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First signs of ocd as a child
What was your first signs of ocd as a child. I think mine was confessing but I haven’t heard of many other people with that ..
What was your first signs of ocd as a child. I think mine was confessing but I haven’t heard of many other people with that ..
Yess, also confessing for me! I always felt incredibly guilty as a child if I didn’t say everything to my parents. And the enormous fear of losing my parents.
@sannesophie I’m not sure why I felt I had to confess but I felt like I just had to do it. I remember it being so distressing and I would cry. And I would confess some of the most stupidest things
i had a paralyzing fear of tornadoes. i used to sob and ask my mom constantly if we were at risk of getting a tornado daily. when i told my therapist about this she laughed and said her daughter struggled with this too and it’s how she knows she had ocd
@nonny12 I had a huge fear of dressing up costumes, like the big ones. I was hysterical when I saw one. Not sure if it’s ocd related but I had that fear for ages
@ocdgirl123 I had the tornado theme too!! Was always very paranoid about the weather
I didn’t realise this until later on but I had magical thinking ocd when I was little I remember riding my bike and I get a thought like “if you don’t go through that puddle your family will die” and another thing I remember I would the same things loads of times until it felt perfect like I remember I had one mat near the front door and one near the back door (garden door) and I would get a thought telling me to do that every time I came in the house about like five times or something. It always stressed me out sometimes because I HAD to do it cause sometimes I wouldn’t want to because I’m tired of doing it but it made me so uncomfortable that I literally had no choice and then when I got older it went away a bit or shall I didn’t realise because I would always listen to what my intrusive thoughts told me so it become automatic but I always thought I was quite odd but had no idea what ocd was until I become a teenager and started experiencing debilitating themes like health ocd/health anxiety and so
@🌧☕️ I understand. At least you managed to figure out the cause. All the best 🤍
Seeing horrific stories on the news and freaking out
@jay71 I’ve had this !
@Myheadhurts35 Horrible isn’t it
@jay71 Yepp
I had to pray a single prayer every single night or I would die in my sleep. So I was a 10-12 year old repeating a prayer like "I don't want to die please don't let me die Lord." And I would continuously say it allowed in different ways until I thought God heard me. I would say it loud, say it soft, say it slow, say it fast, say it with diction, mutter it, do it a million times and my parents were just glad I was praying, although they were very weirded out.
Mine was symmetry and putting thing's in order by colour and stuff like that.
I would do the same simple tasks over and over, or think the same thought/phrase repeatedly until it felt right
I was convinced something horrible would happen to my mum if I didn't have my eye on her always. I was also scared I was gonna develop an illness, and when eating I had to visualise each bite of food going down or else I became convinced I would choke :/
@DisturbedGalaxyBrain🌌 My mum couldn't even go down to take out the rubbish. It would take 30 seconds but I had to go with her. :(
@swyd7 I had this !! I could never do sleepovers. I had to stay with my mum. And when I was younger 9 times out of 10 my mum would have to pick me up
Mine was not able to let go of certain topics, alltought it changed frecuently, also, it's not necessary that this manifestet on your childhood at evidence that you possess it
I don’t know if anyone else had this. But even till this day. I can’t go to sleep without something fluffy. Either in my hands, touching my face or arms. I have to have something fluffy. It’s so strange
My mother told me that when I was a baby, just barely old enough to be able to walk, I was playing with my toys and every few minutes after completing a certain action with a toy, I'd run over and give her a kiss. One time I even came to give her a kiss while crying. I guess even babies recognize compulsions don't provide lasting relief
I was about 6 or 7 but there was a period of time where I kept feeling like I would have to go to the bathroom. Even if I had just went, I’d feel like I need to go again. My parents took me to the doctor and I didn’t have anything wrong, but I believe that was the beginning of it. Constantly anxious as a child. I also started having the fear of throwing up at age 10. Constantly avoiding people who’s stomach was hurting, and if mine was hurting I’d ask my parents for reassurance that I wouldn’t throw up.
