Is this OCD

Idk if this is OCD but I can't stop using qtips/ cleaning my ears. I get ear infections quite a bit so I clean my ears every day. This prevents and causes ear infections. I can't stand the feeling of wax in my ears so if there is any new wax I scratch. This causes infections. To prevent scratching I clean them which works for awhile until it causes an infection. It's never ending. I have no idea how to stop the cycle. My family says it's not OCD, it's just sensory issues because I'm autistic. I don't want to be saying I have OCD when I don't and make someone upset. I put trigger warning because I have no idea if this post will upset someone. I'm super new to this.

Ben84

Date posted: 1y ago

Consult with your doctor first, but certain oils and solutions are available. I use Debrox because my right ear gets plugged up periodically otherwise. As you've discovered, using Qtips can actually make things worse no matter how often you use them. Whether this is OCD or a sensory issue, I can't say. Are you willing to try a new way of cleaning your ears?

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y ago

I've heard that you can go get them professionally cleaned every couple months or something. I'm not sure if itd work. I'll look into debrox. I can always try. Thank you.

Ihaveocd!

Date posted: 1y ago

I am also obsessed with using qtips to clean wax out of my ears because I don’t like the feeling of wax in my ears. I have OCD, I have no idea if I’m autistic but it runs in my family. This isn’t my OCD symptom, but now I’m wondering if that’s from OCD or autism. I wish I didn’t because I heard it’s not good for your ears.

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y ago

Autism is worth looking into especially if it runs in your family. I didn't find out I was autistic until I started doing research to better understand my autistic nephew.

Ihaveocd!

Date posted: 1y ago

@Anonymous I have four family members with it. Others I’m speculative about. How were you diagnosed?

CatWhiskers

Date posted: 1y ago

I Had no clue this might be a compulsion? I had terribly bad infections as a child and am terrified of getting them again. I do the same thing as you

CatWhiskers

Date posted: 1y ago

I want to clarify that I am not autistic so I know mine is not a sensory issue!

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y ago

It's possible. It's good to know I'm not alone. :)

Lilly5679

Date posted: 21w 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

FairyWithaKnife

Date posted: 20w ago

I just don't know

I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.

Fr3ak_0n_4_l...

Date posted: 8w ago

Skin picking

I think I might have dermatillomania. I am not self diagnosing. I get skin picking so bad that my whole back is covered in sores, there's at least 40 of them. I also pick at my head horribly I seriously cannot stop either. I have open sores all over my head and pick and pick and just can never stop. Sometimes I don't notice, and I'm always looking for a spot to pick at. I looked at all the symptoms and ik it runs with ocd. Whenever I get anxious my skin picking becomes very severe. Whenever I wake up I pick at my head too. I seriously don't know how to stop picking and I'm trying to get a diagnostic for dermillomania. I also have started to pick at my nose horribly. I have these blackhesd removers and I keep using them constantly on my face, everytime I'm home from school I use them on my nose and pick at everything on my face.

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