Hi all.. I’m new here and I’m glad I found this platform. I already have crippling anxiety but recently I have been having more ocd tendencies. Not really sure what to do or go about it… anyone have tips?
what kind of symptoms have you been having? there’s definitely a fine line between anxiety and OCD, and sometimes not even a line at all. i think it depends on the tendencies but maybe i’ll have some tips!
I think the biggest one which I’ve always struggled with deals with cleaning. I get called a “clean freak” as I’ll spend hours cleaning and it just never feels enough. Everything has a place and if it’s not in its place or even if a cup in the cabinet isn’t stacked right I get very bothered and have to fix it. Things will get out of place throughout the day and I’ll fix it each time and if I don’t I will continue to think about it and be bothered
@OCD-overload that’s interesting, sounds like order & symmetry + perfectionism OCD. i relate in some ways - i definitely need things to be just right and this sometimes prolongs my routines by a very long time. hopefully you have some okay coping mechanisms and can figure out how to sort of get around it, i wish you luck