News of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum

Hey, thx for having me in this forum first of all.

I started battling thoughts of being gay about 6 years ago, when i had a one night stand with a woman, had a hard time keeping the erection and on my way home suddenly this Picture occured in front of my mental eye for less than a moment of a porn Picture that i saw way back when i was in my early teenage ...

A bit of a long post...and weird..

I think I have OCD.
I've been to a psychologist only three times in my life and only when I was 17. Now, I'm 20.
The reason why I went to the psychologist was because during that period I was anxious about something for a week or so in an obsessive and repetitive manner. On our second appointment, he told me that I have obsessive-compulsive tendencies (keep this ...

Right so new here so bare with me please as I may not know the ins and out of this forum.


I have been shown to have OCD since I was very young 7 ish and I am currently taking 200mg of sertraline a day to deal with it, which has greatly improved my dealing with and ignoring of my rituals on the most part.

However, there is this newish ritual, (started around 4 years ...

Hi everyone,
I'm new here. I think I may be suffering from Cheating OCD, but I'm not sure. Here’s what’s going on…

Been married for 10 years. Have a 2 and 5 year old. After my kids were born, I developed OCD with cleaning/sterilizing. I'd disinfect all day and developed eczema on my hands as a result. Sometimes after the kids were in bed, I’d clean the floors with rubbing alcohol. Would wash my dog's ...

How is hocd homophobic?

Hello

So yesterday I was showering and when I finished I did go to my room. I have a small collection of 20 figurines which I really love collecting and they mean much to me. It's one of the things that makes me happy nowadays actually. Most of themI bought when I was out with friends having a good time, so each figurine reminds me of those good times. Now I turned on the lights ...

Are there any sources?

So I've been dealing with HOCD for the past 4-5 months, and things were starting to look up. But recently my fears and obsessive thoughts have shifted to something else and that is my relationship with my girlfriend. I have been dating my girlfriend for almost 8 months now and I love her very much, but for the past few days my mind has been thinking the opposite. Now my girlfriend has dealt with depression ...

Thought this would be a good thread for people who want new ideas for ocd. Basically for me my best has been what seems to be the best way, let the anxiety and thoughts go through but think of it as noise and do not fight. thats the best I can do rightnow no matter how persistant

Hi all !
If you have OCD thoughts about other people, is it ethical/moral to contact them and express yourself ?
Thankyou