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- Arden
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- 5y ago
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- killjoy_in_a_candy_storekilljoy_in_a...
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- 5y ago
I don’t know - I didn’t think I had any either for a while, but then I realised that maybe I was wrong? I guess just sometimes they don’t seem like intrusive thoughts when they are.
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- OCDnmarshOCDnmarsh
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- 5y ago
Think of the symptoms that you do have, do you ever think of something and then perform an action?? Maybe you don't notice that it is an intrusive thought or image because you've gotten used to them?? You should discuss this with your therapist x
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- ArdenArden
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- 5y ago
Thanks. What I do know is that I’ve preferred being clean to dirty ever since I was little. I was the only one of my brothers and sisters that was like that. Then when I was in college and studied science, especially Microbiology, my need to be clean really got strong! Now I wash my hands a lot. It really doesn’t bother me, except that my hands get dry and cracked, but my family say it bothers them.
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- ArdenArden
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Only that I’ll catch something serious.
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- Crazy.Cat.LadyCrazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I had ocd since 16. At that time I didn’t know I had OCD because I didn’t have as severe intrusive thoughts or ideas. But I was clearly doing compulsions of washing and checking because I knew stuff were dirty and if I didn’t clean/wash, I’d get sick. I would also shower after every bathroom usage. I had to always take certain stuff with me wherever I went. If I didn’t I felt something bad would happen. My OCD was “manageable”. It frightened me if I didn’t perform my rituals but the intense intrusive thoughts/images didn’t really happen then. Sometimes doing compulsions just because feeling something bad would happen if you do not is OCD too.
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- OCDnmarshOCDnmarsh
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- 5y ago
Yeah it kind of sounds like OCD but is there any fears if you aren't clean?
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- isaiisai
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Right, that sounds like contamination ocd
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- bipolara.dep...
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- 5y ago
what are some of your mental compulsions? I have relationship OCD but I can’t think of many compulsions I have, so does that mean I have pure O?
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- Angel
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I think I’ve been misdiagnosed. I went to go and get an assessment done with a therapist because I’ve been stuffering from sexual intrusive thoughts and anxiety for about 10 months now. He gave me a few questionnaires to answer and then he said he doesn’t think I have ocd but he thinks I may have clinical depression. I’ve told him that I have these thoughts all day everyday and they make me anxious and miserable but he still doesn’t think I have ocd. Maybe it’s because I don’t have any physical compulsions and I don’t want to argue or doubt a professional but I really think this is more than just depression. I’m not sure what to do now and it’s scaring me because a if a professional says I don’t have ocd then maybe this really isn’t ocd and I am acually the monster the thoughts make me feel I am.
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- GRANNY NORMA
- Date posted
- 2y ago
How my therapy session went
My therapist said I don’t have ocd and my intrusive thoughts and mental obsessions are just from anxiety/depression. I don’t really understand it and think anxiety with compulsion is literally what ocd is. I asked my mom to explain in and I kinda got it but still am confused. My therapist also said it matters more if it effects my daily life which it does daily and I think is a big part of what causes my depression. Anyways my mom was pretty upset with me and says she thinks I worry to much about having ocd. She says I want to have it which is not true. Is it possible for me too be like this is an intrusive thought and still use exposures to help even if it’s not ocd? Idk I’m just really confused and need advice.
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