- Date posted
- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
I would say no. Usually obsession in ocd are things that cause anxiety
- Date posted
- 6y
Well I mean the negative side of OCD causes anxiety....like I heard a lot of high level athletes have ocd, which causes them to drill and practice and think about their sport obsessively....so I think people with ocd may have tunnel vision a lot of the time, plus we’re lost in our heads so much of the time....I’m pretty much constantly obsessing about something, like a tv show or a project or a new hobby...the thing is obsessing about a tv show doesn’t cause me any distress so it’s not a negative thing
- Date posted
- 6y
I Would say no! OCD always involve unwanted thoughts that make you feel scared and anxious. Im also a big harry Potter fan and at times, that was almost all I thought about! But it passes, so ENJOY this time you are "obsessing" about this amazing Story and try to get something out of it, like creating something or analyzing more the books and what they teach. I loved every thing about dementors and how you fight them... At times my anexiety was a dementor sucking my joy of life and I did my own patronum thinking about my most happiest powerful moments and that helped... Even I know this is not the correct way to fight OCD, this helps.
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- 6y
Gotcha ok
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- Date posted
- 21w
I have a lot of compulsions that seem hoarding-esque but I can’t figure out which subtype of OCD they fall under. The two major drivers of this for me seem to be a fear that I will forget about them or the memories attached to them or that the things and their significance will be lost to time, and that I might need or want them in the future. I compulsively make lists of things (ex. things I like, things I don’t like, who I am, the contents of my ideal fridge - very plain with lots of fruit) just in case. I heart nearly every song I hear on Spotify (except the ones I actively strongly dislike, of which there are not many) just in case I will forget about them later on (and because I feel guilty about not hearting the song and supporting the artist if I have no valid reason not to but that’s a whole other can of worms). I have a couple containers of “good” boxes of all shapes and sizes that I’ve collected that, as it turns out, I never actually look at or use. When I was very little, before my family and I knew I had OCD, I had a “sticker book” in which I would put every sticker I ever got - because I didn’t like the idea of putting them on anything that I might lose access to. I even found my mother’s stamps and obsessively put one of each kind in my sticker book (there were soo many, it took me hours). I have trouble letting go of things, especially if I have any sort of memory attached to it whatsoever. Because, my mind says, what if I forget? My camera roll consists, in large part, of an enormous amount of screenshots of far too many little things that I encounter, and it is extremely rare that I actually look back at them. But the other data I was looking for something I thought I took a screenshot of and I couldn’t find it, so this compulsion is back and much worse. On my computer I can’t open the photos app without it crashing and the number of screenshots I have on there is shown in eight digits. I also have tens of thousands of tabs open in my browser at any given moment (I can’t close them, what if I forget?). I really wish I were exaggerating. I also take an excessive amount of photos of many things throughout my day (I counted once and I took 46 pictures of the same tree when I went on a walk). These are just some little examples of how this obsession manifests in me and my life. Does anyone else experience something similar? I’d love to hear about it.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 15w
Not sure if this is OCD or ADHD or both, but sometimes I get really stuck on a topic to the point that it's obsessive and somewhat debilitating but still fun. Does anyone else get caught up on random topics (in a slightly unhealthy way)? This part of my mental health issues is one I don't mind as it has contributed a lot of joy to me through different fandoms and groups in my life. Just curious what obsessions (positive) you guys have and if you consider it a blessing, a curse or a blerse lol
- Date posted
- 13w
If you can elaborate on them, I would be more than happy.
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