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Does OCD only attack things u value?
Ik some people have contamination ocd or the organizing and neatness ocd (I'm sorry idk what it's called) but I'm not sure there's much values present there so much.
Ik some people have contamination ocd or the organizing and neatness ocd (I'm sorry idk what it's called) but I'm not sure there's much values present there so much.
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I don't know if you experience other subtypes, but do some distress you as much as others if you do?
It’ll attack anything you give attention to.
It's easy to look at someone else's theme & think, "Hey, that doesn't sound so bad. I wish I could have that OCD instead of [insert whatever theme bothers you the most]." I'm guilty of thinking this honestly. But I also know that whatever OCD themd someone has feels like the worst & scariest theme. It's all subjective & relative. The values that might be behind contamination OCD or order/symmetry OCD can be the same values someone with relationship OCD or harm OCD might experience: a sense of safety & control. I think a lot of the core values we experience with different themes can be the same--OCD just uses different masks for different people depending on what where that value might be most salient in their life.
Beautiful response :) I think many times people who appear to have "just right" and contamination themes can also have so many underlying thoughts that it isn't as simple as I just don't want it to be dirty, etc. though sometimes it is, but often there is more- there is something at the core.
Contamination OCD does begin to effect things you love. There are extreme circumstances where people may not even leave their room because of it. It literally effects every part of live and things that are loved/valued. Say someone is a nurse and starts dealing with it, it could be career ending for them. It’s a very devastating theme.
Wow, I did not realize the extent this subtype could go in terms of severity. Thank you for letting me know.
Basically.. Think about it like this… If you don’t value something there can be no anxiety about it because you dont care about it Ex.. You don’t have ocd about winning a million dollars because there’s nothing scary about that But you will get ocd about losing a million dollars because not losing a million dollars is something you’d value (assuming you had a million dollars) “Dang i might win a million dollaes
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An underlying fear caused by OCD?
Ignore the last sentence with “dang” lol
I can't figure out what type of OCD I have. I must be the only one who has mental hoarding OCD with some Just right and death themes. I've never seen a description of someone's symptoms that match mine. Mine are a combination of Just right and mental hoarding of a memory. Like if I have dinner, I need to do a routine where I take in various elements on the environment - the food, my phone, the people around, pets, the coolness of the air con, and think of them in a specific syntax. I need to go through this thinking cycle without also thinking about certain people, deceased people, any themes of death, certain colours (red and black mostly) and then when I get to the end I deliberately have to think about something that is anti-death, like a particularly person who is younger, a certain good colour. But there are other conditions to prevent having to re-do the routine. The phone can't give me a notification or ring. Then I have to touch the phone and think of a supporting person or colour. On top of this, if I go to Youtube, Facebook or anywhere else and I see something related to death first I have to re-do the whole routine. I have a pre-thought that protects me if I do see something in the theme of death. Touching a cat tail will re-trigger the routine and so will touching a certain matt or matts in my house without first say '1,2,3,4'. I do these mental hoarding routines every time I eat, every time I leave the house, every time I leave work, before I go to sleep. The other element of this is protecting loved ones and pets. In some of my routines, around food, leaving the house and going to bed, I have to mentally think of everyone in the house and all of my pets in the same way as above. I dont even know if it is OCD. It's mostly mental compulsions. I don't get anxiety, just discomfort. As exotic as my symptoms seem to be, I don't think my OCD is as bad as it is for others. it's a bit Just right and thats it. My symptoms do not fit any of the categories.
I haven't been able to read about experiences similar to mine when it comes to my perfectionism OCD so I was wondering if anyone had any "uncommon" experiences.
I think I have mild OCD. Maybe that's why I can't relate to many of the difficulties experienced by other posters. My OCD is more on the compulsion side performing certain rituals at key transitions or points during the day. I honestly cannot figure out what the underlying obsession is other than some kind of weird mental hoarding to acknowledge and cherish a moment but also to protect my family and even my pets. I get little or no anxiety (I used to when I was younger). Even mild OCD absolutely sucks and is debilitating to an extent.
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