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i think it is...When i was cutting the grass i used to insist on going over spots that didn’t look cut enough again. And in like 5th grade if I forgot one detail from a chapter I was reading, i would reread the whole page. In some ways this is a beneficial part of OCD because it makes the outcome good for what you’re doing, you remember the info more. But I would still try to minimize it because giving into compulsions there could negatively impact other ocd thoughts you’re having
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I have tons of notes. In my case, it's one part of my OCD,. From what I've read it is OCD. I know it is because sometimes I almost have a panic attack and I take notes many times a day.
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Yes, I really struggle with this, I write way too much because I’m worried about leaving out something important, but then I’ve written too many notes and it’s very difficult to study and to find what’s actually important. So yeah that’s something I’ve been working on for awhile, I’ve gotten better at resisting excessive note taking.
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If you take notes can you stop or do tou have to do it like no matter what you do it if so thats ocd
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It’s not really feisable over a long period of time so I used to just copy notes but I would work for maybe like 12 hrs doing one part of a chapter
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It can absolutely be OCD! Now, depending on how badly it affects your daily life/work, it could be made manageable into a helpful trait. For example; I too take excessive notes and will feel like I need to rewrite them or use specific paper/notebooks and pens/highlighters. However, if I put caps on my notes or deal with having the wrong color highlighter, the notes that I do take mean more comprehension and retention. So while even with caps on time or pages or whatever, they still take longer than for others; however, I need less study time because I’ve been so immersed in the material. In class example: My extensive notes in class are also a coping mechanism for my ADD. I have had student jobs as a note taker before. Because I’m getting paid to share my notes, I back off from just trying to write everything in the lecture so that the notes are more legible, but I also don’t have time to rewrite them, so that however they turn out, I live with the imperfections. In that case, it helps with my attention, retention, fighting perfectionism, fighting the desire for 100% verbatim, gets me better test scores, and I actually get paid. It’s a difficult balancing act to be sure. It’s something I still struggle with. But it can also be one of the few good things from dealing with OCD, if you just keep fighting those urges. Good luck! 💜
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I’m hoping to get some feedback or hear if anyone else experiences similar things. Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of repetitive behaviors and thoughts that feel hard to control. Some of those things are: - I often get this uneasy feeling, and if I don’t do certain things in a specific way, it just doesn’t feel "just right." - I have to wash my hands until it feels "just right," and if I try not to, I get a thought that something bad will happen if I don’t. - I dislike using public bathrooms and even shared bathrooms at home. - When I shower, I have to wear socks before stepping on the floor. If my feet touch the ground, I feel like I have to shower again. - I get hyper-fixated on cuts, worrying about them getting infected, and I avoid touching water or anything else to prevent bacteria, even if I can’t cover them with a bandaid. - I can’t use dishes that have just been washed because I think they haven’t been cleaned properly. Instead, I use the ones that have already been dried and stored. When I type (like on emails or texts), I’ll fix what I write over and over, trying to make it "just right." - I have a strange dislike for certain numbers (7, 4, and 6) and feel uncomfortable around them. - I also have to follow routines, like making my bed in a certain way, and I can’t stop until everything is in the right order. - I get stuck on intrusive thoughts, like needing to wash my hands repeatedly or constantly checking things (like if I turned off the stove) because I fear something bad will happen if I don’t. - I’ll even repeat things in my head, like words or phrases, to make the "just right" feeling go away. - Sometimes, I treat inanimate objects like they have feelings and worry about hurting them, even though I know it's not real. - I’ve always felt like I’m being watched, which causes a lot of distress. There’s more, but these are some of the main things. I feel like these thoughts and behaviors control a lot of my day, and I just can’t stop them even when I know they’re kind of irrational. Does this sound like it could be signs of OCD, or is it something else? Or just normal behavior?
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I have a lot of compulsions that seem hoarding-esque but I can’t figure out which subtype of OCD they fall under. The two major drivers of this for me seem to be a fear that I will forget about them or the memories attached to them or that the things and their significance will be lost to time, and that I might need or want them in the future. I compulsively make lists of things (ex. things I like, things I don’t like, who I am, the contents of my ideal fridge - very plain with lots of fruit) just in case. I heart nearly every song I hear on Spotify (except the ones I actively strongly dislike, of which there are not many) just in case I will forget about them later on (and because I feel guilty about not hearting the song and supporting the artist if I have no valid reason not to but that’s a whole other can of worms). I have a couple containers of “good” boxes of all shapes and sizes that I’ve collected that, as it turns out, I never actually look at or use. When I was very little, before my family and I knew I had OCD, I had a “sticker book” in which I would put every sticker I ever got - because I didn’t like the idea of putting them on anything that I might lose access to. I even found my mother’s stamps and obsessively put one of each kind in my sticker book (there were soo many, it took me hours). I have trouble letting go of things, especially if I have any sort of memory attached to it whatsoever. Because, my mind says, what if I forget? My camera roll consists, in large part, of an enormous amount of screenshots of far too many little things that I encounter, and it is extremely rare that I actually look back at them. But the other data I was looking for something I thought I took a screenshot of and I couldn’t find it, so this compulsion is back and much worse. On my computer I can’t open the photos app without it crashing and the number of screenshots I have on there is shown in eight digits. I also have tens of thousands of tabs open in my browser at any given moment (I can’t close them, what if I forget?). I really wish I were exaggerating. I also take an excessive amount of photos of many things throughout my day (I counted once and I took 46 pictures of the same tree when I went on a walk). These are just some little examples of how this obsession manifests in me and my life. Does anyone else experience something similar? I’d love to hear about it.
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Does anybody else experience OCD while reading? I feel like i need to remember everything in my book. And i have a feel that i need to completely understand EVEYTHING in my book (even very minor things) and if not, i feel as though im cheating or that the minor thing is very significant and that ill want to remember it even way after i finish the book (just for the purpose of knowing EVERYTHING about my book) Also, when a character says some minor things i feel the need to understand it completely or i feel the fear that i didn’t understand what the character actually meant. If youve struggled with this please give tips on how to overcome it
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