Does anyone know the root cause if there ocd (when it started )

Mine is checking things like the doors are locked. Also moving stuff around if it doesn’t feel right, repeating things I read in my head until i think it feels right. Doing stuff a certain amount of times. I rlly don’t know how that would benefit my situation or how they’d have anything to do with eachother but maybe the stressful situation brought it out

Gotcha, I was just curious because I think this is one type of OCD I have and I haven’t seen anyone else post about this. It’s kind of hard for me to identify what my obsessions actually are because they aren’t as obvious as some other types of OCD like the article says.

Liam do you think it could be a maturity thing , like maybe we took on responsibilities we didn’t need to

I think what you’re looking at here is correlation, not causation. For me, I can’t identify a specific event that triggered the onset of my OCD. Also it’s important to note that not every person who experiences a traumatic event will develop OCD, so there is definitely more at play in the development. You might have a correlation between something you experienced and the development of the disorder, but I don’t think it’s correct to call that the cause. OCD is a pretty complex disorder, and I feel that attributing it to just one thing is a little bit oversimplified.

I’ve read that as well and I agree it can play a part, But I think calling it the “cause” is not quite right. Like I said, there are people who go through traumatic events who don’t develop this disorder.

Thanks

My older brother that I grew up with turned into a drug addict. A few years ago when my parents were trying to help him and brought him back to live with us, it went really badly, lots of fights, police calls etc and it was really stressful. I didn’t handle it well cuz I was only like 15. I think my ocd started a little while after that. Idk if that’s the direct cause but it could have something to do with it

I’m sorry to hear that , what is your compulsion and why do you do it , what did you believe in that moment , what was the perceived benefit at the time

Mine started after I lost my nan who I cared for when she was unwell

No, do you all see therapy for ocd?

That’s so terrible @Bex and @liam

There’s always a root cause for it , I used to check doors to keep people safe , but when I realised it doesn’t matter if I check them or not I can’t stop bad things from happening , I don’t have magical powers, and it didn’t make me happy , I did see someone for one of my ocds , haven’t had anymore therapy , you just have to find out what works for you

I haven’t been to therapy or anything like that

Stressful situations can start them , what do you think will happen if you didn’t do your compulsion ? Realising that the compulsion serves you no purpose and doesn’t make you happy shows that the ocd isn’t true because we create them to make us feel comfort , but what the ocd is really doing is making us unhappy , which means the ocd isn’t true

It’s interesting how many people can pinpoint their OCD really ramping up after experiencing trauma. I can def look back throughout my life and see where I’ve had OCD trickled throughout, but mine also really started after experiencing trauma. It’s when my symptoms became unmanageable.

@liam is this the type of OCD you are experiencing? https://iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Just-right-OCD-Fact-Sheet.pdf

That sounds pretty similar. I just read that yesterday after you told me about just right ocd

Mine started after my father told me God understood my thoughts and talked to me about blasphemy. I started getting really terrified I would commit blasphemy in my mind and have been watching my thoughts ever since.

Liam, I have the exact same type of compulsions and I don’t know what caused them. You’re not alone!?

We will be free of ocd one day

How old were you guys when it started

Christian , just realise the ocd thoughts aren’t actually you , so even if god saw those thoughts he’d know they weren’t of your making

Mine started this year so 14, but I did have a stage of it when I was 9.

I was 16 when mine started , I’ve heard it usually starts in childhood because we feel we can’t control something , so to have some control , we unintentionally create an ocd

Christian sometimes I think that god wants me to do something a certain way for some reason even tho it makes no sense and I know he wouldn’t care one bit, but then it’s like well I’m thinking god cares and still not doing it so maybe it rlly would offend him and it just spirals from there

Bex mine also started at 16

I wish I knew, but mental health problems also seem to kind of run in my moms side of the family so for me at least I think maybe a combinatikn

Bex how old are you now

I believe the younger the age your OCD started, the more likely it is that genetics played a role in the development of it.

They run in my dads side aswell , it could be , but I think it has to do with upbringing as mine wasn’t good , I’m 23 , how old are you

I’m 18 now

Time flies doesn’t it

Definitely

I agree, but I read stressful situations can be a factor in bringing it out

My parents divorced and after that I got a lot of intrusive thoughts of me smoking cigarettes and doing morally bad things for myself and religious stuff. So as I’m a lot older now it’s gone to HOCD & ROCD as well as fears of having personality disorders bc I fear being a bad person and not being able to love my boyfriend or feel empathy

I have come to believe one of the root causes is fear. For many people their fears have caused them to take part in these routines and/or intrusive thoughts in order to make themselves feel safer even if they grow out of these fears. Contamination OCD is similar because people with this are afraid of getting sick and/or injured. Fear is obviously not the only factor, but it’s definitely one of them

@Liam there’s online therapy: https://www.betterhelp.com/gethelpnow/