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I think my OCD started around fourth grade if not sooner. It started with compulsive hand washing and I remember my hands being so dry and cracking. I remember feeling self conscious about it because they did this square dance performance thing at school with all the kids in my grade and I was worried about people holding my hands because they were so dry. @Canadi I had a similar fear of the restroom as a kid. Mine was because I saw the movie Gremlins where they come out of the toilet and it freaked me out. I would be terrified to flush the toilet at night. I was also scared of Bloody Mary, and just mirrors in general.
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i was diagnosed last year (10th grade) but i have been having obsessions and compulsions from about the age of 7
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I was officially diagnosed in year 10 (I’m now in year 12), but I’ve had symptoms since preschool. d a i s y
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I think I’ve always had OCD, and even remember my obsessions from when I was younger. I remember when I was in elementary I was terrified of using the restroom at night because I thought Bloody Mary would kill me if I did, so I have memories of peeing in trash cans instead of going to the restroom.
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i remember as a young kid staying up late into the night worrying about what to do in a fire and going through all the thoughts in my head. i was so scared of chemicals (i still am!) so i stayed out of the science experiments at school, and made sure my family was safe from carbon monoxide leaks in the house. @MelissaRose i had the same thing with flushing the toilet at night, i was so scared to go because i always thought someone was outside my door to kidnap me. i wish we all didn’t have to experience this at such a young age (or at all!). all the best x
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Dsarahm I can’t believe how similar our worries were! I vividly remember not being able to eat at preschool because I was worried about the chemicals they used to clean the tables. And I used to spend hours worrying what would happen if my house burnt down. One night, we were staying in the city, and the motels fire alarms went off so we had to evacuate. It was one of the scariest moments in my childhood! I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have found this community. I never knew people could understand how I was feeling! d a i s y
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Anyone else develop it in their 30s? I’m 33 and just started showing symptoms in October 2024. So far have only been diagnosed with GAD , PD and depression.I started having intrusive thoughts after a series of panic attacks . My compulsions would be googling. I have made an effort to stop though because it only makes me feel worse. My intrusive thoughts have been around fear of going crazy
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(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
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i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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