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In my experience, OCD varies from person to person (I'm just another OCD sufferer, I'm no doctor). Some people have contamination, some something else, but generally what I'd suggest is if you think you may have undiagnosed OCD or something else, I'd say scheduling an appointment with the general doctor is a good way to start figuring out, since they'll have all the contacts you'll need and they can help with documents and setting up things (I had to meet with a psychiatrist over Skype). So yeah I'd just work on setting up an appointment at the nearest convenience with the doctor's if you can, then they'll look into it and help you out a fair bit more than I could!
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Thanks! I am definitely going to be doing that soon.
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I can relate to this, but it's always with kittens. That somehow, my direct actions will result in a newborn kitten getting violently mutalated. I ALWAYS cry and grieve over the poor baby. The guilt is heavy. I'm sure it's hard with your loved ones in your imagry too The only way I've come back from those thoughts is through conversation. I just really need people around me to confirm how convoluted it is. But most importantly- my therapist!!
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Thank you :)
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Are you interested in speaking with a professional?
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I am, eventually. I was about to start with a therapist at my college however my college was closed due to the virus. It’s actually a good thing though, i’ve started journaling in the meantime to order my thoughts and figure out what my tendencies are in relation to OCD.
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@wannabeokay So you're taking care of yourself despite the barriers from the virus *high five*
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i’m a new user on this app, I downloaded it just cause I was curious, I don’t really know if I have OCD. Because in school all I learned about OCD is things being out of place and having it to be perfect almost like perfectionism, but I’ve just recently realized there’s a whole kind of different types of OCD, some things I struggle with daily is a fear of bad things happening or almost like an impending doom of when is it gonna happen? I’m always in my head thinking feels like I’m having multiple conversations at once. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel like I’m having a conversation with myself. I have horrendous anxiety about everything and anything talking to people being around people. It just feels like it consumes my everyday life and I don’t know what to do. I can’t clearly remember anything from my childhood and some things I feel like I may be imagining I just don’t really feel like a person. I’m always thinking the worst in my relationship over analyzing and stressing out thinking of scenarios or thinking, my boyfriend‘s cheating on me. It almost all feels out of my control.
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so i have ocd but this is the main theme ive been dealing with for the last few months, im obsessed with my mortality and i feel trapped by the reality of death. i dont really believe in an afterlife which makes it scarier, not that i dont wanna my brain literally just wont let me. but i have daily panic attacks thinking about death all day, its honestly the toughest thing ive ever dealt with. does anybody have any tips on how they manage this if they have ever dealt with it? not looking for reassurance, just some non compulsive ways to kind of lessen the grip of the fear.
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