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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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- 19w
I have pure ocd i think , i always gotta make sure i do certain things like tap things , light switches on n off , shut things few times and re open them till it feels right . Walk in a room go back out and back in out in in till my mind is right Its exhausting
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I don’t know what I can do. I guess this is more of a depression thing than OCD but who knows. I have been battling this ongoing war within myself for years now and it’s been affecting my academic performance. situation of mine right now: I haven’t done a lot of work for my classes this month and I feel like I’m going to fail the semester again. I don’t know what it is but I can never seem to begin any work. I know I am capable but why can’t I get myself to start? why has this been going on for so long? I don’t understand. I have a history of good grades back in high school before I turned 17. I don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like I’ve been paralyzed and cannot do any work. but I can somehow do offside tasks like pinterest boards or random youtube videos. if I get rid of those, what do I do? I end up sleeping. because I’m tired. I have a low vitamin D deficiency & have been trying to get energy. I’m at a loss. I also bought unnecessary stuff on sunday when I went out with my family. I bought some things for the kids and I ended up buying myself a dress and a few accessories. now I have to work extra to gain that money back doing uber eats because I need it asap. it’s like I don’t want to work, for now. my coworkers who are around my age don’t work as much & I think to myself, “wow, they must be getting in the work done” meanwhile I’m working 3 days a week (which isn’t much) and attending school. I feel like if I change my schedule again, I’ll ruin it for the rest of my driver coworkers. I’m in a lead position at work so having to put on a mask is quite tiring. there’s so much I want to say that I don’t think it will fit in this post. I have booked a mental health session with a school counselor. all I want at the moment is to have my own place and be in a better mental state to take care of my cats. they mean a lot to me but this stupid ass undiagnosed mental issue is getting in the way. sorry for the long rant. I am tired.
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i am a freshman in college and i have always struggled with depression, anxiety, and OCD. i have never received help for my OCD despite being medicated for my other two issues. i have noticed that what most of my panic stems from is my OCD and more specifically my OCD around school. i haven’t been able to get myself up for class for multiple days and im starting to panic about everything im missing and think about every little thing i have to fix. i am so behind that it makes me want to panic and i feel like i cant fix this. i just want my mind to feel normal but it feels like my whole world is falling apart all because i am feeling stuck in school. please help me i just want to feel okay but i dont know how to. i have tried doing all the assignments i can do to catch up but it isn’t enough i still feel so panicked
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