Do you have OCD?

OCD/ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is very common in teenagers and young adults today. It’s an anxiety disorder with LOADS of symptoms. You wonder if you actually have it? Well, let’s review a few symptoms, comment if you have any! 1. Compulses- Do you ever get a thought of something bad happening if you don’t do something? Ex: “If i don’t turn off the lights three times, i might die..”, etc. This is probably one of the most common OCD symptoms, and it’s the formation of OCD, if you have compulses you probably have OCD. 2. Obsessive checking- Do you think you need to constantly make sure your lights were turned on, you locked your doors, you turned off your oven? This is obsessive checking. Ex: “What if my stove is still on? Will my house burn down? If my doors not locked, what if someone gets in? What if my lights are still on and my power goes out and i can’t see?”, etc. 3. Contamination- Do you fear germs or getting sick? You might have emetophobia, or germophobia or OCD, or ADD but if you always wash your hands before eating, sanitize often, fear vomit, it’s a symptom of OCD! 4. Perfectionism- Oh perfectionism, what everyone things OCD is ALL ABOUT! Yes, this is apart of it, but not quite. Perfectionism is like a phobia, or you might just be very organized! You might be obsessed with cleaning which can and may be part though! But this is not a SUPER common symptom! 5. Lonely OCD- You think everyone hates you and your a failure, your this and your that? First of all, your not. Take a breath. I love you. Second of all, this is a common symptom, it’s in a lot of OCD cases. You could also have mono phobia or depression, but you’ll get through this! Don’t stress it please please please! You’re okay!! Trust me, you’re extremely loved my sweetheart. 6. Your family has it- Does your family have OCD and you have a lot of symptoms and don’t know if you have it but fear you do? You might, sadly, i got mine from genetics and it got worse after stress. Surround yourself with a healthy environment like i have always, have supportive friends, you got this!! We will face OCD together and kick it in the butt!! (DM me or comment on this for help with this confusing situation or someone to talk to).

Username: Mon7Mon7

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I never heard of Lonely OCD but that sounds like me. 😥

Username: ocd.sucks.but.it’s.okayocd.sucks.bu...

Date posted: 1y ago

@Anonymous Me too. This is a very common symptom! 😢

Username: ryryryry

Date posted: 1y ago

I truly wonder if anyone in my family has it, but just passed it as anxiety. The family members who I think would be most likely to have it, think it is only about perfectionism and cleanliness, so the world may never know.

Username: ocd.sucks.but.it’s.okayocd.sucks.bu...

Date posted: 1y ago

@ryry Who knows! Maybe they did have it!

Username: m1ch3ll3m1ch3ll3

Date posted: 1y ago

I think my father might have ocd. I already know that my twin sister has ocd bc she’s very very insecure abt herself and always sends us pictures of those pretty copy and paste Latinas (current TikTok trend) and it’s always the same ones and then she forces me to tell her if her face shape looks the same. And I once said „maybe you have ocd. You’re constantly asking me to check the exact same pictures, you’re not satisfied when I had said your face shape looks the same“ and then she said she actually has it. And my father also said sth that sounds a lot like it could be ocd a week ago or so. Like he said he always needs to check whether he had locked the car and has to turn around and go back to the car to check. Could be ocd or not idk

Username: ocd.sucks.but.it’s.okayocd.sucks.bu...

Date posted: 1y ago

@m1ch3ll3 It could be OCD!! For sure! Your father might have given it to your sister!

Username: m1ch3ll3m1ch3ll3

Date posted: 1y ago

@ocd.sucks.but.it’s.okay Prob to both of us, might be the only thing me and my twin are genetically identical with besides our gender

Username: Isitocd?Isitocd?

Date posted: 1y ago

What I think my compulsions are is googling / asking ( reassurance ) ruminating or looking back on past events to make sure , comparing or checking physically . I don’t do it because I think I something bad or anything like that can happen but it’s like the what ifs and it creates a cycle that I eventually get stuck on . I haven’t got a diagnosis yet but I’m like 90% sure it’s ocd on a good day it’s 100% but I don’t want to self diagnosis myself but my mother also has ocd and has had it since she was 18

Username: ocd.sucks.but.it’s.okayocd.sucks.bu...

Date posted: 1y ago

@Isitocd? that’s OCD! Pure OCD.

Username: Johnny69

Date posted: 25w ago

Seeing other peoples OCD makes me doubt my own?

Ive had POCD for nearly 2 years now. I've seen loads of therapists and gotten better from it. I went a while without feeling horrible, but then in an instant it comes back and then its fully back for ages. I watch OCD videos online a lot because they get recommended to me by youtube. When I see them talking about OCD, if its not related to exactly what Im worrying about or they mention something that doesnt happen for me I start to doubt if I have OCD at all. I also see people who are so obsessed over purely stuff inside their heads. That does happen to a point for me, but when I hear other people talking about it I start thinking that their situation is so much worse and theyre clearly mentally unwell and do have OCD. Its almost like the fact mine isnt worse makes me doubt I have it. My brother and mum have OCD and my dad is very anxious, so I knew from a young age what OCD was. When I started experiencing it myself I immediately on day 1 of worrying thought "is this OCD". There was no moment for me where I didnt consider the fact it was OCD. I know most people have a moment where they find out about OCD, but I didnt have that. I am the one who initially thought to myself that I have OCD, and because of this I think to myself: "what if i latched onto the idea of OCD and have somehow fooled myself and everyone around me including my therapists into believing I have OCD". At the time I was terrified so of course Id want to latch onto OCD to find a reason. So much doubting all the time I just feel my case is different to everyone elses. I know that they say everyone feels like that. Sorry I started by talking about the title of this post but I sorta went on a tangent at the end. Thanks to anyone who read. Good luck with your own OCD

Username: malevvolent

Date posted: 16w ago

pleas help me

I dont know if I have ocd really but I think I do because I have the intrusive thoughts and I always try and do things to soothe the anxiety. I've been dealing with this for a few months and this is a debilitating cycle and I wish I wad normal. when I first spoke to my therapist about it, she said that people with ocd like to clean and count a certain amount of tiles and stuff like that. I really want to get tested because I want help but im scared that if they say I don't have ocd then that means my intrusive thoughts are true and that I'm the person that my mind makes me think I am and it scares me. I mostly deal with symptoms of pocd so I try my best to avoid kids and sometimes I won't even want to go in public because of it and I count in my head a lot and try and see if my body is reacting any kind of way. I also try and just push the thoughts a way and do research and sometimes it makes me feel better but in reality it's just a cycle and it's terrifying so can someone please comfort me or give me advice and tips to help me feel better because I really need it. I just want to get help and stop this cycle because it's slowly killing me. I don't want to be the person my head thinks I am but in my head it's just constant fear anxiety and uncertainty.

Username: Lilly5679

Date posted: 10w ago

Is it in my head

I have constantly been feeling like if I hit one arm, I have to hit the other and if I set something down and it just didn’t look right or feel right I had to do it again or I had to move it to a different spot in my room I’ve had never been a clean freak, which is mainly what I get told is OCD And I don’t know if I should even have this app. I don’t know if I actually have it. I’m constantly worried that I did something in my past that harmed others and that’s why people don’t like me or I’m constantly worried People are constantly watching me and I don’t know if that’s OCD or if I have it so please tell me I will delete this app and never think of it again if I don’t I just really wanna know

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