I have pure ocd i think , i always gotta make sure i do certain things like tap things , light switches on n off , shut things few times and re open them till it feels right . Walk in a room go back out and back in out in in till my mind is right Its exhausting
I have the same compulsion with the light switches. It’s frustrating. I have to flick them a certain amount of times. Sometimes I have this “feeling” (OCD) that they have to be in the down position. Sometimes it’s the up position. I feel like something bad will happen to me if I don’t go along with the OCD. Try “undoing”. When you flick the light switches a certain amount of times or shut/open things until it feels right, do it again so that it feels wrong. Ruin that perfect feeling that OCD tells you to get. It will feel awful at first. But the more you do it, you’ll see that nothing happens when you undo your compulsion. Eventually you don’t even do them. It really does feel bad at first but you just gotta trudge through it. Don’t be frustrated if you give in sometimes.
@Daniel92 Thankyou
I have this exact same thing, and have been doing it for two decades. I’m starting ERP soon for it. I also have to think a certain word in a certain color at the same time I flick a light on or off, or cross the line into another room, turn a doorknob, close something, etc. If I don’t think the right thing as I’m doing that action, I feel like something bad will happen. Basically everything I do has to be “just right” and the words in my mind have to be “just right” too. It’s exhausting, I empathize with you. Im hoping ERP finally helps! Daniel92’s advice is really good too, I’m going to be trying that- as scary as it sounds.
@KayQuinn Please keep me updated i have the same thing you nailed it
@gage736 I also had this for decades but it recently is getting worse. I drink todeal with it
Its certain words or imaged in my mind that pop up everday it is so struggling
@gage736 I also want to talk to a professional about this
Hello!! does anyone have any tips on how to stop prayer ocd, I have to pray for forgiveness every time a bad thought, or word pops up in my head, and sometimes my ocd tells me I say it but idk if that’s true or not. Ive had this ocd theme for quite a long time and I want to stop it
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
I need advice. I’m constantly washing my hands after going to the bathroom/touching something I find gross, but it doesn’t stop at just washing. I have to keep washing til I feel right (usually 3-4 times). It also isn’t just my hands, I go all the way up my forearms. I know in my head that once is enough. But I can’t kick this repetitive behavior. I know I should just start only washing it once but I don’t know if I can handle the panic that will come after. I need advice/tips if anyone’s gone through something similar what worked for you. Im just sick of this
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