- Username
- Kenzy05
- Date posted
- 4h ago
- Order & Symmetry OCD
- Young adults with OCD
- Perfectionism OCD
Since I could remember I always liked things a certain way. My mom noticed and so did my siblings but they don’t think much of it. When I fix something they say miss ocd or they say I fix things that don’t need to be fixed. But everything has a certain way it’s supposed to go and how it’s supposed to rest. If it’s not the right way I get upset or frustrated. I figured I had an organization problem which didn’t used to bother me as much. But now I have to move things in an even way and if I don’t, we’ll I don’t know I always fix it, it is so inconvenient. The major things is the moving my body in certain ways until it feels right, having to put things in the correct spot, and touching things evenly (which majorly annoys me and has only gotten worse). It shouldn’t bother me that much but the habits and compulsions that my body has to do makes me sore and I’m starting to get very upset. I thought I was managing it well until my friend stayed the night in my dorm and she said that I need help with my ocd. I asked her if my mom told her but she said she always figured I had it. I asked why and she said my movements looked like it. She said she saw signs in highschool and that she never knew how bad it was until she saw me in my natural living setting. I just need some clarity and was on how to improve myself. Please do not use the suggestion of trying to avoid my habits because it will not work and I will only get very upset, which often leads to bad and unwanted thoughts.