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It's pretty common for OCD to include elaborate, rigid routines around waking up, hygiene, eating, and going to bed. As a teen, my bedtime rituals expanded to about three hours long. I had to tap a whole bunch of objects in my room in a specific order, pray perfectly, win three games of solitaire, etc. None of it made much sense, the steps were pretty random. However I felt like if I didn't do them something bad would happen or I would be so anxious I wouldn't sleep at all. The strategy my therapist helped me implement was to cut out one step of the routine at a time
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i struggle with the night time ritual as well!!!!
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Talk to us, what certain things
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I have extreme order and symmetry OCD idont even wear my clothes in my wardrobe because i cant bare the hangers moving about and they have to be aligned perfectly i can take outa dress and spend 10 mins just aligning them then when it doesnt feel right i get huge panic and get hot it goes away when it feels right this is jist one example out of hundreds i deal with every day:( i have to have everything in its place i hate people coming into my home touching things i feel like im crazy i cant cope with it anymore. I feel horrible until ive put back my shoes that ive worn in a neat row not to mention i clean everything before i put it away i dread it it can take hours i hate getting up in the morning now, i wipe things all the time or i feel dirty inside, i cant even explain it and i also count and tap things until it feels right i turn the lock back and forth until its level and feels right i cant live like this anymore i dont know anyone else with it and it gets me down
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