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- 4y ago
Can you give a few examples of what you mean by "scrutinized behaviors"? I want to answer your question, but I need to understand it better first
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- 4y ago
i don’t know if overthinking is necessarily a symptom of ocd, but i think those of us who have ocd will have personalities that also tend towards anxiety and generally overthinking things. i know it’s that way for me, at least
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Like I want to know the name of my disorder desperately so I search a lot my symptoms so that I can find out what I have ,and if someone prescribe any medication then I will research on that so that I can be assured that everything is ok or my diagnosis is correct and want medication to all my problem so that I don't have to force myself to do productive work , I want medication should do all the tasks for me ..
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One more thing when I study I go into details like if I have to study one day prior to my exam still I will study it from different sources like Stanford YouTube video , my text book, others YouTube videos so that I don't miss any details , sounds like perfectionism..but it is driven by anxiety , I do this bcz I want to make sure that nothing misses so I study from different sources that's why I end up failing in exam bcz it is time consuming.
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Sounds like comoulsions to me
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- 4y ago
One last thing is if I want to bath then I will spend I lot of time just thinking "I need to bath , why I'm unable to do such simple tasks " then I search on google about how to be productive or I will post here my queries . I could simply do the task of bathing rather thinking and analysing it too much but still I will think n end up not bathing.
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It sounds like gathering excessive information is a pattern in all these compulsions
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How can you say gathering excessive information is a part of ocd ?
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- 4y ago
Well, when you have a doubt or question (obsession) you respond by gathering loads of information (compulsion) without ever making a decision or just taking action
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R u a clinical psycologist ?
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This is my new doubt or question that can I trust your answer ? R u a professional ? I'm helpless.
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I am a person living with OCD. I have three classes left to complete my social work masters degree
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- 22w ago
I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?
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- 10w ago
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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