OCD
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- ********0
but if i respond twice by mistake, the next post I make has to be tripled.
- ********0
but if i respond twice by mistake, the next post I make has to be tripled.
- ********0
but if i respond twice by mistake, the next post I make has to be tripled.
- ********0
phew. i can relax now.
- bolus0
I just can't let skt get away with that
- bolus0
I just can't let skt get away with that
- bolus0
I just can't let skt get away with that
- bolus0
I just can't let skt get away with that
- kingjulien0
this thread has winner written all over it.
- Jaline0
Obsessions are defined by:
1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.
2. The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.
3. The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.
4. The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind, and are not based in reality.
5. The tendency to haggle over small details that the viewer is unable to fix or change in any way. This begins a mental pre-occupation with that which is inevitable.
Compulsions are defined by:
1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.
In addition to these criteria, at some point during the course of the disorder, the sufferer must realize that his/her obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive. Moreover, the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning. OCD often causes feelings similar to those of depression.
- bolus0
I had to read that twice, can you imagine how difficult my life is
- Jaline0
Symptoms may include some, all, or perhaps none of the following:
[ ] Repeated hand-washing.
[ ] Repeated clearing of the throat, although nothing may need to be cleared.
[ ] Specific counting systems—e.g. counting in groups of four, arranging objects in groups of three, grouping objects in odd/even numbered groups, etc.
[ ] One serious symptom which stems from this is "counting" steps, e.g. feeling the necessity to take twelve steps to the car in the morning.
[ ] Perfectly aligning objects at complete, absolute right angles, or aligning objects perfectly parallel etc. This symptom is shared with OCPD and can be confused with this condition unless it is realized that in OCPD it is not stress-related.
[ ] Having to "cancel out" bad thoughts with good thoughts. Examples of bad thoughts are:
- Imagining harming a child and having to imagine a child playing happily to cancel it out.
- Sexual obsessions or unwanted sexual thoughts. Two classic examples are fear of being homosexual or fear of being a pedophile. In both cases, sufferers will obsess over whether or not they are genuinely aroused by the thoughts.
[ ] A fear of contamination; some sufferers may fear the presence of human body secretions such as saliva, sweat, tears, vomit, or mucus, or excretions such as urine or feces. Some OCD sufferers even fear that the soap they're using is contaminated.
[ ] A need for both sides of the body to feel even. A person with OCD might walk down a sidewalk and step on a crack with the ball of their left foot, then feel the need to step on another crack with the ball of their right foot. If one hand gets wet, the sufferer may feel very uncomfortable if the other is not. These symptoms are also experienced in a reversed manner. Some sufferers would rather things to be uneven, favoring the preferred side of the body.
[ ] An obsession with numbers (be it in math class, watching TV, or in the room). Some people are obsessed with even numbers while loathing odd numbers (they cause them a great deal of anxiety and often make the person uncomfortable or even angry) or vice versa.
- bolus0
also, on my way to the supermarket I pass two second hand bookstores, one on each side of the road, I when they're open, I have to go in, and I have to buy a book
- bolus0
damn you jaline
- Jaline0
A more simple list:
Some common obsessions include:
[ ] Fear of being contaminated by germs or dirt.
[ ] Fear of causing harm to oneself or others.
[ ] Intrusive sexually explicit or violent thoughts and images.
[ ] Excessive focus on religious or moral ideas.
[ ] Fear of losing or not having things you might need.
[ ] Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.”
[ ] Superstitions: excessive attention to something considered lucky or unlucky.Some common compulsive behaviors are:
[ ] excessive double-checking
[ ] counting
[ ] hand washing
[ ] cleaning
[ ] ordering/arranging
[ ] touching
[ ] praying
[ ] hoarding
- bolus0
praying, hehe
- Jaline0
My checklist...
[ ] Fear of being contaminated by germs or dirt.
[ ] Fear of causing harm to oneself or others.
[x] Intrusive sexually explicit or violent thoughts and images.
[ ] Excessive focus on religious or moral ideas.
[x] Fear of losing or not having things you might need.
[X] Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.”
[ ] Superstitions: excessive attention to something considered lucky or unlucky.Some common compulsive behaviors are:
[x] excessive double-checking (used to do this more often; it's not so bad anymore. I just tell myself to shut the hell up, stop thinking too much and leave the house before I go back to check)
[x] counting
[ ] hand washing
[x] cleaning (not obsessively)
[x] ordering/arranging
[ ] touching
[ ] praying
[] hoardingMy mother is EXCESSIVELY OCD and requires us to check everything 50 times before we go anywhere, and also has to constantly be cleaning something when she's not doing something else.
I'm glad I recognize my symptoms and have controlled some of them.
- ribit0
A need to re-order other peoples lists so they are in the right order.
[ ] Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.”
[ ] Superstitions: excessive attention to something considered lucky or unlucky.
[ ] Fear of being contaminated by germs or dirt.
[ ] Fear of causing harm to oneself or others.
[ ] Intrusive sexually explicit or violent thoughts and images.
[ ] Excessive focus on religious or moral ideas.
[ ] Fear of losing or not having things you might need.
- ribit0
oh, that should be..
[ ] ordering/arranging
[ ] Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.”
[ ] Superstitions: excessive attention to something considered lucky or unlucky.
[ ] Fear of being contaminated by germs or dirt.
[ ] Fear of causing harm to oneself or others.
[ ] Intrusive sexually explicit or violent thoughts and images.
[ ] Excessive focus on religious or moral ideas.
[ ] Fear of losing or not having things you might need.
- ribit0
no, wait...
[ ] ordering/arranging
[ ] Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.”thats all we need really.