@Jul14 I had both of these things too !
I don’t recall much from my childhood and my dad can’t really tell me much either as he worked all the time as a single father raising 3 but I used to bite my nails until they were nothing, making a hiccup noise when I felt scared, I also went for a nap and recall this vivid image of my dad looking sad and I still remember it to this day, I always have to have fuzzy socks on even in summer and they cannot get wet, rub my feet together when I go to bed until I go to sleep, kept a close eye on my bratz and Barbie dolls because I had a dream they were trying to kill me I wish I knew more I’ll ask my mom to see if she remembers any weird behaviour, oh and hoarding hoarding anything and everything.
@EndangeredHobbit The feet thing to go to sleep !! I still do that till this day
@Myheadhurts35 Me too lmfao! Used to drive my sister nuts because it would keep her up
Thematically, probably symmetry or sensorimotor! Things like, I had to scratch the exact opposite side of my body if one side had an itch; trouble with matching the exact tightness of my shoes with laces; and then the thing that really tipped my family off was carrying around a wet washcloth if I didn’t have access to sinks, when I was around 4yo. What I remember was obsession/discomfort with a “sticky” sensation on my hands if they weren’t wet. So if I couldn’t compulsively wet my hands at the sink (say, if we were running errands), I started carrying a wet cloth. My mom, an RN, rightfully considered OCD, but I never had formal treatment. This was the early ‘90s, and my untreated OCD has morphed and grown in many ways over the last 30 years! Finally getting targeted treatment now 🧡
1. I saw a documentary on parasites, and was convinced I had a tape worm for years after that 2. I had to step on all the cracks in the pavement, each foot hitting the same number of cracks 3. I asked my mom the same list of questions before I went to bed each night
So basically I didn’t know till my hocd started. But looking back at my life I had ocd since I was a kid. Like 6-7 years old. First time happening I remember that when I was doing stuff many times I had to say something like a little poem in my head to stop it. Then I had this thing were if I felt my left foot touch the floor 5 times I had to do the touch the floor with my right foot too. Then I had something I guess contamination??? Basically after washing my hands I had a sensation on my hand like I could still “feel” the germs and I had to wash them again. Then I started having thoughts of my family members getting hurt. I had intrusive thoughts about me hurting my dog. Then I had this obsession that a guy who used to be in my school is looking for me to beat me up. And how it’s this obsession about my sexuality even tho I never doubted or questioned it before. Is that possible??? Like can you be born with it? I’m pretty sure both my parents have it too. At least at some level. Take my father for example he had an obsession that he was going to die the moment he turned 30.
so. oh lord. half my ocd symptoms could be autism. (not that im looking for a triple diagnosis including adhd, its just interesting to explore) this little ol rabbit hole started with my friend, who happens to be autistic and passionate about how their own condition works, when they started slowly easing the convo into an autism screening and by the time i realized what he was doing it was “oh my god ur kinda right i might be wrong for denying all this time that i could have autism” always thought my experience with texture/sensory as a toddler (and now) was ocd, because thats mainly what made adults call me ocd, more blatant ocd signs aside (such as touching things “just right”, ordering items etc) wondered why i was like that when theres not even a *direct* link between ocd and sensory issues (not the same as somatic ocd) thought i just happen to be an extremely sensitive person since i was born, now realizing that couldve been a sign of autism, along side many more “quirks” ive always had anyone with autism and ocd that can tell me what their experience is like? what about when u were children? especially if u snuck under the radar until u were older, my parents have said only a few times in the moment that i remind them of an autistic kid but dont think i have it
My daughter was just diagnosed with OCD, and is in denial. Her brother is the source of contamination for her. Everything he does, triggers her. She will not be in the same room as him, and it's only getting worse. If you were a child in denial, refusing medication and therapy, what helped you to finally accept help?
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