- Date posted
- Yesterday
I’m new here :)
Hey everyone! I’m a bit new here and I’m not fully sure if I have OCD or not. But every post I read I feel like I relate a lot to. I have really bad anxiety and when I was 18 went through extensive testing to get diagnosed with ADHD I don’t take medications for either of them anymore but I do struggle a lot with both. I can’t seem to tell what is my anxiety and what is not. Examples of what I have noticed: I get super paranoid if someone around me is sick and I bleach and disinfect everything around me and around them if possible out of fear of getting sick. If I have a bump or any minor change in how I feel I go through rabbit holes on google and tend to think I have a crazy illness and even get to the point of needing to cut the area off if it “feels wrong”. I obsess over my teeth needing to be white and if they are too yellow or streaky I spend hours brushing my teeth and using whitening gels and strips to fix it. I also have always thought that secretly I am an evil person and I try to do things to prove that I am not but in the end it’s just my mind saying I am faking it and no one truly knows how bad of a person I am. I spend at least 10 hours a week cleaning and making sure nothing is too dusty or dirty in fear of bugs or a surprise guest coming over. I constantly doubt myself in everything I do and I even doubt the things the people around me do in fear that they are just trying to manipulate me. I constantly fear I may cheat on my partner and I tend to replay events in my head over and over again worrying if it has ruined the way a person perceives me. Honestly it’s exhausting and it’s never ending. I’m not sure if I have OCD but this is just some of the things I have noticed. I just wanted to vent somewhere even if it’s to a void. Thank you for reading this if you did :)