- Date posted
- 20w
I fear i don't have ocd
Cause I don't have those Extreme cases where I Need to wash myself 100 times, or check things like light, all I have are my thoughts.
Cause I don't have those Extreme cases where I Need to wash myself 100 times, or check things like light, all I have are my thoughts.
OCD is different for everyone. The needing to wash is from fear of contamination. But OCD comes in all types. It's about fear of uncertainty.
That’s pure obsessional ocd. It’s still ocd. I didn’t get treated at the right time and now I also started having compulsions. If you were diagnosed, it’s a good thing. If not, and you just suspect having ocd, then yes, it could be ocd. I diagnosed myself when I was 14 😂 but never gotten an answer until 18. So yeah. It’s good that you don’t have an extreme case, and don’t worry, your suffering is still valid, even tho you have Pure-O
@cindyjo I still suggest getting a real diagnosis (if you hadn’t gotten it yet) and start treatment sooner ❤️ (only if the doctor thinks you need it) I will pray for you!
@cindyjo I was diagnosed two Years ago but sometimes I fear I manipulated my therapist, especially because i don't have 24 h obsessions like I used to!
@Anonymous That’s common for ocd patients!!! No worries, it could mean you are healing and that’s a really good thing, maybe it is a progress! Why not be proud of it? Try seeing it from a new perspective, maybe it’s good that you have less obssesions and you identify less and less with ocd
@cindyjo Thank you so much! I should really change perspective!
Glad to hear your OCD symptoms have felt less extreme recently. Like others have mentioned, doubting whether you have OCD is also common with OCD! The last thing OCD wants is for you to know it is there. It lies low, then masquerades as thoughts or your worst fears, trying to get you to act on compulsions. During low symptom periods, it can be easy to suddenly believe you do not have OCD. Rumination (overthinking) is a compulsion to find certainty. Mentally checking whether you do or do not have OCD can be a compulsions. There are many mental compulsions that may be worth learning more about with the guidance of your therapist. If your case is less extreme than others, that is something to be very grateful for. Best of luck! 💜
I did some gross compulsions, i do them because i think that if i do them i get rid of thoughts ( cause i don’t want them) that’s why I do compulsions but people do them to check am I a p? I’m terrified I can’t do it. What if im different I don’t think I heard about someone that did compulsions to get rid of thoughts that’s why but to check omg im terrified
I feel like I'm not ocd enough to deserve treatment . I don't feel as bad as other people do.
I don't really know if these will count as ocd 'proof' and I'm almost trying to prove to myself that I have ocd at this point. I really don't know. And these don't even mention my current themes (pocd, soocd) and rocd but its kind of stopping idk. So here's what I wrote do you think it's worth mentioning or it even counts as ocd idk? -Blinking in a certain way, breathing in a certain manner till it feels right, making sure that im breathing right, holding my breath for a bit again and again, made sounds that disturbed others (my mom) because of that. -Focusing too much on my eyesight and what i see to make sure I don't have symptoms of an Illness in the eye, checking my body reactions a lot and getting scared. Checking my pulse regularly for a heart attack. Fear of dying, researching random illnesses of symptoms I have -When i was a child I pictured my family dying a lot and got intrusive thoughts about their heads being cut off, especially in Eid El adha (where we basically sacrifice cows and sheep) I couldn't handle being there because I was scared that the guy killing the cow will accidentally cut my mom's head instead and I'd picture it so graphically. random intrusive thoughts about me doing harm to others but they didn't make me anxious just disturbed, fear that someone will get in the house and kill my whole family since I was a child that I have a slight fear of doorbells. Can be sensitive to gorey images but not always a persistent fear unless I'm focused on it. In the streets I get stressed out by cars around me because I get thoughts that someone will shoot me and kill me from the car. Fear of dying in general as a kid I saw a video that talked about if you see fish in your dream it means you'll die soon and I wasn't able to sleep for a long time without literally collapsing out of tiredness because I was scared of sleeping and dying in my sleep. -Irrational fears when I hear really loud sounds, as a kid I'd hear sounds of parties or so and it stresses me out because I got intrusive thoughts about someone playing party songs but killing everyone in the enjoyment of the killing. Doorbell sounds stress me out and I keep hearing the doorbell ringing in my ears a lot that I check the door randomly sometimes. -When I play games I have to do things a certain way and I can click on a button multiple times in a different pattern until it feels right, repeating prayers constantly until they feel right. Same with the breathing from before idk if these count -I question morals a lot, I'm not sure If it's in an ocd manner but I am really scared of being a bad person with bad morals, I get scared I'm racist and sometimes I see someone from a different race and I get racist thoughts like racial slurs or so get in my head, I question morals in general a lot and the idea of them and why they exist. And that makes me scared that I'm just a terrible person and I don't want to be. I can fixate on "trying to do what's right" too much that I end up messing up more -Immense guilt on things from a long time ago that I already dealt with. -what I'd say my worst compulsions are (pure o I think) : Checking constantly, feelings or thoughts or reactions. Sneaky reassurance seeking from friends and confessing my thoughts. Excessive ruminating trying to find an answer, can take so long out of my life that I can't eat or drink. Researching my thoughts and asking people. Repeating prayers in my head constantly even though I'm not religious anymore but I get so disturbed by my thoughts.
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