bad it's become with me and plug sockets :o


Looking back I remember this kid having OCD as everything he said, he'd repeat it in a soft whisper, was really strange at the time. But then his dad was dead and his step dad was a ****, so high depression etc
 
theNude said:
The term ocd is now a term used by people whom see themselves as particular or picky.

An actual ocd is much more destructive and is a genuine mental health disorder. It can be very debilitating to suffers.

Just wanting to have things neat and in order is not ocd. Having panic attacks, anxiety and serious stress due to these things is, they are often linked to other personality or mh disorders and are not really a joke.

It annoys me when people say lolz ocd when it's just them trying to act as if they are cool by having one. It's not funny when it's so limiting you can't leave the house or have panic attacks about simple things.

I am not ocd in anyway but I am aware of the real definition and not the mock of the phrase currently bounded around.
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Good Summary. I personally do not have OCD but have friends who do and for them its debilitating as you said.
 
God my ocd is so bad, I have to literally wash my hands with soap every time before a meal. And if I leave a clingon in the toilet, I can't leave until I wipe it off with the brush. And sometimes I wash my hands before and after taking a wizz. Mental
 
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